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kattinsanity · ‎07-26-2017

I got a call on Sunday that my mom had fallen and was being taken to the hospital. I quick packed all the stuff I had to mail out and tossed them in the car and headed for MN.. I mailed them in Rochester. My mom just turned 94 on Tuesday and is being taken to the nursing home tomorrow. I came back to WI. today and my oldest daughter is getting her settled in the nursing home tomorrow.

My little brother is coming up from TX. & will be in Rochester on Sunday so I'm heading back to MN. on Saturday most likely. The rent on my moms apt. is paid through the end of August but my bro & I have to get everything in her apt. cleaned out and sold as she won't be going back home again.

He's heading back to TX. Thursday but I'm going to be back & forth for the next month finishing up getting rid of all of her stuff from living in that apt. for 25 years~~BIG JOB.

I have a 3 day handlng time but I know I can't keep up with that because I'm going to have to be gone for longer periods of time. I'm thinking I should just cancel all my listings for the time being and start back up in a month when everything is done. Then I'll just be gone for 2-3 days at the longest every 2 weeks going to visit her.

Is it a smart idea to just cancel all my listings or should I extend my handling time? I don't want to have a up to 10 day handling time~~that would kill my sales anyway. I feel like I should just cancel them all and not have to worry about them for the next month.

olddane2575 · ‎07-27-2017

This person was looking for a responsible answer & instead she gets facebook comments!
And where is EBAY
mgt to answer her question?!

rainbowcolorz · ‎07-27-2017

@takikawa4, I don't quite understand. I did not quote any parts of either posts that I found inappropriate. I merely copied and pasted the word *plonk* because that poster felt (I guess) the same as I did with regard to the thrill seeker's comment.

What makes the thrill seeker think that @kattinsanity is *bothering to seek advice? She obviously felt the NEED to ask for advice, whether she is a ROCKSTAR poster or not. *I* did not wonder shy she was seeking advice. I was simply here wishing her well.

If I have misunderstood anything here, I apologize.

kattinsanity · ‎07-27-2017

It just dawned on me a little while ago that she has the day off work today~~she could easily drive up there & have the office let her into the apt.. I called & left a message that if she showed up there to NOT let her in~~that she planned on taking things that she has no right to take. My daughter took me to the office yesterday & introduced me to everyone so they know who I am~~I swear she knows everyone in that whole 15 story building!! Hopefully she hasn't already been there & hopefully they haven't let her in.

This is really stupid but she had plans of taking a huge antique glass china cabinet & loading it into the back of her Kia Soul & hauling it back to WI.. That cabinet along with another similar one are hopefully going to the antique store across the street. It would never fit into her car & even if it did it would be smashed before she ever got home. It's much too nice to get ruined by her stupidity.

pikabo-icu · ‎07-27-2017

@takikawa4 wrote:
@rainbowcolorz

Here's the ENTIRE post:

in reply to siberians_forever 07-27-2017 01:19:46 AM

If you have the time to take and post this very well phrased post...it makes one wonder why you would even bother seeking advice about canceling your listings as a ROCKSTAR poster...
Seriously...
You managed to get off my annihilator list only by virtue of not posting for a while, but this earned you a permanent place on it.

*plonk*

@takikawa4

@rainbowcolorz Is agreeing that the "not nice comment" (and it was NOT nice or compassionate at all) earned the poster a slot in the ignore list..

I believe you might be thinking they are doing the opposite..

She agrees with berserkerplanet as do I & I'm sure others...

CHEERS

~Pika~
People in life that are the happiest don't have the most,, they make the most of what they have...

takikawa4 · ‎07-27-2017

My apologies if I misunderstood.

lacemaker3 · ‎07-27-2017

I'm really sorry you have to go through all this, but glad that it seems like you're coping so well and managing to set your priorities to minimize the stress.

Fantastic that your Mom is positive and happy about going to the nursing home. They can be wonderful places, most are just fantastic, but you have to go into it with the right attitude. We were so happy that my Dad got into the place that was first on the list for him. He didn't want to have to be there, but he needed 24 hours care, and the people who were looking after him were very careing people. I'm sure you Mom will be happy to have such a wonderful place to be.

rainbowcolorz · ‎07-27-2017

@takikawa4 wrote:
My apologies if I misunderstood.

