Mad Men

[JustSheila]

Mr. J is not retarded, elderly or even officially diagnosed with any mental illness, btw, and refuses to acknowledge or discuss any problem with any psychiatrist. He went for three years and lied through his teeth the entire time. So he isn't on any meds except something very mild and optional.

We get to the attorney's office. Mr. J swings the door a little bit hard, so it sticks open with the built in door-holder stop on the side. This fascinates him. He opens and closes it about 8 times before the admin assistant (the attorney's wife) politely and firmly tells him not to worry, she'll fix it herself. But he is having fun, so he keeps going until I tell him to stop and sit down. He does. As I said, it was a pretty good day overall.

Fortunately, we do not wait very long.

 

[MissWog]

You're awesome! I swear to you that this is not made up. This is not the script for a sitcom, either. This is a typical day - in fact, a relatively good one, and why I am just about going out of my mind here.!

So he is driving to the attorney. He is good with driving and shortcuts, no worries there unless it rains. He pulls the car over on a side street three blocks away to look for a parking spot and tells me with pride how clever he is to do so as he crawls along. The street is packed.

"Why don't you park in the free lot that is 1/2 block away and wide open?" I ask.

So he did, and fortunately, didn't argue, which was great. But he's lived there 30 years, of course he knows about the free lot. He just didn't want to use it. That wasn't challenging enough.

I sent you PM bc I need advice..toilet flush regardless of direction.

 

[JustSheila]

Mr. J was very good, but was also distracted, sort of wooden and day-dreaming. So the attorney addressed me the entire time.

Several times I stopped, repeated something the attorney said to Mr. J, and clarified it a couple of times to make sure he understood and agreed. The place he is going is inexpensive compared to similar places, but it is not by any means cheap. It's like a country club and he has complete freedom but also complete care. He will spend a lot of money for the maintenance and he needed to understand fully how much and what that meant.

Mr. J has no concept of futures, so this was more difficult than it sounds. The attorney was fantastic, we couldn't have had a better one. He asked Mr J clearly if this was what he wanted and he absolutely beamed and gave an completely positive response. Great.

There were more details. The contract was huge. The attorney caught many important details and I have to follow up on some of them tomorrow. Mr J signed everything but the attorney will hold the papers until I can verify the other details tmrw.

I asked the attorney about a clause regarding the other party vacating the contract for mental illness. The attorney says, "He looks okay."

lol.

Mr J gives a loud, obnoxious sigh as we are headed out the door . "That sure was a lot of paperwork!" he says. I roll my eyes. "You're not the one that has to follow up on all these details, Mr. J, so I don't know what you're complaining about."

"Mr J," I said, "If you're going to give an annoyed sigh like that, don't do it in front of others. That is rude." He agreed, but mostly will not change that. I drop him off at work, head home and continue packing and doing paperwork.

How was your day, sweetie?

 

[MissWog]

My day?
Great!
I live in a privileged environment..thank you for reminding me of that..your post resonated.
We long for Australia.. at some point the flight .. diminishing returns..90 minutes for shit or 19hrs to live?

 

[JustSheila]

it's a gorgeous country and most people here have an amazing sense of humour and a lot of warmth. I'm sure you'd love it, but yah, the flight is very long.

Queensland is my favourite so far. The Port Douglas area.

After the move, all will be settled and I'm sure Mr J and I will be quite happy and fine in our new lives. It's just a lot of work to get there.

Thanks for listening.

x x x