My sister called me on Tuesday night to tell me that she and my father had been in court again that day with my mother. This time over legal fees and those items that my mother didn’t get: the snowmobiling gear my sister has and the antique sword that I have. My mother also claims that everything else she got from my father was damaged and that she’s still missing 20 odd baskets (there are NO MORE BASKETS in my father’s house!). Mind you, my mother got a lump sum from my father in the amount of $33,000 (money from him refinancing the house). She wants more money from the house (!), the missing items, compensation for the damaged items.

In court, my father’s lawyer established that the gear and the sword are not in my father’s possession, one belongs to my sister, one belongs to me.

The judge finally turned to my mother and asked, “Are you seriously wanting me to issue a court order to your adult children to give you things that they consider theirs?”

My mother replied with a yes.

A ruling hasn’t been made yet.

My sister said she’ll…well, I can’t repeat what my sister said, but it had something to do with the gear ending up in my mother’s nether regions.

But…the sword, I found out, my grandmother gave to my father. Then my father gave it to me. I’m a fencer. I love fencing, I will fence until I am completely physically unable to do so.

I’m not giving it up.

Categories: distracted