@takikawa4, not a problem. I may have been the one to confuse things by not explaining who *thrill seeker* was (it was not Kat or Beserker) --- see my post that created the confusion below.

@rainbowcolorz wrote:

@berserkerplanet said: *plonk* .

Yep, I agree. Not nice at all.

Well, what can one expect from a THRILL SEEKER?

rainbowcolorz · ‎07-27-2017

Thanks, pikabo-icu!

pvcliff · ‎07-27-2017

@kattinsanity How wonderful that your mom is looking forward to the nursing home! My in-laws wouldn't budge on going to assisted living, in spite of the facility being a mile from their home and having friends who had moved there.

And as for your sister, maybe she'll actually surprise you some day like mine did. It did take an email from me along the lines of " our parents take care of us when we are young, we take care of them when they are old -- that's the way it works", and she makes sure to avoid me if she knows I'm going to be at their house, but she stepped up. Mom woke up one morning just before Memorial Day in horrible pain from a mysteriously scratched cornea. The resulting infection has damaged the eye to the point she will have a cornea transplant if they can ever knock the infection out. My sister now drives Mom and Dad (who is too frail to drive) all over town and now to downtown LA where the cornea specialist is. She has stepped up big time. Now if she'd only start doing her own laundry! She never managed her finances and then had a life threatening brain aneurysm three years ago, and now lives with/off my parents. She has surprised all of us, and her being in their home has turned out to be a blessing.

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muttlymob · ‎07-27-2017

@siberians_forever wrote:

If you have the time to take and post this very well phrased post...it makes one wonder why you would even bother seeking advice about canceling your listings as a ROCKSTAR poster...
Seriously...

Moral support?

Confirmation from others who may have been through this themselves?

Seriously, at times like this it is not always clear that what may seem to be the clearest and most logical of thoughts really is the clearest and most logical of thoughts.

Better to take a moment to ask, than forge ahead too quickly and maybe regret it later.

reallynicestamps · ‎07-27-2017

Cancel your listings.

Family comes first.

This is a difficult time for you. We've been through it ourselves with parents in their 90s.

Best wishes for your mother's recovery.

postingid2017 · ‎07-27-2017

Hi kattinsanity, I wanted to post this morning so please forgive me for posting this late, but I am sending healing vibes for you, your Mom and Family. Again, sorry for the late response

((((((kattinsanity))))))

margarenisa_0 · ‎07-27-2017

Just chiming in to say that if it was me? I would cancel the listings.

Personally, I find I have diminished mental flexibility in times of stress and don't always make the best decisions. Why jeopardize your selling account when you're not at your best?

I wish you all the best and I will remember you and your family in my prayers.

margarenisa_0 · ‎07-27-2017

@siberians_forever wrote:
@kattinsanity wrote:

Is it a smart idea to just cancel all my listings or should I extend my handling time? I don't want to have a up to 10 day handling time~~that would kill my sales anyway. I feel like I should just cancel them all and not have to worry about them for the next month.
If you have the time to take and post this very well phrased post...it makes one wonder why you would even bother seeking advice about canceling your listings as a ROCKSTAR poster...
Seriously...

This one is wondering why someone would even bother posting such a meanspirited and nasty comment, particularly when the OP has shared how stressed they are by their family's troubles.

Afterall, Lithium awards these foolish badges, we don't pick them.

It seems like you take delight in another's misfortune. I have some choice words for someone like you but fortunately for you- they are banned on the Discussion Boards.

d-k_treasures · ‎07-27-2017

@siberians_forever wrote:
@kattinsanity wrote:

Is it a smart idea to just cancel all my listings or should I extend my handling time? I don't want to have a up to 10 day handling time~~that would kill my sales anyway. I feel like I should just cancel them all and not have to worry about them for the next month.
If you have the time to take and post this very well phrased post...it makes one wonder why you would even bother seeking advice about canceling your listings as a ROCKSTAR poster...
Seriously...

Because sometimes it just helps to be in a community when things go off-center.

All the best to you and your family, Kat.

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