Bob, glad the wife was moved and is improving.
Sorry for not being active, though I am logged in.
Had a strange past couple of weeks.
First, one of my maternal great granduncle's passed away. Not terribly shaken up by it, as I only seen the man a confirmed two times in my life, once after I was born and then when I graduated High school, where he gave me a grand and a moped, despite me having a car. This man well was kind of off. Not like the kindly eccentric off, but like he had so many skeletons in the closet his closet was an apartment on its own. Not many of my moms side showed up, which was odd until I learned why later. But a whole lot of women showed up and some men. He was well off, not a millionaire, but close. Everyone was called to the attorney's office who handled his affairs. I went, and got a kit car, not built, but the kit for a car, basically crates of car parts and a frame, along with body. And a tractor for some strange reason.
But the best part was the fight among his fuck buddies and mistresses over what was "owed" to them. His wife left him long before I was born, and she was not there to collect what he left her. But it was surreal and funny all of the strange men and women, gold diggers to the core fighting over the house he did not even own. He was in a retirement village, and when he was put there, his sister quietly moved in to his old house, since it was technically hers to begin with, their parents made her swear to let him live there as long as he needed to. Apparently she was playing the long game, as she had control of his money, so he went from a playboy to pauper. I left when the police were called.
Work has confirmed once the move starts, everyone will maybe get up to two weeks of vacation, for the set up. So I plan on surprising the family with a cruise, which is turning into a logistical nightmare. Its going to be me, wife, three daughters, because wife cant keep her mouth shut and told our oldest daughters, Mimi, Youngest daughters two friends who are perpetually crashing at my place due to home issues, Ashley + Princess, and Bethany. I called around, and I think I have more than enough, after selling the tractor, which is a full sized farm tractor, sitting, covered in plastic in my back yard now. The car kit is in my once cleaned out garage. I might need to take out a second mortgage for this. I also have to deal with my fear of deep dark oceans too. I blame all those underwater horror movies I watched as a kid. Probably going Royal, cause they quoted the fairest price so far.
What made my week or so, was that a close dear friend of mine fully retired out of the Army after twenty or more years of service. He and his wife came into town and we partied almost every night like we were in high school again. I mean he wasn't gone totally from my life, visiting or calling often, but now he is free, and has to work like a regular guy, since he is too young to draw retirement. He plans on taking over his dad's gun shop. But yeah its been a wild week or two.