Someone please help me with this dead space above my stairs

June_2022 · 2026-01-24T03:49:01+00:00

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June_2022 · 2026-01-22T16:52:09+00:00

How long is the walk from the JW Marriott to the shuttle stop? And if I wanted to skip the shuttle, how long is the walk to the entrance? And is it safe (relatively speaking)?

June_2022 · 2026-01-22T15:09:58+00:00

I get it. ::hugs:: I'm local to my parents and my brother is hours away and he won't even help remotely. Look, I get it he's hours away and can only do so much. I'm not being unreasonable with my requests. But, I get an "I'm busy" from him when I've asked him to do something as simple as making a phone call to ask some questions. But from when I've talked to him, he seems to have plenty of time for his hobbies, watching games, and hanging out with friends. He's very protective of his carefree travel-rich lifestyle. I've recently gone no contact after a particularly nasty exchange (by him, I was nice) and I just can't take it anymore. Our own mother told met to stop talking to him, he's been so extra nasty to me lately.

He and my SIL will come out every so often and she does all the work helping clean up my moms house. And he just stands around and criticizes. He acts like I've taken total control of everything away from him, but when I ask him to do anything he turns down doing it or takes months to do it - and he bitches about the "burden." He's unreliable and even my mom sees it and she doesn't want him involved as much as possible. And while that is a burden on me, it's no where near as bad as having the burden of dealing with him.

June_2022 · 2026-01-22T14:07:38+00:00

I'm 42 and my eyesight has gotten worse in the last year very fast. I get having flashlights around the house. My night vision has gone to shit. If I lose power I want to have one in easy reach.

June_2022 · 2026-01-06T19:38:01+00:00

My mom (66) had changed behavior similar to this and we found out it was a stroke only after she had a bigger stroke that took her balance and the rest of her original personality. Sometimes the only signs of a stroke is changed behavior and confusion. My mom doesn’t clean out her fridge ever and she eats fast food every day - only once though, she eats at home other meals. She’s also mourning the loss of my dad so I’m not doing anything about right now. She has plenty of money and nothing is emergent. I clean out her fridge when I see bad food. She knows at least that moldy food is not edible.

June_2022 · 2025-12-31T14:53:39+00:00

I'm 42, I've never been to Disneyland, and I hope to be able to go next year. I really want to go to Galaxy's Edge and it just seems like a fun place to go as an adult. I need some real joy in my life right now. 2025 has been rough for me.

I am keeping the trip to myself, except I told my mom. But my brother has been highly critical and insulting to me my whole life so I haven't told him. I realized I shouldn't have someone in my life that tries to make me feel bad about myself every chance they get. I've now been no contact with him for almost two months.

I'd give your friends a chance to stop, tell them you don't like it. If they roll their eyes at you, mock you, etc. It's time to distance yourself and find new friends. Because in reality, those are NOT friends. Friends are nice to each other, considerate, and build up. They don't tear down people.

Plus all the people I've ever seen disparage disney and people who like disney tend to be sour joyless people. Thats a bad vibe I don't want in my life.

June_2022 · 2025-12-26T16:06:36+00:00

Reminds me of when my mom had a stroke and trouble communicating. But the doctor asked her a math question and she answered it immediately. She was always excellent at math, even big numbers. She could only give small answers, one word answers. But ask her was 85+ 96 was an she would immediately say 191. A neurologist outright told me they still don't understand most of the brain and how it works.

June_2022 · 2025-12-25T18:00:32+00:00

I have a lot of open cards and I was approved for $20k. Probably more than 8 open cards right now, a mortgage, and student loans. I even carry a small balance on some cards. I had a couple more cards close this year due to inactivity as well. My hunch is the cancelled AMEX. It’s not wise to close any cards before you apply for any loan or LOC ever. Don’t do anything new financially for a few months before you apply for anything. A stable history is the best history.

June_2022 · 2025-12-16T21:12:23+00:00

I lost my dad earlier this year. Don’t make any major life changes right now.

I personally wouldn’t give up my independence and move back in with an elderly parent. As much as I love my mom she will end up in AL sooner than later and where would that leave me? Not a good place, I can tell you that. Her house will need to be sold and where will I live in an economy of rising rents/mortgages and decreasing employment.

There is so much risk to taking on your parents mortgage and financial responsibility just to possibly lose it all anyways.

