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Today is my nephew Rob’s birthday.   I don’t know how old he is but I am guessing in his mid-30.  He cut himself off from the rest of the family.  I am not sure if he did it before his dad died or since.  He had his share of troubles.  He hasn’t been on FB in years that I know of (It may be under some other name).  He hasn’t talked with at least his sister.  For a while his Mother would visit him but nothing on her timeline has recently indicated that.  She did post a birthday wish and I replied as well.

It’s funny when people decide to let go of Toxic relationships or encouraged to it.  People don’t understand why they don’t hear from them.  For some reason Rob feels we are Toxic to him.  I don’t know what if anything I did to him, or said to him.  AT least let me know so that I can either repair it or say well good luck to you.

Its also Father’s Day.  My father has been gone for many years.  I think of him often.  I sent an text to my brother and posted a Father’s Day message to all on FB.  I probably could send all the men in the family e cards but this was much easier.

I had a great time last night.  I stopped at the grocery story to pick up fruit Juice to drink at the dinner and I ran into an old friend from my woman’s Volunteer club.  We chatted for about ten minutes.  Luckily Cyn had reminded us not to get to her place before 6 as she wasn’t going to be there yet.  So I told her I had some errands to run and would leave for her place.  Well I ended up leaving town around 5:20 and it would be an hour before I got to her house.

The ride was okay.  I saw some accidents going southbound and people where driving in and out of lanes in the direction I was going.  Despite the food I ate earlier I still got hungry.  I was also concerned that the amount of gas I had in the car wasn’t going to be enough to get me home but it was.  I found her place just after 6 (I had to call her because I passed her complex but it wasn’t far) she came to the end of the road where I saw her.  The condos are more like townhouses and rows of them.  It was beautiful.  Jackie was there and Tess (Pink Hair) was there and then Meii, Megan, and Finally Paula all arrived.  We had ordered each something different.  We ate and then watched The full Monty from 1997.  It was cute despite the R rating.  We had some great conversations.   We are started leaving around 10 or 10:30 and it was raining.  It was a light rain and had been for most of the evening. 

The rain on the way home made it hard for me to see the lanes but I went 55 miles and hour and at times with High beams.  I didn’t want to hit any critter.  There aren’t that many lights on that part of 95.  I managed to get home by 11:30.  I sent a message to Cyn and ran inside.

The kitties were waiting on me to go to bed.  After a few things I headed to bed by midnight.  I am not sure where they slept for the night but at one point they were on the bed this morning and are were both there until 10 minutes ago.  Just found tiger sleeping under the rocking chair in the corner.

I am taking my time with the cleaning.  I did some before leaving yesterday for the girls night but the decided to do the rest today.  I have to basically vacuum and do laundry and the blankets on the sofa and recliner. 

I also have to go grocery shopping.  I need some stuff.  I am not sure I will be getting everything on the list or not.  I just know some of the stuff I need for breakfast and lunch and dinners

It looks gorgeous out there.  There is lots of sunshine and temperatures in the mid-70s.  It is supposed to get to the 80’s.  No rain just clouds for the overnight.

Enjoy…going to make some lunch.

Wednesday was the beginning of the Holiday week for me. Liz and I began some of the phone calls that we needed to get done prior to the move were started that mid-morning. We worked on it for a couple of hours.  It was frustrating and aggravating. One of the issues was dealing with the UI.  We couldn’t discuss closing the current account on the house because it was under Mom’s name.  So Liz would later send me the death certificate and I forwarded to the address the woman gave me. Liz had to leave around 2 because she had a baking activity with a friend’s daughter at her home.   The rest of that day I crashed I think.  That was before I did some shopping.

Thanksgiving morning was quiet.  I watched TV.  I believe Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter was on that morning Just before I left for Liz and Nelson’s I stopped at the Store to get another quart of Ice cream.  I believed the one I had gotten the day before (that’s right I did some snack shopping the night before!) wasn’t going to be enough.  It turned out to be fine.  I got to their house just after 1:30.  Nelson was in the sun room resting he wasn’t feeling well.  Rich was cooking and Liz on the phone I think.  We ate around 2:30 and about 3 we had the zoom chat.  After the chat we cleaned up and Nelson rested in the bedroom and we chatted while Liz and Rich played gin.  It was around 5 when I headed home.

The rest of the night was quiet. Watched TV and eventually went to bed.

Friday was another day of finalizing any changes for the move (we made the decision to go with a moving company that took a couple of days to send a itemized bill) (they claimed they did but Liz seems to think she gave them the wrong email.  WE couldn’t resolve the UI issue because they didn’t receive the death certificate so they sent me another email address.  I know they got it the second time.  Liz will call them tomorrow to clear up that issue and the one they said they need to the meter at the condo to start that service.  By the time we finished with everything. I had a headache and I was exhausted.  I didn’t do much the rest of that afternoon until halfway through the night I started to clean the house. 

Saturday morning I tried to do much of the house cleaning in preparation for my visit with my Friend Lisa. I had to make a couple of trips to the store for lunch fixings.  Lisa Arrived a little earlier than expected but I didn’t mind.We spent the next hour and half visiting.  I showed her around the house (she remembered that I had the backroom as my room) and the sleepovers we had. She reminded me that they left their house on New Haven Avenue in 1972 and then moved to Hawley for the next several years.  We walked down memory lane and caught up with news.  She even told me the one girl who lived across from her on Hawley ended up dying from overdose.  I was exhausted and fell asleep for a while. 

This afternoon was the extra family chats.  I was really looking forward to it and was slightly disappointed that not everyone was there but at the same time I had Judy to myself. We talked about the holidays; they had dinner outside and her sister Kathleen came down from NY.  We talked about the pandemic and how it is affecting our states and local areas. We talked about Nextdoor website.  Around quarter of we finished up and a part of me wondered if I was a little over the top. 

I was updating my budget earlier today and I checked the credit card and noticed that the moving company charged my credit card twice.  I have enough in that account.  I sent a message to Liz to ask if I should be concerned.  She hasn’t responded.  I personally want to call these people and tell them to refund the money.  I am not getting good vibes from this. Liz replied and told me to text them (I emailed them) and tell them about it and forward everything to her including my latest statement.  I sent her the summary instead and explained why there were two “Asian market” entries) anyway I got a reply from jay telling me that he only sees one entry. 

The weather this holiday has been unseasonably beautiful.  Wednesday was a bit cloudy and in the low 50’s, Thursday morning we had heavy rain over night and for part of the day. The sun eventually came out late in the day.  Friday came back into clouds but it was low 60s.  I can’t remember if the sun eventually came out or not.

Saturday was mostly sunny except at the beginning of Lisa’s visit but came back quickly.  The sun was out until 4:30. It was the same today as well. 

Looking forward to the next two weeks, it will be cloudy for most of the week.  According to the weather report there is severe weather coming tomorrow mid-day.

I am feeling tired but I don’t think I will be sleeping anytime soon, I had coffee earlier this evening.