The Invisible Woman Chronicles

Yep.  The monster had his court hearing this morning and he did not show up.  Surprise, surprise.  Case was not dismissed but an arrest warrant was issued.  I hope they find him.  I'll gladly help with the monster hunt.  I was waiting to see a police car for him since his address is still listed on the court website.  I know they can find him.  Please find him.  I need this win. Considering how he set us back financially with him tapping into our electricity this is well deserved karma.  He stole from people including us.  He's getting off light in my opinion even if he gets the six years.  He's a horrible person. My days have been going by too fast with my new responsibilities.  I do like this new situation, it's just when someone is gone it can get chaotic and I have no reason to whine since I'll be the one that has time off next week. The poor thinker was not happy with the diva today.  She noticed she was parrotin...

I'm tired.  I was up at 4 and really didn't care if I fell asleep. I felt good just resting. I wound up oversleeping. I have Lionel Richie playing every morning and I might need to change it.  I'm too relaxed when I hear Truly.  I hope the guys haven't heard me singing Truly!  Truly in love with you girl!  Ok, I don't shout it.  Charlie is generally out the door by the time I get myself out of bed so hopefully it's not the sound of Endless Love.  Or my bad singing.   Looks like we'll get the windows in mid November.  I would be ok if they didn't and hopefully they can work around me.  Hopefully my mom doesn't freak her freak about it.  I got time to clean up my stuff and my junk mail that I need to shred.  Hopefully Charlie doesn't see how dusty our place is.  Glad we know something. I will miss going for my walks at night.  I hate that daylight savings is on my birthday, of all days.  Hello darkness my enem...

I was going to do my writing therapy about what I was feeling and my mind went blank.  I couldn't think of anything bothering me in particular.  Yes, plenty of things bother and annoy me.  Nothing was standing out.  I was just Eh.  What am I feeling? There is a couple of big things this week.  The check thief had a hearing that got postponed.  We received a notice for my mom to fill out about what happened.  We want to be notified of hearings and she wants to provide a written victim statement that I'll probably write for her.  We won't get any money but we got to speak up about how this affected our lives.  That was awful what happened.  I wish there was restitution for the pain and suffering but I didn't lose any wages.  The bank covered my mom.  We were just emotionally and mentally wrecked.  That's a big price tag.  It looked like the check thief has a public defender and the court gave the ok to postpone a m...

I found one of my Kamala Harris' t-shirts I got last year that I never wore.  Well that kind of sucked.  I wore it to bed last night. Makes a great nightshirt.  I could never wear any of the political stuff out in public.  I'd get beat up.  I usually wore that stuff under a sweatshirt or sweater anyway.  If only it was because our circumstances were different.  Oh well.  At least it's not an orange t-shirt. I just pulled the window open for Precious to sit in.  She'll only sit in it for a few minutes and take off.  It looks like a pretty fall day.  I so don't look forward to daylight savings next weekend.  Ironic the darkness starts on my birthday.  Boo!! I'll have off most of next week.  I will stop and get my free Starbucks next Sunday.  I still crack up at the woman trying to hit me up for money when she's holding a Starbucks. I haven't really had any for awhile.  It's not out of my budget but it's not a ...

Another day of Shopkicking.  Trying to kick it up even more with the government shutdown.  I'm almost at the first $5 off our next grocery run. I hate this.  I think a year ago I had hope that maybe things will be ok.  Maybe I can get ahead a little.  That was some serious wishful thinking.  I keep going back to the comment Kamala made about people having money for Christmas presents.  I'll have it but it will be a bigger struggle. Seeing that we won't get money or our state won't get any money for the flooding damage just disheartened more this weekend.  So much chaos.  I didn't vote for this.  I'm not happy with anyone that did vote for this and still think this is ok.  Anyone who sees the light? I can forgive.  People who think it's ok?  Sigh.  I don't know what to say.   I am really hoping that the guys hold off on getting new windows.  I worry about our rent going higher next year.  I noticed ...

Last night, I felt dizzy but not dizzy.  Overwhelmed with the world.  It was like I couldn't shut my brain off of everything and anything.  It's better today and it's not work related.  It's just the whole world. For starters, it seems like my attention is being drawn to items in the grocery store.  On Monday, I happened to walk past a display full of Kleenex boxes for 7.99.  Wait.  I know it's Pick n' Save and they seem high but that seemed too high.  I looked at the ice cream which I don't need but I looked at the prices and wondered what happened?  I did get a carton of Edy's for $2.99.  Do I need it?  No.  If I have a need to binge from the stress of looking at the prices, I'd like to get something that's a bargain.  It's like damn what happened here?  I walked past a display of cuties, those sweet little oranges today at Walmart that were like 7.99 as well.  Seems like I've gotten them for $4.99 or less on s...

