Heh I've had the mystery box happen but NOT RECENTLY. LOL, I wish, but I'm also glad. Haven't put anything up for sale, but...
I did go lurk and did NOT catch my doc prior to his arrival but DID catch the receptionist before she turned unfortunate and stone faced and I was able to get what I needed and etc., BEFORE things got busy. So it was worth a practice run, and I can definitely MAKE it to the jail by 7 awake enough to drive and sort of mildly functional and with enough coffee in me, heck, I left BEFORE 6:25, even and got to my doc farther, etc. My new wakeup time is just now 5 a.m. I guess.
Then I came home and printed out all my packets and filled them out and everything I need, I think Jail wishes I would go sooner but I have NO clue when "HS registrar who confirmed my graduation year with a YEARBOOK," well how long that letter will take to get here.
But, I'm hanging out with my kiddo Thursday anyway and I'm glad he'll be here and whatnot a few more months (til Sept, probably) and this will give me a good chance to
buy him attire and soylent and pamper him.
OH I love that creature but the convicts will distract me from my mournful loss (I HOPE) and it will be nice to have income to do stuff like go visit the kid (plus mandatory my mom) although to be fair she was super sweet, I think we actually DID resolve things during our visit.
But I sent my sister a hilarious email about job stuff, and she responded with an equally hilarious email about my mom's "amends" status, which actually caused ME to send my sis a HEARTFELT amends. I guess my sis asked for an apology for ruining the turkey after my mom hit me one Thanksgiving and I was like, "Mom, I'm a grownup and we don't do that anymore, stop and apologize," My mom refused and my sis was muttering soft but emphatic, Anna don't... .just let it be," and I wouldn't so my mom ended up HURLING the dang (cooked turkey) against the wall and I just waltzed off to an AA meeting (it was the best dead dog story ever) leaving my sister crying and cleaning turkey off the wall. I guess my sis asked for an apology for "ruining turkey for me" when my mom couldn't come up with anything to amends her with, and my mom was like, "Yes, that was unfortunate... .although to be fair you were partly responsible since you came to the garage to drink champagne with me."
WHUT. My sister was like, 18 and the youngest daughter of a woman who went to HALF an alanon meeting and left saying "I didn't like it."
That is my new favorite sentence of all time, "Yes, that was unfortunate... But you were partly responsible because you DRANK champagne with me." OMG.
So of course it was my sister's fault, the irony of this was, I could have CARED LESS who was drinking what except had I KNOWN my mom had done this, I would have held off on the tongue lashing until she was UNFUZZY. Also, I would have taken my sister out of the house WITH me and my mom could have cleaned it up, or probably she would have called "Emergency Turkey Maid service" or whatever. IDK.
But mainly, I apologized to my sis for THAT because really, I have always felt guilty about it and I didn't know the incident was a) so deeply buried in her psyche and b) I had no idea TURKEY could be RUINED either, I thought it sucked from the first mouthful.
I just told my sis that the topic was covered in the big book but my mom's trips to see her kids would make a GREAT AA pamphlet, "Amends: They're not supposed to Hurt." LOL.
Okay sorry, now that I'm not anxious and have done a bunch of work I have given myself an afternoon of rest but will try to hang on some newer
threads where I can be more Topic Appropriate, too.
Sorry shiny folk I just have little to offer other than I still have plenty of newer atomizers I haven't built. I also found a latchhook kit when I was digging it one of the sheds for my diplomas to scan. It's been, ah soothing and I plan to play with it more. I love how it can be an art thing, a shag carpet thing, and a shank, and maybe I'm PRACTICING IDK
but if God let's me down this late in the game, I will pick myself up, dust myself off, and be a part time nanny. I will live.
Sorry again
Anna