I'm slowly beginning to realize that this is really happening. I keep expecting Mom to change her mind, but she said she's getting boxes from work, and she said Thursday that she was going to break it to her boss the next day by telling him she would not be going to a mandatory meeting. And Jim will be driving the U-Haul out here, so he'll finally get to see my house. He hasn't been here since before we moved into the house, and he only stopped to visit because he was on his way to Ft. Bragg. I've been looking for storage units, but the ones near me are a tad expensive, so I'm going to range out a tad bit. It's not like her furniture needs to be 2 miles away, anyway.

Every once in awhile, I think "Mom won't have to travel all the way out here for the Ren Faire!" "Mom will be here for my birthday! And Christmas! Because she'll be living on my couch..." I haven't lived in the same state as Mom since I was 10, with the exception of 6 weeks every summer during my teen years. So this will be a change, even once she gets her own place.

Sean's mom offered up her spare room, but frankly, I'm afraid to have both mothers in the same place for too long. ^_^

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So, it looks like I'm getting another roommate.

My mom has been working for Long John Silvers as a shift manager for the past few years. She's been making 7.75 while regular employees have been making 7/hr. The new minimum wage changes are taking effect, so everyone gets raises. The regular employees will be making 8/hr.

So will Mom.

Another shift manager, who doesn't pull her weight, will be making 8.25/hr.

So Mom's pissed. She says she's done. She asked a few weeks ago how much it would cost to rent my couch, and I told her a penny a night. I thought she was joking. No, Mom called a bit ago and said she's moving in. There's nothing else in the area where she lives. Southern Illinois has a very high unemployment rate, and the jobs that are available are ones that she doesn't want. Moving in with me gives her the benefit of a place to stay that's with family and near family (cousins in the area), and not anywhere near her siblings. She loves her siblings, but if she lives near them, she'll get drawn into that lovely family drama.

So Mom gets a couch, we get a housekeeper who does everything but dust. lol And no, she's not displacing the current roommate, who lives in our spare room

We have now turned our attention from trucks to home entertainment systems. Product suggestions are welcome. Along with cabinetry, because if we get an HDTV, where in the world are going to put all of our dvds?

2:34pm. And yes, I was in bed, sans book, from 1:20am-7:30am. Still a little sad, but overall, I'm happy with the book. Would have been happier had I not looked at the Leaky Lounge right after, but that's okay.

Honestly, why people feel the need to rip books apart, I dunno

My dream was jumping all over the place last night, but here's some highlights


At some point, Jack O'Neill was put in charge of Hogwarts (I think), and was writing a letter asking for help. "Hi.. Ms... Hermione... Granger." (Putting total blame of this one on Neuropsych, whose latest chapter of her Stargate/Harry Potter crossover I was reading last night)

Sean got his truck. Sorry, dear, it was white.

We lived in a different house, and a bunch of non-poisonous snakes lived in a bunch on the counter. I didn't like picking one up when it fell on the floor.

Went to a mall-type place that I've visited in my dreams before. I petted a mostly toothless animal who kept trying to gnaw me. There was something about a restaurant, but I can't remember what happened.

They were having some sort of Wizard of Oz theme towards the back that I wanted to see.

While heading to the WoZ area, I went into a cave-type area, where a boy dressed something like Batman was being tormented by a girl in a superhero/villain costume. I went up to her, but I figured if I picked her up or tickled her to make her stop would make her scream for adults. So I went up to her, suddenly dressed in a yellow outfit, put my finger right in front of her nose, started wriggling it around, and taunted "I'm not touching you!!!" It was sort of ruined when she kept grabbing my finger, but I kept pulling it away. She finally left. The boy looked at me and asked "who are you?" "I," I replied, "am Ms. Crazy Superhero Woman!"



So of course I started obsessing about Ms. Crazy Superhero Woman (Call me Z) in the shower, and putting it into Who Wants To Be A Superhero.

Sean's been wanting a truck for a few years now, and we're almost at a point where we can get him one.. Today, after getting the O2 sensor replaced on my car, we decided to hit the dealerships to check out what he might like. He decided either a Dodge or Chevy, long bed, and I pointed out some good reasons for an extended cab. And, of course, a cd player was a big bonus. We hit the Chevy place first to look at the Silverados, but they didn't have a whole lot that he liked. There also wasn't a salesperson around to open up the truck to see how he fit, which is the Really Big Sticking Point. Then we drove over to the Dodge place, where we were immediately welcomed by a salesperson, who found a truckspert for us. He showed us two trucks, about the same model. Both were Ram 2500 Thunderoads with diesel engines, but the first was a manual, which we didn't want. Sean can drive a manual, but I can't. But the automatic he showed us was really nice with a lot of nice features. One cool thing was that it had adjustable pedals, so that if I drove, I didn't have to be right up on the steering wheel. For a diesel, it was pretty quiet. Sean took it on a test drive, and decided he really liked it. It drove well, turning was smooth, it's just driving a truck was a bit of a spatial adjustment. It looks like that's the truck he'll be getting