So, it's been week...

Sorry about that. :p D finally came home Saturday afternoon, with his tail between his legs, so to speak. Trying to make a long story short, we had dinner, and a good discussion afterwards. Some stuff I couldn't bring myself to talk about, for fear of another upheaval, so I wrote him a letter (that took a couple of days to write), and I believe he finally read it on Thursday a.m.

But, I think it finally got through to him that family is not just a financial investment, but an emotional one as well. :) It's been very calm and...what?...productive--for lack of a better word--around here all week! :) He's been discussing his days with me, I've been discussing my days with him, and we've been getting along very well, even in the bedroom. :o (did I just "say" that out loud?! LOL) We've even touched on his fears and the situation with his father--which is a whole other story and blog to write about, but I won't...for now.

Today, was shopping day. Thank goodness for those Alltell rebate cards I got in the mail the other day, or my checkbook would look worse than it already does! :o M and I went to Target, and we got him a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, a long-sleeved shirt, a pair of tennis shoes, and an insulated vest. For me, I got a can of hairspray and ream of copy paper (whoohoo :p). Then, we hit McD's for lunch, and off to the grocery store, which I should probably own half of it by now....SHEESH! :o

Another little tidbit of semi-good news....I've been bugging my manager about bugging HIS boss about giving me a raise. Well, he FINALLY spoke to him about it yesterday morning. :) It was a quick "hey, bump Shari up to $XX an hour now" type conversation, and he told me the "big boss" said "okay". Now, we wait and see if really does it, and I told E to keep reminding S about it, before they cut the new checks in a week and a half. :p We'll see....

Then, there's the not so good news. :( I talked with two aunts this morning, and neither of them had good news regarding their baby sister. The cancer's just gone too far throughout her body, and poor MJ is suffering. :( The only thing left to do now, is just pray she goes peacefully. My one aunt even said she's been praying to my mom to help MJ go quickly. :( God, this is just so much for one family to handle all at once!! It's bad enough that my best friend and my mom went so quickly and so close together, but for my aunts and uncles to have two siblings to lose (or about to lose) to that damn disease in a short period of time...it's just too damn much! :( It doesn't sound like any of them are handling it very well at all. The two brothers that are the closest to MJ in age, are a wreck...first, their oldest sister, and now the youngest sister. They've already lost two other siblings to cancer, previously. But, the losses were spaced years apart, so I imagine it was a little easier to take. More than one person has said to me that it makes you wonder what's in the water up there. :(

Stuff on the estate is going well. The rent thing is settled--thank goodness! And, now, it's just a matter of waiting for probate to finalize. There is one little snafu we've run into, but I'm going to see if that can be remedied quickly, instead of dragging out for years. But, it's really no skin off my back if the stupid company wants to waste their money on paperwork, I suppose. :p

After working for the past two weekends, it's weird having two whole days off in a row! LOL I've got most of the laundry done today, so tomorrow is kind of a 'freebie'. :) M's supposed to take a picture of a bird for art class (huh?), so we may go for a walk tomorrow, to see if we can find a dumb bird...like we don't have any in our own back yard. LOL