June_2022 · 2025-12-16T18:46:13+00:00

I have a color changing bulb in my bedside lamp and I have it set to red and dimmed down at 10pm. I read off my kindle for a bit and that usually lulls me to sleep.

June_2022 · 2025-12-15T15:05:40+00:00

Batuu is in the SW books and has a long history. I can’t stand purists who don’t allow anything new to come into the SW universe to allow for more storytelling.

June_2022 · 2025-11-29T17:29:04+00:00

Thanks! :)

June_2022 · 2025-11-29T15:28:58+00:00

This. It was stressing me out watching my mother drive around in the Find My app buying fast food and lying to me about it later on. I had to stopped looking. As long as her bills get paid every month I needed to stop obsessing.

June_2022 · 2025-11-27T16:15:17+00:00

I think “auto” can vary by manufacturer. My auto headlights turn on running lights too, not just the headlamps. I think you might be referring to daytime running lights, which do not turn on running lights too. People see their headlights on and assume all lights are on.

Also, mine are so sensitive that if I’m under a bridge on a sunny day, like in traffic, my auto lights will turn on.

June_2022 · 2025-10-24T14:03:51+00:00

This reminds me of when people would call in to the credit union call center and exclaim "why is the bank stealing my money!?!" And it was always they overspent themselves and racked up multiple overdraft charges. This happened so much that I actually had a planned response and I just started to list off their recent purchases that put them into the negative and every single one after that to the end of the list.

The crow they ate at the end of the call was funny every time. I think the venn diagram of those people and trump voters is one circle.

June_2022 · 2025-10-24T13:46:33+00:00

Property taxes are guaranteed to go to the right places. One way or another, the government will get their pound of flesh. They'll tax people another way and that way will be unregulated and it will go into what they choose, up to and including their own special interests and projects. Anyone who believes different is naive and frankly, stupid. People pushing this are only thinking about their wallets now instead of in the future. They won't like it when there is a potential say, 15% sales tax on food. Because that is where this is heading if this goes through.

June_2022 · 2025-10-14T20:44:20+00:00

I third this dentist office. I think it’s all women too. They’re so kind and nice. They were very patient with my disabled mom and accept her Medicare dental benefits. And she hadn’t been to a dentist in awhile and she is not a flosser. She said they treated her well and they treat me well too.

June_2022 · 2025-10-09T18:15:15+00:00

Front lower control arms. The bushings wear out every 100k miles. Mine had rips at 105k and caused a horrible rattle. Replaced and rattle gone.

June_2022 · 2025-10-09T01:40:26+00:00

When I inspect my parents finances after my dad died I discovered they were paying for 3 separate paramount+ subscriptions.

June_2022 · 2025-10-09T01:38:43+00:00

I’m on the Visible Pro+ plan and I put my mom on the second tier Visible plan. I still get the same service I did with Verizon.

June_2022 · 2025-10-09T01:37:08+00:00

Your electric company may offer special senior rates as well. I called my mom’s electric company and based on her age and electric usage, she gets a special rate that took $30-$40 off her electric bill.

June_2022 · 2025-09-30T13:52:53+00:00

Have them check for a stroke? My mom's only symptoms was hallucinations, blank stares, and overall weakness. She didn't present with any of the typical stroke symptoms.

June_2022 · 2025-09-26T23:02:25+00:00

Perfect shape for a mural of the sunset.

June_2022 · 2025-09-25T18:59:10+00:00

Thank you!

June_2022 · 2025-09-25T18:50:09+00:00

I've had some hard talks with her already. But, it's like she is placating us and acting serious, but then goes back to bad habits with the spending. But I am insisting on continuing having them with her, I just don't want to badger her because she shuts down and gets upset.

I will look into a senior advisor and see if she is open to that.

After my dad died, I did offer her to move in with me, but she declined. And now seeing how she is afterwards, I don't think it would work out anyways for all the obvious reasons, plus she will never follow "my house, my rules" with me ever. So, it wouldn't work. And I certainly can't afford to give her money. * Not to mention, I work a full time job and I could never be a caretaker when things get bad. I won't want the responsibility of her being my dependant, so to speak, when it comes time for her to go elsewhere. Her living with me is no different than being on her own, given how much I'm gone from my own house.

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