TerryJ2
Well-Known Member
I was so upset the other day, I couldn't even type, but long story short, I was up and dressed and in the kitchen, ready to go out the door, and I hear this motor, and see a HUGE crane outside the kitchen window, on the edge of our property. I guessed that someone was doing construction work (unlikely, since it is wooded) or taking down one of our trees.
Yup.
I've probably posted here b4 about our neighbors on all sides ... having 3.77 acres is actually a burden, since people think it's public land and can let their dogs poop in our yard, walk through our yard to the water and not even ask us or introduce themselves, re-do surveys and move the lines, which requires a lawyer, yaddayadayada ... so here we go again.
I flew out the door, (ruined my new shoes, too) and stopped the crane operator. I approached the neighbor, who ignored me, so I walked up onto his deck and stood face-to-face with-him. He looked down at his feet and talked on his cell ph and shut the door in my face.
(Usually he swears a blue streak so maybe this was better.)
I told the crane operator to wait 5-10 min until I found the plat/survey and zoomed home and started throwing papers and folders everywhere. I was SO STRESSED!
difficult child came into my office and I snapped at him, "Not now! No computer, no key--they're taking one of our trees!"
"I know. Is there anything I can do to help?"
So I had him put back all the folders I'd dumped in my haste.
This a.m., he went to a 1-1/2 hr eye appointment (he has glaucoma) and he hates to look people in the eye, so this was stressful for him (the assistant and dr kept telling him to look up, and had to lift his chin repeatedly), and he not only talked normally in the car all the way home, but when we got home, he held the door open for me!!!!! OMG.
Okay, so he's still addicted to the computer, and he still yells "NO!" when he doesn't want to do chores, but every now and then, I see hope. It's inconsistent, but a little bit more every day. Maturity?
(Oh, about the tree--in the end, we allowed the neighbors to take the tree, because it was leaning toward another neighbor--yes, I talked to THAT neighbor, too, and he said he knew about it but was not paying for it and he got a text from the mean neighbor and that's funny, why didn't he send a text to you? Yeah, right. But since mean neighbor won't talk to me, husband called and spoke with-him after he talked to our atty, and said he should have told us in advance and asked permission. They talked about the property line going down the ctr of the tree, etc. The mean neighbor said he didn't feel comfortable talking to me because "She always says no to everything." HAAAHAHHAHHA! He's been taking lessons from my difficult child.)
Yup.
I've probably posted here b4 about our neighbors on all sides ... having 3.77 acres is actually a burden, since people think it's public land and can let their dogs poop in our yard, walk through our yard to the water and not even ask us or introduce themselves, re-do surveys and move the lines, which requires a lawyer, yaddayadayada ... so here we go again.
I flew out the door, (ruined my new shoes, too) and stopped the crane operator. I approached the neighbor, who ignored me, so I walked up onto his deck and stood face-to-face with-him. He looked down at his feet and talked on his cell ph and shut the door in my face.
(Usually he swears a blue streak so maybe this was better.)
I told the crane operator to wait 5-10 min until I found the plat/survey and zoomed home and started throwing papers and folders everywhere. I was SO STRESSED!
difficult child came into my office and I snapped at him, "Not now! No computer, no key--they're taking one of our trees!"
"I know. Is there anything I can do to help?"
So I had him put back all the folders I'd dumped in my haste.
This a.m., he went to a 1-1/2 hr eye appointment (he has glaucoma) and he hates to look people in the eye, so this was stressful for him (the assistant and dr kept telling him to look up, and had to lift his chin repeatedly), and he not only talked normally in the car all the way home, but when we got home, he held the door open for me!!!!! OMG.
Okay, so he's still addicted to the computer, and he still yells "NO!" when he doesn't want to do chores, but every now and then, I see hope. It's inconsistent, but a little bit more every day. Maturity?
(Oh, about the tree--in the end, we allowed the neighbors to take the tree, because it was leaning toward another neighbor--yes, I talked to THAT neighbor, too, and he said he knew about it but was not paying for it and he got a text from the mean neighbor and that's funny, why didn't he send a text to you? Yeah, right. But since mean neighbor won't talk to me, husband called and spoke with-him after he talked to our atty, and said he should have told us in advance and asked permission. They talked about the property line going down the ctr of the tree, etc. The mean neighbor said he didn't feel comfortable talking to me because "She always says no to everything." HAAAHAHHAHHA! He's been taking lessons from my difficult child.)