Yeah, supposed to have off today.  Guess that didn't work out so well for me.  It's ok.  I have time off in a couple of week so eh, whatever. I did receive a call about this situation.  Regina was also given time off but it was for something that happened suddenly.  A death in the family.  I got an apology about me not having today off.  Well I was sorry to hear that.  Kind of felt like a jerk for having the pissed off feelings that I do.  On the flip side, Regina does prompt those feelings but I am sorry about her loss and I have no problem with her or anyone needing the time that they need. I did explain the same courtesy isn't always returned with some individuals. I expressed that I get the feeling that people have been mad or make a comment when I've had time off and been told to deal with it if a few others have had it.  I got an apology for that.  I explained that many months ago, I had family in town.  I don't get to se...

My hope is to gain some ground today.  I worked with the thinker yesterday on learning a few things and I have a good feeling she'll be just fine.   I heard from the vaper and we vented our frustrations over the lurker and Regina.  I don't know how two people can cause such chaos.  Shame on the diva for cozying up to them.  They think she's a fool like the rest of us.  That's not a team that you want to be on in the long run.   When I working with the thinker, I could hear my mom crying and I excused myself for a moment to see if she was ok.  My mom was reading about what was happening in Chicago with children and I said I know.  Traumatizing us is what they want and they are successful.  There's a day where they'll have to pay for their crimes against humanity.  I didn't even turn on Stephen Colbert or any late night host for laughs because there's not much to laugh about these days.  I did find an old Goldie Hawn mo...

 I'm so tired of mean women.  I should say girls but they're women that need to grow up.  Seriously.  Not even talking about the Tik Tok diva.  The other two - the lurker and her bestie "Regina."  I had a fairly good monthly call until something got brought up.  We all do a task that covers all of our areas and the problem area that popped up?  It's Regina's area and it got pointed out that I needed to add more detail with my descriptions.   If Regina wasn't in that area, I would take it in stride.  Knowing her history, I knew there was a petty complaint.  I also know that she did the same thing to the vaper.  Now I want to borrow her vape pen.   Regina is the last person to help anyone.  Her opinion is garbage.  When she actually helps another team member then I can take her seriously.  Besides on my day that I handle this task, Regina will pull out things that are for her area and I'm ok with it....

I could hear helicopters this morning before 6.  Loudly.  Like too close for my liking.  It went on for some time and I looked at my Ring app.  There was something happening over on 55th and Burnham.  Not in my neighborhood but not that far.  I am familiar that the neighborhood is more Hispanic.  Sigh.  I'll see if I can find something on the local news to figure it out.  Felt like the aliens were coming for us.  Except they had ice in their veins. I did turn on the news for awhile last night.  Jen Psaki had the attorney general from Arizona on talking about the lawsuit she filed against Mike Johnson.  Good.  He's such a little lying twerp.  So condescending and rude.  I'm glad they're talking action.  This is ridiculous.  I don't even want to see anything about that damn ballroom.   Well it's a day I have to interact with people and I don't know if I'm ready for that.  Hopefully it'll al...

My giddiness bubble burst last night.  Still tickled that the check thief and the monster have court dates next week.  Reality seemed to sink in other areas. My mom had talked about getting some type of hide a bed couch in the event we have to go to a one bedroom apartment.  Yeah.  Rents are still high.  We have at least a year to stay here but we don't know what they will raise it to next year.  I always said when it doubt, I'll sleep on an air mattress and we can go to a one bedroom if we have to do that.  I would have done it in April.  Still sucks that it is a possibility.   Seeing the White House get demolished actually made me cry.  I just thought this all shouldn't be happening.  Life wouldn't sunshine and lollipops if someone else was in but the anxiety that this person has created.  Last night we realized my mom's Snap benefits might get halted as well because of the government shutdown. $133 might not seem like a...

It'll be a wild week next week between the check thief and the monster having court appearances.  I'm curious to see if the monster shows up or if he has to have a bench warrant for his arrest.  They can both get up to six years in jail.  I wish the maximum for both, especially the monster knowing all the money he stole. We figured we were paying an extra $600 a year with him stealing from us in electricity. He has doing something because our bill has gone down significantly in terms of kilowatt usage.  Considering I paid $1200 a year deductible for my medical and then about $140 a month until I got to my $2400 max, that $600 could have helped me.  He crippled me financially at the lowest time in my life.  Six years is not long enough for what he did to us.  I'll take any jail time for him because that's where he belongs. And the check thief?  Well I hope she gets what she deserves.  She caused a lot of stress and angst between getting new ch...

