Ch-ch-changes

Mom confessed Sunday that she has no idea if she's paid the electric bill or not. Mike set up that bill and a few others for automatic payment two years ago, but she claims no knowledge of that (I've told her a hundred times and she has the bank statements to show it) and never enters any of these payments in her checkbook. Yesterday I discovered she hasn't paid the cable bill and was late on two others. I forced a sitdown last night and I will be taking power-of-attorney basically as soon as she can come to the office (so Molly can notarize and another co-worker can witness.) I will officially become co-owner of her bank account Monday, and the hope is that her bank rep can help me balance the checkbook then so that I can at least start with the right numbers. And set up online so I can check it daily, as I do with my own account. Oh yeah, I have to have a chat with the YMCA, too, as I joined a few weeks ago at a facility that doesn't open until June. They said I wouldn't be billed until June. You guessed it - they billed me for February, for using a non-existent facility. Grrrr...

What is the Deal With Late April?

Specifically, the last weekend?

Every year, Maryland's biggest dog show is at the Fairgrounds that weekend.
Every year, Frederick, Bowie & Delmarva are all home that weekend.
There are usually 3 conventions I'd like to go to that weekend (2 this year).
Plaza's 'Celebration of Color' (aka free art stuff!) is always that weekend.
And Jeff's birthday is that weekend.

So, no baseball that weekend, and once I finally work out the balance between art, games & dogs, the whole cart may be upset by a birthday event. Spiffy.

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