my dad is driving all of us crazy! everything so far with the insurance company has gone really fast. the old house was declared a total loss so they already got their payout from the insurance. they already found another house and everything is great with the inspection. they'll close in a week or so. we're also working on selling what's left of their old house "as is." so if all goes as planned he should come out ahead!

you would think he'd be over the moon. but no, he's now obsessed about the furniture. pretty much everything was a total loss. so they need all new furniture and i get that they cannot sit on the floor or lay in bed (he already ordered a bed) all day. but finding furniture can take time. i told him i would help and i've found stuff online. he's complaining that mid July is too long to wait for delivery. so i told him lets just get the bare essentials and add over time. like people do. he said that works for him and it's mainly up to my mom. she says she doesn't really care all that much. so i said we should probably go to the actual store and get a couple of chairs. probably also a table. and he wants to go immediately. this is 2:30 or so in the middle of a work day! it's Friday so i can get out a little early but we have errands to run. we need dinner. so i said we should go tomorrow.

also, i was supposed to go see their new house with the realtor some time this week. when i spoke with the realtor i said it wasn't a huge deal and Friday after 2 or so should be ok but i could work around his schedule. i told my dad and my dad wanted to go too. we didn't make any definite plans. so today when they came over to do laundry he wants to know when i was going to see the house. i told him that i hadn't heard anything yet and i assumed the realtor was busy with other appointments. and i was busy and tired from work so i didn't really care to go. he said it was important that i see the house so i can look for furniture. so i told him to text the realtor. after a while the realtor replies and says his daughter came in town today, but tomorrow will be good. my dad got all pouty about it to me. i told him to calm down and let people have their family time. he's also filling out paperwork while this is going on and complaining about the amount of information real estate transactions require. cursing repeatedly while doing so.

by now my mom is getting upset and so she walks over. she's not supposed to walk without assistance so he flips out and runs over to her. and she says she just wants to go home and starts crying. she's tired and needs to take her medicine. he gets mad and starts putting stuff away so they can leave. she's upset because now she feels like a burden. i grab their laundry and my husband helps my mom out to the car. he tells my dad to go start the car so it can cool off. then he's running around trying to open the trunk of the car. my mom's door is locked still so she can't get in the car and she starts crying more. finally we got everything situated and my husband and i go back inside. then after about 5 minutes the doorbell rings and it's my dad telling me the realtor set an appointment for us to see the house tomorrow. i said that works and that it would probably be a better idea if my husband and i just go look at furniture without them tomorrow. he assumes that means i don't want to see the house first and starts yelling. i tell him no, i'll see the house and then go look for furniture. i don't know why that's so important because i have the floor plan and photos from the real estate listing. plus it's not much furniture so i'm not concerned about measuring. so finally they leave and we're all upset!