I was happy that the rain stopped when I got to the walking portion of my morning.  As I started down the hill, I sensed that someone or maybe more were behind me so I stepped aside.  I'm kind of trudging along with my thoughts while I listened to my Audible book so I thought I'd get out of the way for the fitness enthusiasts. Much to my dismay it was not the mysterious grey haired runner from last fall.  Come back mystery man!  Today it was a woman calling me beautiful and wanting to talk to me for a moment.  Oh shit.  This won't end well. About six months ago, I could have sworn that this woman was the same woman who stopped me in the parking at Pick n Save by my house.  Same story.  Her mom was recovering from surgery, they need help to buy a few cans of vegetable and could you please help?  She said all she was able to do was enjoy this drink.  It was a Starbucks drink.  Are you kidding me?  She did talk fast so I didn't ca...

I spent the morning walking and listening to Jim Acosta, Don Lemon and Joy Reid talk about the No Kings Protest.  I felt happy and hopeful listening to them.  I felt happy when I saw the people.  I felt like my glimmer of hope was back. I mailed something for my sister today at the Shorewood post office on my way back. I sent her a text message and joked that I hadn't gone to my neighborhood post office because I don't trust them after the stolen check issue. I hadn't checked on the woman's court record for awhile.  According to the police like maybe 2 months ago, she had been arrested.  I didn't see anything on the court records.  Today, I did see it.  She is being charged with forgery and her first hearing is in a couple of weeks.  Wow.  Ok.  I like seeing that. Then I thought of the monster.  Every so often, I'll take a look and see if another lawsuit has been filed.  It seemed futile since it had been about 2 years and he g...

 It was a too fast kind of day yesterday.  At least I got to spend some time training the Thinker on my area a little bit.  It was nice to get that in.  I feel positive about her help.  I'm grateful she has the enthusiasm to learn more.  I wasn't sure but I know I am skeptical of everyone.  I am hopeful when it comes to her. I found out it was actually the lurker who needs off next Friday as well.  That made me mad.  The two biggest bullies just pushed me out of time off and I had to cancel an appointment.  I have plenty of other time that I won't be pushed out of.  I can let this one go but considering the problems I had with fixing my time and trying to add another date adds to my frustration to the diva and lurker.  They were ugly months ago about people having off and the diva whined about how alone she was going to feel.   The thinker said something to me that made me feel good.  She said you're so patient....

I'll settle for no forest fires today with emails at this point.  Happy to have the week end.  Got to see Corinne and her entourage of dogs and I'm a happy camper.  She got me something.  She put it in a tin and I can't open it until my birthday.  Interesting.  No, I haven't been tempted to look but surprised someone remembered I had a birthday coming up.  I do think I was the inspiration for Sixteen Candles at the time it came out years ago.  If so, where's my hot guy at the end of the movie? I am not looking forward to the windows being put in.  We have had to move and hide so much stuff since people have come in to look at the house or take measurements of the windows the past six months.  Or pack up because well, we didn't know if we were staying. I am still worried about rent rising.  My mom had the news on yesterday which I didn't mind initially but then muted it.  It's just a lot to take in.  I did watch the latest ...

 It was a fast and furious kind of day.  Productive.  Grateful there was no human interaction.  There was a need to help another area so I know I tried.  I know others didn't. I had gotten a message from the diva with a question.  Originally she put it in the chat and then sent me a message. I stepped away from a moment and I got a never mind.  She let everyone know she found the answer and where.   Months ago, I had put a note of appreciation for something she tried to help me with.  After I did that, she let me know she wasn't looking for my acknowledgement when I commented on her help.  I never told her I put the note up there.  I took it down today.  I thought I always do this.  Try to be nice to someone who isn't nice to me.  Go out of my way. It wasn't a deserved thank you and I'll be happy to explain why I took it down. No more rewarding spoiled people.  

I got to see Corinne, her husband, her sister and their three dogs.  Or as her husband said 2.2 dogs.  He's hilarious.  I'm so happy that they finally got together.  It took a lot and I going to guess it took a toll at times for both of them.  I was glad my mom came along and had a good time today.  I know they have neighbors they want to see and her sister's former helper will be coming to see them tomorrow.  I'd gladly stop by to see them again but I know they got people and I'm happy I got to spend the time with them that I did.  Hopefully I can see them next spring.   There's not really anything bad. I finally got my Kindle after I ordered it last week. This is actually my first Kindle. I didn't realize that what I had was fire tablets.  I'm an idiot.  It's really nice to have a Kindle.  I don't read as much and now that my mom has my tablet that still works, I resort to reading on my phone and I know that's not good f...

