January 12, 2003
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Mom hasn’t moved into the room that awaits her at Facility yet. Why, you ask? Friday the 3rd - I place a call to my brother to give him a heads up that he will be receiving paperwork in the mail on Monday that must be signed and put back into the mail on Tuesday. He understands the timing is critical and says he will do it. [I have already paid a deposit on the room at this point.] Tuesday the 7th - Get an email from my brother saying he is calling Facility the next morning because he has some questions. Proceeds to write down his questions. While inwardly I’m spazzing because the paperwork was supposed to already be on the way back, I calmly answer his questions and immediately email that to him.
Wednesday the 8th - I call Jennifer (from Facility) to let her know she’ll be hearing from my
brother that day. Thursday the 9th - After Jennifer tells me she has still not heard from my brother, I place a call to his house and leave a message with his daughter for him to ‘Call Facility’. At this point I’m thinking he must have decided that I answered his questions well enough and had gone ahead and mailed it. However, just in case, I email my brother and ask him to sign the papers and put them in overnight mail before I lose the room. Friday the 10th - Nothing in the mail from my brother. No word. Finally in the late afternoon, he calls Jennifer. He still has the paperwork in his hand. She called me and told me and I was incredulous! I absolutely couldn’t believe he had blown me off, knowing the importance of promptness in the situation. He tells Jennifer he’ll mail the needed papers. I am left feeling like he is deliberately trying to make me lose the room, knowing it could be months before there is another opening. Even now, there is no telling when he’ll mail the papers. Just because he said he would, well.... what he says and what he does are two very different things. My friend thinks he is just irresponsible and undependable, not intentionally trying to cause these extra difficulties. She may be right. I may be right. But whatever the reason, it’s certainly causing me great stress. I must admit I was furious when I found out he had not followed through. I just went through nearly the same thing with him concerning the room at the beach. I don’t know what his game is, but I just want to take my bat and go home. Mom continues to do well on the Trilafon. She still has her stubborn streak and is still difficult at times, but she is much more ‘with it’. She talks and interacts far more, and makes sense more often. Unfortunately she is talking aloud during church now, which is embarrassing to Chris. I plan to pick her up from Facility (just humoring myself that she is actually ever going to live there) every Sunday for church and the afternoon with us. I guess we’ll just have to see how things go and play it by ear. Josh is TDY to Luke AFB for two weeks which enables him to visit his father. I know they both always enjoy that time. I’m gonna try to get Leah to meet me online to play Scrabble one night. I remember how hard it used to be when my ‘husband’ was out of town. Proverbs 16:32 ¶ He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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