Good morning everyone! DD16 and I went shopping for her birthday presents: a desk from me and the chair for it from my parents. Of course, there was not time to assemble them, but they are out of the way and, best of all, out of my car! We were also both craving a stop at the ice cream place for sherbet. Very weird, because neither of us has many cravings and we aren't big dessert eaters. That made us a little late getting her back to her dad's, but there is no school today, so not a problem. She just called him to give him a heads up.
After she left, there was not enough time to do much, but I did shift money around to cover the furniture purchase. Stayed up too late on computer jigsaws, stupid stupid stupid.
At payroll, I am going to lunch with my coworkers. Daily loads are running and my course is clear for the queries.
For TCF (traveling companion friend), I will look into lynlee's suggestion of an American equivalent to a public trustee or a solicitor.
Harriet: Hades will freeze before TCF chooses to rely on xBFF for anything financial, legal, or health care related. The current person designated to handle her affairs if she can't is a nephew. The problem: he is in his 70s and his health is failing. TCF is taking active steps to prevent xBFF from ever taking over. I doubt xBFF would ever deliberately do anything legally or morally questionable. I have no idea about the boyfriend. I know of a situation where xBFF did something illegal out of ignorance in her house financing. (I found out many years after the fact). She also has a long track record of dumb financial choices and would rather use alternative treatments than standard medical care. As an example, she had a "healing" for TCF that consisted of the practitioner singing over bowls of water. Not an approved treatment for diabetes and the practitioner had no license to practice medicine, alternative or otherwise.