I am starting to wonder if Corinne will be able to make it to Milwaukee today.  I hope so.  She didn't say anything last night.  Normally I get a message.  I feel like the little kid waiting for the one friend that won't throw rocks at me.  I understand if things change.  I'll be over the moon if I get a message today telling me that they're here. I watched Stephen Colbert this morning.  I missed him being off last week.  He showed a lovely interview he did with Diane Keaton when he did the Colbert Report.  I love Diane Keaton.  I was so surprised to get the news alert but it sounded like she might have had cancer because she was so thin from what people said.  When I think of her, I think of a joyful person.  I'll have to find a movie of hers to watch.  I tried finding something of Robert Redford's on streaming that was maybe older but most of it asked you to pay.  With all the streaming that we have, I can't watch s...

I am happy that the hostages are free.  I won't give credit to the orange one but I'm glad something positive has come out of this nightmare administration.   I'll have to check Corinne's RV to see if she has an inflatable koala costume around to go to a protest on Saturday.  I should ask her if she has a panda one for me. We will get through this.  We just have to and when we do?  We'll be better.  

I feel like Garfield the cat.  I hate Mondays.  Unless I have a week off.  Then it's my favorite day because it's only the beginning. Not a bad day. Quiet day.  I was relieved that some things changed that I didn't have to interact with people.  I won't be that lucky tomorrow.  I might be lucky enough to hear about the diva's vacation.  No bath tub videos on Tik Tok.  Yeah.  I'll probably look and get grossed out.  What a diva.  People really act like dipshits on social media. I saw a video of Don Lemon talking to someone about what he thought was going on in Chicago.  I think I fell in love with the guy.  He was probably somewhere in his 20s, young black man telling Don he wants ICE to get the F out of Chicago.  It was just the way he went off was a good laugh.  So matter of fact and didn't give a shit when he expressed himself.   I hope nobody shows up at his door for speaking the truth.  I saw s...

I'm not that enthused and I think it's an overrated day. Yeah, I'm rolling on the sarcasm train. Here's hoping it's good for the good humans.

Back to routines this morning.  Picked up a coffee pot for my mom this morning from Menards.  I was just surprised I could figure out the correct one.  I'm the bad "husband" who gets it wrong all the time.  I took a picture of the one she wanted online and got it this morning.  I had parked in the Pick n' Save parking lot and I saw someone wandering in the parking lot.  Part of me wondered if the person was going to hit me up for money.  Part of me thought oh, don't think like that. No.  First instinct was right. I apologized and said I didn't have any cash on me.  They were polite.  It's true. I don't keep cash on me but I walked across the lot for my steps since I wasn't doing much of it the last week and I could see the person hitting more people up.   Wild thing.  When I got done between Pick n' Save and Menards, the guy found his way to Target.  I was polite and said sorry.  He was polite as well.  I ap...

So many things to say about this last week.  My brain is definitely overstimulated.  I am so looking forward to seeing Corinne and her entourage this week.  I think mom will be happy to see them as well.  We might wind up with a German Shepherd or two if mom had her way.   We said our goodbyes to our company last night. I hope my nephew had a good time. I think Daisy and Kringle definitely had a good time.  Daisy spent most of Friday night on a pillow passed out on my lap snoozing away while I rubbed her belly.  If I didn't have her on my lap, I had Kringle demanding that I brush him.  Meanwhile, Precious was probably plotting ways to get even with me.  Precious did ok with him.  Safe to say that if she didn't clean her dish out, he would come around and finish it.  If he didn't finish his dish, she would finish it for him.  It all worked out. I see the city of Chicago is now the hot place for ICE.  It's probably good...

I talk about my loneliness so much that you would think that I would be thrilled to not have such a lonely week.   I'm fine with the company I've kept this week but between that and the webinars the last two days I'm ready for a nap. I do like having two cats keeping me up at night.  Maybe that's why my brain is fried. It's been a week.  A good week but so much.  So so very much.  

It was ok today. I woke up to the Thunderdome of cats.  I came back into my room with Precious' cream cheese and Kringle had his head in her dish on the dresser as I walked in. She was sitting on the dresser calmly waiting for me.  That was the comedy of the morning. This event this week is wearing on people's nerves.  The Thinker was going to pass on attending in person but may have to show up because the diva said no.  She lives 115 miles away.  No, she doesn't.  Why with the lying?  She said she doesn't get gas money either.  Sigh.  If you live within 50 miles, you are expected to attend some of the events.  You don't have to do all but there seems to be pressure for this situation.  I thought of Frick and all the times she got out of situations while I had to deal. I have empathy for the Thinker. I know the diva is a liar and that travel time might deter from her Tik Tok career.  Just a liar. The lurker seems to strike....

