Wednesday Is Here!

Ok, I don't know why I'd be excited for Wednesday but I'll pretend I am. Stayed in bed until noon because I stayed up really late to see if Duckie would come online. I guess I didn't stay up late enough. Sigh.

He had a good Q on yesterday's blog though. Why go to court? Well we didn't have to show up, just the lawyer but I wanted to go anyway and I guess SIL shamed Brother into going too.

As heirs at law we don't really 'own' anything yet until debts get paid. We need the letters of administration so we can sell Mother's things and do other official business to settle debts she left without paying out of own pocket.

We can do things like sell or tranfer stock, sell house, sell truck, pay me back for paying Mother's bills these past few months, pay Brother back for burying Mother, etc. We have to close all of her accounts and open a new interest earning account just for the estate once the lawyer gets us a new tax ID number for the estate. Over the next four months the creditors will now officially say, "This amount is owed, pay it!" We already know who and how much but we have to give four months for any creditors to pop up. I'm confused why lawyer told court there are five known creditors because Brother and I only count four. I have emailed lawyer asking about that. Lawyer is lazy and probably ignored my emails. Oh wait! Maybe she is counting the Yard Nazi fee? That is due this month. I think I am paying.

Speaking of the four (one is the mortgage), the one I deligated to Brother still hasn't been updated as to whether it was insured and will go away. I think the lawyer might "get it" that adding me as co-administrator means things will get done. Brother is too busy! I laughed to myself when he said "we" have been paying mortgage. Yes, that's true because we've gone to the bank together. It's been my money--ha, ha!

I am not clear what I will do today. I will probably take out vines in the back that Brother doesn't want to keep.

It's now 6:30pm. I tilled the back yard until I ran out of gas, that was maybe 60% of the yard. I let the tiller cool and refilled. I think I have just enough to finish the task.

Those things are not vines. They are evil and numerous! It'll take all day to get them out tomorrow. They smell good, almost like butter. I asked neighbor for some help to remove shed in a couple of days. I sneezed awhile. *sigh* The water dept. didn't come back so there is still a huge concrete mass in the middle of the street and no lights on the warning things. Stupid.

Brother says he won't be out this weekend. Shocking, right? Uncle called! Asked if house was on market yet. His house is on market now. When it sells they are leaving for Tennessee. Asked if I needed money. Well, I'll be flat broke (cash poor) when I pay the mortgage and rest of this month's bills but anticipate available money before April...err... June comes. Why did I think this was March!? I need to eat more food.

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Watched Desperate Housewives from two weeks ago. It had Shawn Pyfrom (son Andrew) and Ryan Carnes (bf Justin). It tugged at me a bit. Ryan needs a bit more acting experience. He doesn't seem to have grown like Shawn. Anyway, he is upset that Andrew is moving away to live with his grandparents. Mom, Brie, conspires with him to get the grandparents to decide not to take him. When his stuff is packed up, Brie brings "one last box" that has gay porn in it. Brie's stepmother (Carol Burnett) freaks out. They not only don't take Andrew, they elminate his trustfund too. She conspired with Justin because Justin said he loved Andrew. She wanted to know why. It makes the episode bittersweet after seeing this past week's show where an exassperated Brie leaves Andrew in the middle of nowhere with a duffle bag and some money. The straw that broke the camel's back was his seducing her AA sponsor in his mom's bed. Her AA sponsor is a guy with a sex addiction.

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The shows made me ponder Mother and what she would've thought of the episodes and made me ponder Vegas and his coming out. Made me wonder if I should just take on a partner (without regard to gender) just so I have someone who cares about me and likewise, someone for me to care for. I don't need sex, just desire emotional intimacy. I have a big void in my day-to-day life right now that the cat and her fish aren't able to fill. It's tough not having local friends at a time like this. The kitty is good, though. She is on the floor napping behind me.