Yesterday was a good day...until the end. I was about to get ready to leave with my grandmother when I noticed that my mom was on one side of Wendys ready to pick me up and Grandma was on the other side. It was a bit of a mix-up on my part as I had not realized my mom was planning to come get me. When I told my mom what had happened, she let me go with Grandma. Grandma took me to my house and stood outside the car talking to my mom while I went to the mailbox to find nothing there. That's when my mom handed me this letter from the attorney involved with my case.
About 2 years ago or a little more, before all this debt happened, I changed my address and got a post office box. I got it because things were getting tight at home. When the bank sent me a change of address confirmation to my home address, my mom stalked into the room with it and forced me to open it in front of her. I was scared. She thought it was a notice of NSF charges and freaked. I opened it and she demanded to know what was in it. I would have been in a lot of trouble had it been the NSF charge notice. But the truth was, I had no reason to be afraid...had it been NSF charges, it would have meant someone other than me was guilty of identity theft. I was in good standing at that time. My mom and I were both going to Athens Tech and earlier that year, she had learned that she could check my grades online using my social security number if I didn't tell her what they were. I went to student services after she had one of those long "I'm disappointed in you for these grades" talk with me. I had my password changed from my social security number to something else. Let's just say that Mom was really pissed off at me the next quarter when she couldn't get into my account.
So basically... I thank God for the mix-up I had with rides yesterday... because I have a hunch my mom wanted to make me open my mail in front of her again. I felt like I was walking around on pins and needles last night until I finally got my things together and walked out to Grandma's to hang out there for a bit. I don't think I've ever been so glad she lived within walking distance. I called Drew and vented to him about what had happened... For the record, the letter was just a routine thing to let me know how to contact the attorney. He gave me some awesome advice. He was like, "If that ever happens again, just tell her, 'Mom, I'm twenty-three, BACK OFF.'" and if she kicks me out, she kicks me out.
Well, I got to thinking about what he said. I want to get out on my own and be living somewhere else right now, but I do need a place to live, so I kinda need to not get kicked out. So, I made a decision. I'm going to fix it up to where she can't really kick me out. I can't afford to pay my parents rent right now, but I can do things for room and board. So, I'm going to start cleaning out the house. We still have a lot of old stuff from years and years and years ago that we never use anymore. It's just sitting there cluttering things up. Earlier this year, I had gotten together a list of housekeeping things that needed to be done and assigned my mom and I to each task. She told me she wouldn't have time to do them this summer. So now, I can just do them myself. No sweat....it just means that I'll get to stay there as long as I like until I decide to leave. I look forward to this because when I'm done, I hope to be able to actually invite a HUMAN friend over to spend a couple nights with me since I will have cleaned the entire house by myself. Yep...fun times.
Oh, and Mom...if you're reading this, there are two things you should know: (1) I'm a different person than you think I am sometimes and (2) Your clothes...yeah...the ones you don't wear that you've kept for YEARS...they'll be the first to go. Oh, and one more thing: I LOVE YOU!!
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