The animal daycare center has returned.  I couldn't be happier.  I feel bad for Daisy. She has got an upset stomach so it's easy not to overeat when you got a dog looking at you with a sad face.  She's such a tenderheart. I might be in the cat house with Precious. I don't think I've ever had her growl at me so hard when I grabbed her from Kringle.  Yet, she walked up to him and sniffed his but. People are more complicated.  At least cats and dogs will let you snuggle with them.  Unless they're hissing at you.  

 

I got burnt out last night from grocery shopping.  We have done so much of it for our company that I'm going to pack their car with all of it when they leave if they don't eat it.  My mom goes overboard, gets stressed out and gets snappy with me over the littlest things.  I'm so tired of coupons, digital coupons and having to split orders up because we pay for one thing this way and one thing the other way.  I don't get paid enough to be a grocery clerk either.  It's a lot.  Because her vision is bad, it's on me to pull out cards, use them and make sure I got all the coupons accounted for.  I had an incident where I wanted to cry and did later because I should have used her card to get the digital coupons and I used mine and that created a problem.  I know she was a little annoyed with me initially but I think she saw that it bothered me.  I'm not mad at her.  I think she knows it's a lot on me.  She told me that I could take off an...

I had wished that I had my old healthcare insurance because my deductible wasn't as high.  It was Unied He althcare.  They just dropped Ascension.  That would have been bad.  No way am I in the mood to find all new doctors.  I realized I may be finished with one doctor - hopefully, no offense but I'm good if I don't ever get cancer again but I feel safe and comfortable with the medical providers I have.  That would have sucked if I had to find all new ones. I am worried about my premiums going up.  All I seem to see on the news is lawmakers and oh, maybe a President doing memes or AI videos of other lawmakers in sombreros and funny mustaches.  Childish.  Just keep playing with people's lives.  So stupid. Glad it's Friday.  Hopefully I can get through more of what I missed from last week done and well on Monday.  Next week there's a conference that you can watch online or be in person if you're near one of the locations. I am ...

When I saw the picture of Kringle and Daisy in their carriers on their way here, I thought I can't wait to smooch on them and snuggle them.  Don't tell Precious. I smooched and snuggled on her tonight and will when they're here if she's not pissed off at me.  I just don't like people at the moment.  Well not all.  You know what I mean. I am worried about the government shutdown.  The chaos and the weirdness of this administration seems to be wearing on my nerves today.  My mom had the news on but when she was in the kitchen baking for my sister and her family, I muted the news.  It's just a lot. I did take a gander at Tik Tok to see what in the world the diva is doing.  Obviously not her work.  Oh, isn't that precious?  It appears she also forgot to wear a bra too in her videos.  Geezus.  People are weird.  Bad enough that people are making videos that they want Bad Bunny arrested at the Super Bowl.  I'm not a genius ...

I am hoping that I can dig in farther to gain ground that I missed when I was out.  Still kind of taken aback by the lurker and her declaration of where she wanted to be.  It's always where I'm at.  I just feel like saying Where do you want me?  I can't stand people when they play games and she makes me tired. I watched the second AI video this morning of Hakeem Jefferies.  Sigh.  It's like dealing with a child.  This is just insane and people think it's ok.   I'll be glad when we're doing getting the stuff we need for our company.  I think we have enough but my mom freaks her freak and thinks we need to stock up more.  If it was just me and my nephew we'd be at Taco John's everyday.  I think she's fine with the food that we have.  I got Audible for 3 months at 99 cents.  I somehow managed to download 107 days when I rejoined.  It's ok.  Just look for the lady sobbing by Lake Michigan with headphones on....

 A lot I can say about what's going on in the country.  I still can't believe that a leader puts out a racist video of the minority leader of the house in a sombrero.  It's racist.  It's disgusting.  How is this ok?  I am worried.  Hoping for the best, but not feeling it. I am getting back to the groove of things.  I was still feeling the annoyance with the diva but that quickly shifted to an afternoon meeting.  We were working out new responsibilities and when we got asked about which area we should go with, I said that I was fine with my assignment and the Thinker would be sharing some of it which would help. It was the lurker that wanted to move in on the assignment she had been working on and was kind of acting like a pouty child that she should be on it.  The look on my face was incredulous. This is the third time where I have her trying to push me out.  Where would you like me?  I would like to accommodate her this time b...