Stupid Guest Tricks

Its smart to make an appointment at DMV. now that they are being "given" two days off a month (rather than every other friday) without pay, I think that standing in a line at DMV would probably waste the better part of a day!

Mom got a couple of puzzle books for Christmas last year, and I already finished one and I'm working on the other. No problem with having something to do while waiting. Plus I have a pocket calculator to amuse myself with in my purse.

I found a few places, and I think I'm going to go for the one with the lady who is offering a salary to help her and live in. If my family takes off and doesn't stick around too long after they bring me back here after the funeral tomorrow, I'll call that lady. I found a place to take mom's unused meds, and today I dropped off her last pair of reading glasses at Costco for their gift of sight charity. I also did some grocery shopping and the housework.

Churchy you can visit any day after tomorrow, except Fri.-Sat., as Friday is laundry day and my sister, etc., will likely be over to get more stuff. I'm down to $11.75 in my wallet, I haven't counted all the quarters mom left, but with those and my pennies I don't know if that'll be enough for my ID card renewal on Apr. 1st. Come over and you can see a nice place instead of where you live. :D:

Churchy, have you checked out Habitat for Humanity? You have to be able to pay something like for the lot to build a new house on, but they can build a basic house for you that is so much better. I'd love to volunteer but I'd have a hard time getting around with just the buses.

I used to volunteer with Cats in Need in the Buena Park Petsmart, and one of my friends from there pays for Tripod's medicine; however her company is cutting back hours, and she doesn't know how much longer she can help me. My vet is very good at working with people with financial problems; the last time I needed to pick up Tripod's medicine, the buses were messed up by the rain and it took me awhile to find a payphone so I could call and explain my situation. The receptionist, bless her, lived near the post office, and she mailed the pills to me! Also, the last time I took Tripod to the vet, another CIN friend drove us there and back. Maybe Churchy God will send you the ability to rent a truck and that way you can help me move. You never know.

I will be there this week then since you are broke. I have waited for the birdie to fly and she has tried hard. I see nobody reaching out to catch her yet. SGT is friends and family so I just keep waiting and hoping. As for a truck we will see as Calvin's is old. Not sure where to go there.

Will bring over $100 this week as I promised but was hoping for miracles. $1 per member would get you a mansion in Laguna Niguel, lol. Keep trying and I have faith you can suceed if you try. Look inside you and you will find the inner strength you need.

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Laurie

Believe in the magic. ;)

Thanks for the visit, Churchy--and the cash. God's gonna pay you back a hundredfold--one way or another. I forgot to tell you that my sister will be getting me a cell phone so I don't have to worry about a landline. I made those calls after you left, the paying live-in position was taken, the other free room and board I had to leave a message. I heard back from the Orange Senior Center--they'll have someone call me this week.


For the rest of you, I went to mom's funeral today. Where I come from, it 's traditional to have a potluck meal, or at the very least go to a restaurant (sit down, not fast food) and have a meal together. It was a bit of a shock that they had a catered meal for us there at the cemetery--I keep thinking about that ad for Plots'R'Us in the movie "UHF". ("Try our salad bar.") I'm glad they didn't do the bit with taking some ashes and letting them into the wind. That creeps and grosses me out.

Afterward, my sister took me to the DMV, to renew my I.D. card, which will come in a couple of weeks. She gave me the money for it, and let me keep the change. She says she's going to take mom's name off the credit union account and put my name on it. She was late picking me up from the DMV because the bank called and it seems that they only now discovered mom is dead. So my sister was trying to find the best option, and they said it would be easiest to do it that way, so she can transfer funds as I need them. She did that with mom. She's also going to get me a cell phone, prepaid, so I don't have to hassle with a landline.

You guys gotta realize we're all just stressed out right now, and as I told Churchy at her visit here today, it's like my sister and I are playing different tunes--we're making music, but we don't always harmonize with each other. She's got a stronger personality than I do--I'm quieter, more a thinker than a doer, and prefer not to make waves. Just like nobody ever says anything bad about a person at a funeral, and you should've heard what people said about mom, sometimes the best idea is to just suck up the bad stuff--even if you have to use it for material in your writing. :D: Trying to scream and shout for rights would be biting the hand that feeds--and you know that dogs that bite their owners' hands generally end up in a bad place. So I'll let her give me a cell phone, etc.--it'll only be temporary, until I can afford my own place. This is just a phase. I told Churchy today some birds take longer to fly and leave the nest than others. But someday I will fly.

Last July one of my friend's son's was in a roll over crash and died. His seat belt snapped when his car flipped. He was on the way home to his summer church camp. The police said he fell asleep behind the wheel. He noticed his car zig zagging and woke up. He over corrected his problem and hit the center divider. He was only 19.

