yin and yang, boy howdy

[sistawendy]

I'll start with the most recent and ugliest part first: Good Sister just called me to strategize about what I'll say to Mom when I talk to her at the regular time tomorrow, assuming she's willing to speak to me. And that is:

1. She needs to make an appointment with her lawyer for when we're there. GS & I have agreed to change our plane tickets if need be.
2. Speak gently at all times. GS & I recognize that we have our father's tendency to fulminate, and that would be counterproductive with Mom as she is now, i.e. demented.
3. Remind her that we love her more than these mysterious people she's talking to, who are criminals.
4. Document all conversations and save all email, because we may have to take her to court to get "custody".

It's gotten so bad that even Evil Sister has gotten into the act via email, reminding Mom of people she knows who've been scammed among other things. Good Sister has been saying to me that if Mom does get taken for everything she's worth, neither she nor ES can afford to put her anywhere, so she'll essentially end up a bag lady. That's unthinkable to me, but lots of unthinkable things have been happening lately.

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This one's both yin and yang: the costumer that I talked to at Eyelashes' place last week has been difficult to get a hold of, so on the off chance that she might flake, I've implemented Skirt Plan B C D: a little something from Gallery Serpentine, properly accesorized. It has the enthusiastic endorsement of cupcake_goth, who's my go-to consultant for this sort of thing, natch.

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I went to what was at first going to be a surprise party for Funny Lady not far from my place. (I walked there fast in the cold because I'd left my transit pass in my messenger bag.) Somebody decided to tell her a few hours in advance so it wouldn't stress her out (?!) so I got to watch the hostess Weed Vixen (Foreshadowing!) go a little bit bananas. As usual when Funny Lady is involved, this party exceeded expectations. Highlights:

• Fantastic food! Weed Vixen baked a loaf of olive bread that was still warm when I arrived, and her partner picked up righteous barbecue & kim chi (?!) from Barbecue Smith on Roosevelt. I didn't know FL loved BBQ.
• In the course of conversation I mentioned that I wanted to try weed lube. It turns out that Weed Vixen makes it, and she sold me a jar (for which I owe her). I tried it this morning, It maaaay have helped me get off faster - conditions were less than ideal - but it does seem to have helped me catch up on sleep afterwards. Weird part: numb fingers on my (ahem) right hand; that stuff may be stronger than I expected.
• There's a certain butchy, queer, poly lady whom I've seen around whom I shall call Tall Flannel. Yes, taller than I am. Thanks to Diesel Bleeper's fancy fishnets, I let slip that I love to tickle people. (DB herself not into it.) It turns out that Tall Flannel is a big ol' tickle bottom. I caught a ride home with her and her partner(s?).We shall see what develops.

Comments

[randomdreams]

Yikes. I'm really sorry to hear about your mom, and those are some seriously grim prospects.

[cupcake_goth]

Fingers crossed for things to go as smoothly as possible with your mom. I'm so sorry things are going this way.

In caaaaaase I didn't mention it, if the GS skirt doesn't work for you (ha ha ha, I know, not a chance), let me know. I'd be willing to buy it from you and turn it into an overskirt. :D

[sistawendy]

It's starting to look as if I may not need it, but I still want it. I'll explain in today's post, of course.

[ivy]

After our conversation today I did a little research -- you may find these Florida elder links and resources useful. There are a few hotlines there that you can call; they probably can talk you in better once you have more particular information.