When we moved here, the internet provider was Metrocast. Then it became Atlantic Broadband, which morphed into Breezeline. But so far, our original metrocast dot com email still works, which is a good thing. I use it a lot for important emails that I don’t want cluttering my personal account - like stuff for MIL. If they ever purged it, I would be screwed!
Speaking of Lego, my daughter and granddaughter build together - that is, they’re together building separate projects. Roxy does a really good job following directions and finding the right pieces - the kid has true engineering potential!
Tobias, OTOH, uses the larger lego-like blocks to build towers with random placement and no thought to strength or stability, after which, he goes all Godzilla and knocks them down! 
Skimmed this line too fast and read crying-in-place, which also works, I suppose! 
She’s technically employed for another week or so - mostly on-call - but, yeah, she’s been hanging at home. Part of her desire to take this trip with FCD, along with seeing AuntB, was to discuss her options. He’s going to be helping her with her resume and with deciding what she wants to do next. He’s far more qualified than I, since I spent 37 years in or with the Navy, so never did any job-hunting. When he asked what she wanted, she said “At least $60K” - yeah, not exactly the best way to look for work…
Altho I kinda looked on Indeed last night and spotted a couple of positions at the local junior college that looked like a good fit. I passed the links to her.
But we’d be closer more often than with her in a separate building 7 miles away. Honestly, she needs to be in a care facility, but she can’t afford it and she wouldn’t go anyway. Neither of us expect her to live much longer, tho. But these falls will likely hasten her demise.
Rethinking whether I can be your friend… 
Having just checked the extended forecast, I’m asking the same. Starting tomorrow and for 3 days in a row, we’re promised rain. Dammit. I was hoping to get a little done outside since the temps are to be mild. Plus Sat I’ve got the grands and I wanted them to play outside. No such luck. Dammit.
No, it was a bus and it was still missing when I left. SIL is off work today, so he thinks he can find it. Tobias seemed to be content with a monster truck last night.
And speaking of Tobias… again… After barely over a month at his preschool, his speech is already much improved. He’s putting together sentences and his vocabulary is expanding. There are still some words that only we know, but he’s 2, so that’s to be expected. And he’s just about potty trained! I’m so glad we’re able to help them cover most if his tuition - that school is a treasure!
I crashed early last night, and tho I woke a few times, I fell back to sleep and didn’t drag out of bed till after 7. Critters have been tended, and I’ve fed my face and caffeinated. My original plan for the day was to empty the dining room and clean the carpet. That has been modified to moving a couple of chairs and shampooing the traffic area. I’ll do a proper carpet clean when it’s warm enough to leave the house open for drying.
I need to go to Food Lion for myself and MIL, as soon as FCD calls me with a list for her. And I need to take the tablecloths that I hemmed for her (actually, one long rectangular tablecloth cut in half and hemmed for a very small table) and put it in place. I’ll run the rollsuck around her apartment also. They’ll be home tomorrow night.
MIL cracks me up sometimes. She’s fretting about money because she bought some stuff in Indianapolis. I have access to her VISA info on line - her balance due this month is $64. She also wrote a check to her sister for $79. Her checking balance is in the $4K region, and she has almost $40K in savings. Her SS income is almost exactly what her monthly expenses are, plus she’s got a share of FIL’s pension coming in. Oh, and a $200K CD. But she’s worried about money. Old habits die hard, I guess.
It’s closing in on 8AM - I suppose I should shower and get some chores done. I will. Eventually.
Happy Firday!!
She’s such a sweetie! Her dad should be back either late tonight or early tomorrow. He’ll have to pick up his elderly basset hound (Elvis definitely doesn’t isn’t suited to staying in an apartment, so is hanging out with another friend who doesn’t have time to cater to a puppy) before he heads over here, but that’s no problem.
was good. 
