Afternoon tea

Took care of a bunch of errands, especially bank stuff. HKB is charging bankbook accounts $5 a month starting early August. Naturally, I switched to a different type of account. Are bank books so expensive that they need to be rid of? OK maybe I'm outside the norm. That account is hardly used because they charge fees on almost everything (even if you keep a balance over $1000). I've had that account for 20 years and closing it makes me feel sad.

Went to Iwase to pick up a magazine I ordered. No more good Pinkys left. Only 2 ugly types. I'm glad, though. Don't think I can resist if there were nicer once. Yup, it's gotten cloudy. I can't think today. Forgot one of the bank errands and had to go back. Started the car while the steering wheel was still locked. My back feels like all the ribs have fused into one big solid rock.

Tried to buy some Planter's peanut-butter cup, only to find out the price has risen for over a buck! WTF!?!? For something that was under $4, a buck is insane! I hope it was a mistake. However, Reeze mini cups were on sale. So I bought that instead.

Thought I'd drop off the chocolate to E @ brother's place on my way back. Did not expect them to be at home. After all, it's been a nice day, and E's family is visiting from out of town. They should be out somewhere. Surprise! Not only were them at home, I arrived at the same time as sis-in-law and E came back from a walk. They were about to have afternoon tea too. Nice! E's husband is good at baking. He made some fresh scone while sis-in-law brew tea bought from London Farm. They said, it's not worth going there anymore. $8.5 per person, and only get you very little treats. Before, the portion was enough for a small meal!

Went home and continue looking at taobao site Miki sent me. Very difficult to read... I think I'll stick to Esty and Ebay.

Pee

So sick and tired of dad leaving pee and snot and booger all over the place. (T_T) So sick and tired of him ignoring anything we say and just do things his way. So sick and tired of hating myself for feeling down all the time. (T_T)

Yup, he doesn't wipe his butt and insists nothing had come out from this rear end. He leaves his dentures in his mouth overnight and not brush them. His breath stinks. OK he stinks from his own pee and crap anyway. I just don't want to be anywhere closer than 5 feet from him. If mom collapses, he will have to go to a nursing home immediately and permanently. Why does God hate us so much?

Finally finished pricing the necklaces and sent the info to Miki. Took 4 to 5 days. Way too long. And this wasn't factored into the cost. Yup, I'm fighting a loosing battle. Wish I could just give up and leave.

Yup, I'm in monster mode. The weather's changing. It's only 3 days after the last chiropractor's appointment. I'm already unable to think. No fair. (T_T)

Dream

I was driving mom and dad... and tried to turn into a tricky area to park. It kind of reminds me of the messiness of Cambie and 6th with the tricky triangle. Did I intentionally try to sneak over a curb? My car was jammed onto something like those fail blog videos with the front hanging in mid-air. We got out. Then the environment turn into an office at night. Lights were on, plenty of clerks were around. I looked back, my car was an old micro van with only 3 seats in a straight line, not unlike those coin-operated kiddie rides. The front half was sitting on a cubicle wall with a desk behind. There were some conversation exchanged with the clerks, but I don't remember what, though. We seemed to be waiting for help with the van. Then I suddenly thought, I maybe able to lift it. And sure I did! We got back into the van and drove off. This time I clearly remembered how tight the inside was. There was only one door on the side. Mom sat behind me, while dad sat behind mom.

There were more after that but evaporated before I wrote it down. (T_T)

Dinner

Pricing of Miki's stuff continues. It's never ending. I'm exhausted already. Whatever I can count, I counted. But still, some stuff are just too much. Things don't add up. Why... (T_T)

Gave the second-handed Pinkys a bath. Got W's chocolate. Tonight's the first time we meet with E since she arrived. And, a chance to hand over the chocolate.

With E and her family in town, it's a big table tonight. 3 families, 10 people altogether. We got to order the fried egg-white puff again. Yay~!

House-sitting (2)

Again, badly, badly, needed chiropractor's appointment. Last week's 1.6 hour stuck in traffic really destroyed my back. I'm finally feeling more normal after the treatment. It's so scary how I turn into a 100% negative monster when my body isn't feeling well. (Yet I don't feel it and go directly into this alternate mode...) (T_T)

Since I was half-an-hour late, there was a bit of a wait. Expected, thought. But 5 people ahead of me was somewhat unusual. Went straight to brother's place after the appointment. The guinea pigs' food was almost gone. They're just like dad. Eat like there's no tomorrow, and poop like hell. Hell for everyone around him. Well, human hygiene is a problem, not guinea pig's.

Spent the night calculating cost for the doll necklaces. I really question my way of doing things. Sigh... I do try to keep good records, but when it's time to use them, I can't find what I need! OK, to be fair, there ARE missing records too. Sigh... I'll just have to rely on Miki's judgment on price, then.

Newspaper

(Picture was taken on the 24th and is unrelated to subject.)
It's 1:30 AM, dad is sitting on the toilet for an hour to pee again. This time I caught him kicking the newspaper out and then squash it into a small ball by hand. The newspaper is there to soak up his leaked pee. (Plus projectile snot while sits there.)

He hates it, no doubt. It shows him he's leaking pee.

Does he think that he doesn't need it?

Did he wet it so badly that he had to get rid of the evidence?

Or, does he think that by getting rid of the newspaper, it gets rid of his leakage problem?

Sigh...

And he doesn't think of the trouble he's giving us. Without the newspaper, his pee soaks into the floor tiles and stinks forever! (T_T)

Housesitting (1)

There it goes again. This time, no sleeping over.

LW has a 90% off sale, so I went to take a look. Not surprisingly, almost everything's gone. Even those lame and old DVDs that I thought would be there till the very end, are gone. Whatever few item left is pretty much junk. Old games, questionable vegetable cleaner, pet flea spray, small memo pads, ancient-looking phone wipes, beaten-up baskets, ugly shoes, ugly clothes... Tomorrow, anything you can fit into their shopping bag will be $1. But I don't think there's a single item worth buying. Well, maybe the memo pad is useful, but I don't need any.

Stopped by Iwase again to pick up another round of cheap Pinkys. Just couldn't resist!

Then Save-on to see if they've restocked the toilet paper. Nope. There's not even a space for it. I wonder if it's a scam to get you through the doors.

Last stop, brother's place. Sis-in-law has left huge amount of food with the guinea pigs. Judging from how little the food's been trampled, I think it hasn't sat there for too long. Which means, brother's gang left the house late. Hmm...

Picked up the second-handed Pinkys from E too. Thanks E and W for the help!! PK001B is my holy grail! Yay~!!