The following 2 weeks later there was a funeral and a big get together with the family. Allot of my friends who I know from Disneyland showed up. His mom I have known for a long time had me show up. My mom knew her too. She asked me to go and be with her. I did. I cried because her soon was the neatest kid I ever met.

At the pot luck, They had pictures and a nice video that his college friends made. It started off when he was about 3 years old with his family. Next wek say him hanging with his cousins. We all knew he loved to make people laugh. He did a good job of doing that on the video. His mom has been on leave of absence since of July. It was her very hard on the family.

I can see where you are coming from. Loosing a parent is the hardest thing. I was close to my grandpa. When he passed away about 10 years ago, it was hard for me. Also my best friend passed away from congested heart failure and that was bad enough for me and my brother. It is hard, but sometimes you do have to have a good cry. Like I am now. Things will get better sooner or later. :(

I got to be honoured to meet the Tripod who was a lovely hostess and left me and Felinefan alone to chat. Felinefan is a nice lady and I hope that you all get a chance to meet her soon. I am hoping some of you could help her out with a $1 or help her move. I barely got to Lucilles and home with dinner so I am sorry to have had so little time to chat.

I now leave all of you of SGT with my favourite saying for my SGT family and I know it is not quoted quite right..

Ohana means family and nobody gets left behind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKdQMxy6 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjWh2eD8Mgw
A happy song for you all.

I now go an wait to see a birdie fly, I know you can fly.

Very nice of you Churchy to help like that :)
FelineFan, it sounds like you and sis might be getting along better, at least for the moment, so keep us updated. It sounds like you still have to get your next step in place.
My Grandmother Elaine, who was a twin, was a "terrorist" who had a variety of mental health issues. Her Sister Eileen presided at her funeral, and was very kind in saying that despite all of these issues, she was only going to focus on the remarkable things and talents that my grandmother did/had. I appreciated that a lot. I got the biggest laugh, however, from a friend of my grandmother's and her sister from childhood on, addressed to my mother.....
" I'm so sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. I know she was difficult to get along with, even as a young lady, but looking back, it seems to me that her sister Eileen would always act extra-good in order to make Elaine seem extra-naughty!" :p:

Yeah, Tripod hates it when I show her off, but I'm just so proud to be her mommy! She's so special! I heard from the senior center; they might have someone for me, but I gotta wait for my I.D. card to come so I can go down there and do the background check. I was glad Churchy was able to come see me, because from what she says about where she lives, she needs a break from living in substandard housing and got to see what a nice place I live in at present. A bit of a vacation, as it were.

I've been doing some packing, mainly in the kitchen; my sisters came last Saturday and took everything on the patio, living room and mom's bedroom. I called one ad from Craigslist, left a message asking that they call me back ASAP, but they have yet to do so. Still waiting for my I.D. card. I'm running out of time, and at this rate I'll be on the street. I'm angry and frustrated; why, for just once in my life, can't things go right? I'm not worse a person than anyone else--I have done nothing to deserve this. All I ask for is people to call me, tell me if their room is still available or not, answer my questions, etc..

The senior center says they need my new I.D. card to do the background check, but I can't make my card come any faster. Why can't they just use my Social to do the background check? The person who does the housing match is only in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 1. I hate last minute stuff. Why can't somebody just call, say I have a place, bring your cat, utilities paid, yada yada, and make things easy on me? My sister has plans this weekend, the only other time she'll be here is on the 30th to hand in the keys at the office, then the utilities go off. I'm not having the sheriff remove me.

People say mom's in a better place; sorry, but knowing the spiritual realities, she's roasting in hell right now. She should, after all it was her fault for holding me back like she did, not letting me drive or improve my job skills, and for not taking better care of herself. If she'd lived a few months longer, I would've gotten this check cashed, gotten my learner's permit, taken driving lessons and gotten my license, and the car would've been signed over to me. Didn't happen. Even if I'd gotten my I.D. card renewed last year--and I'm sure mom would've said I didn't need it renewed, because I didn't have anything that I needed it for, so she wouldn't have given me the money for it--with my luck I still would have problems. You have to remember that last year, when I had that case of shingles on my face, she refused to believe I had shingles and flat-out told me that I wasn't worth treating. Can you just feel the love right there? :mad:

I'd call the senior center, but it's past 1 pm, and besides I don't think I'd be able to talk to them without ripping them a new one over the phone.

I.D. card came today. Did more packing and dug a box out of the dumpster. Found a couple more prospects and contacted them last night. Hope I hear from somebody. Feeling like crap because of this cold, and I can't take decongestants. Saline nasal flushes and Top Ramen only go so far. Needless to say, I don't sleep well. I wish this move and this cold were both over so I can get back to normal and relax.