[BrightFuture]

Wow, it is amazing that two people who are piecing posted to me today! I think it is a good sign!
ReachingHigher, Busting, thank you so much for stopping by!

So here is the latest. I got the mail ready for H and I had a couple of questions I wanted to ask, like when he would pick up his two chests that still have some of his stuff in there, and if he would want any parts of the old bedroom (dresses, bed frame) when I replace it with the new one. I’ve been thinking about that for some time now. But, now I feel like I’m actually getting excited about the new bedroom set.

What I didn’t expect though for H to show up with his brother. They both came into the house. So, I had a bunch of thoughts going through my head. He brought BIL in because he didn’t want to face me alone, he wanted to avoid the possibility of me bringing up a conversation (I’m sure our mutual friends gave the info to him that I was considering filing for D or separation), he was testing the waters, etc. There a lot of other thoughts about this, I just don’t know how to express them at the moment. So, if this is his way to avoid any serious conversations, it worked. I didn’t say anything about the chests and the bed. I just didn’t feel like BIL needed to know these kind of details.

While I was handing him his mail he asked me if there was anything important. And, yes there was, a Jury Duty letter. I had a thought to ask him why he didn’t update his voting record and stuff, because he doesn’t live here anymore, but I didn’t. Then there was a Playboy, of course. He said that my son told him that he took the previous issue. I said that I was not aware of that. So, he was like laughing at that, saying that the Playboy is his and how dare my son was to take it. It was all presented as a joke. I think he actually enjoyed the fact that my son took something of his.

Then he asked me if he could take a couple of cassettes with music. He said that the people he came with didn’t have CD player in the car, only the cassette player, which he thought was kind of strange these days. I’m not sure if this is the case, or he just wanted to take these cassettes (relieving his old teenage years?) The interesting part was that he knew exactly were these cassettes were in the house and went straight upstairs to pick them up. He took a few, I didn’t see which once.

He asked me about the car insurance. I told him that I haven’t received the bill yet. He asked me again to let him know the numbers before I pay it, because he wants to see if he can reduce the coverage. I told him that there is probably no way to reduce it even more, because he already changed it to liability only last year. He didn’t remember that. Ha, MLC brain…

Then he asked about the taxes and what I wanted to do. I told him that it was up to him whether he wanted to file separately or jointly. He told me that he didn’t make much money last year, and if it would make sense for him to file separately. I told him it would not matter in our case, at least what I was told (we are still legally M and live in a community property state.) He then said that it is ok to file jointly. I told him that in this case I need his car registration (as tax deduction) and any interests from the bank accounts. Apparently, he didn’t have the car registration on him! What!? I though he came to help me to do the taxes? He then processed to the kitchen to look for a pen (again, he knew exactly where he could find one) to write this down because he would not remember it after… BTW, the bank statement was in the mail that he just picked up. I didn’t say anything…

I was chatting with his brother meantime. When everything was addressed, BIL said that they were now heading “to play in the rain”. I assumed that he was taking about golfing, and asked him about it. He said no, there are going to do some other things. I guess it is a secret, LOL.

My BIL gave me a hug when he came in and when he left. No hug from H. Not that I expected, just an observation.