Monday morning I was in a bit a hurry to be somewhere and I had to go into a store to get a passport photo.  Waited got it and without thinking tucked it in to my purse and just left with them without paying.  I didn't even realize it until I had been at my destination for an hour or so.  Then I  thought oh shit I forgot to pay.  When we had our break I went back to the store to pay.  I explained to the cashier what I'd done.  She says oh well no one noticed it's not a good system. I said oh, I'm still standing there wallet in hand.  She says no one knows you didn't pay.  I just looked at her and said "I know".  She just shrugs and says well thanks for being so honest and rang it up.    This is society.

Well, May was a month I wish I could just go back and have a re-do.  My oldest son has been living with me since 2 days before my mom died in Nov. 2014 due to having a seizure while driving, nobody hurt, went across 4 lanes of traffic and doesn't remember anything, but truck undrivable.  He's an alcoholic and I have tried to be there over the years to help him but I've finally reached my limit this month.  He was just about to complete an 8-month grant as a machining technician that he qualified for as the company he worked for closed down.  He got a certified letter from the school and I knew something had to be up but he said it was a certificate.  He didn't come home one aft. after school and subsequently, found out he had been picked up and was in jail for alcohol related offense.  Didn't bail him out and hoped they would send him to a correctional center (2nd offense) but nope, it was dismissed/withdrawn because apparently the public defender didn't show up.  His truck was impounded and neither his dad or I will spend any more money to help him.  Caught him a few days later with some liquor he bought and said, "Enough" as our agreement was for him to stay till he completed the course (which I found out he had been removed from on the 3rd) so had to tell him he had to leave.  I'm tired of taking care of everyone else for the last 6-1/2 yrs and he needs to figure things out on his own, now.  Going to start going back to An-Anon so I can learn to stay strong, for myself.

Needless to say, not much game playing through all of this.  Then, I woke up on the 22nd and my computer had a "boot mgr missing/CAD message on the monitor" so took to Geek Squad and found out my HD was bad.  Had to get a new one installed and wait a week to get an Operating System USB recovery stick from Dell and finally got it back Thursday.  Luckily, I have 3 externals which I had backed up some of my schedules (not recently), most all of my pics, and all my games.  Have been setting things back up and when I tried to get the Game Manager back up (have to use the older version as the new one will just not work with my extensive Purchase History), I can get a game DL'd from my history and installed but will not activate.  Had this happen when I changed from Vista to my current Win 7 in Oct. 12 and still had all the old emails from back then.  Nothing they suggested back then will fix it so sent off an email and waiting to hear back.

Going to Dallas on Monday to see my Texas Rangers play and had a meeting with some of my friends re a possible trip to Hawaii in November so hoping my life will start to smooth out. Thank goodness for my doggies, being able to get my flowers potted in my backyard and my new cross-stitch project as that is what has kept me from going bonkers.

Tee -- I wanted to do the hugs (as above) and then type  a message, but I couldn't get the size and color back to normal.  I'm so sorry about what's been going on with you.  Hope the computer issues get solved soon.  You need to take care of you.  I pray that Al-Anon will help.  Speaking of prayer, I'll add you to my prayer list, if that's okay with you.

Good vibes from me too, Tee.  Time to make yourself number one.

As for your GM.  Try dling it as a new purchase and it will tell you already have it, want to activate?  That was my fudge when I couldn't do from my purchase list for some reason.

Thanks all, for the hugs and kind words.  They mean a lot.  I know we all have trials and tribulations but sometimes, when it just keeps coming, you start feeling overwhelmed.  I want to enjoy my retirement, play my games, and live simply.

Fudge, my babies are silkyhuahua's, half silky terriers and half chihuahuas.  They're 18mos old and love to get into mischief and have their ears rubbed incessantly.  I'll try to find a current pic and add later.

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