So had a kinda rough day yesterday...my period started (5 days early, while on birth control) and I learned some things that are a little unsettling to me. Lunch with my mom was fine but she mentioned something, actually a couple things, that my dad did recently. The first is she bought a plant when she went to home depot for something else, and I guess he lost his shit. She works full time and he's semi retired, and a $12 plant is not breaking the bank. He has a tendency to fly off the handle but usually he's not like that with her or about something so ridiculous. The second is actually really ironic when you consider the first: he's...not technologically literate. He doesn't even use email, everything goes to my mom. I guess some bubble popped up on their iPad saying their bank info has been compromised and to call "Apple". My mom told him to ignore it or go to the apple store and see what they say, because none of their banking is online, and then she went to work. I guess he called the number instead and missed all the red flags (asking for his bank info, SSN, saying he doesn't need to contact his bank because they already did, and saying he needed to act on this right now) and ultimately withdrew about $10,000 and deposited it into a bitcoin machine at their insistence. My mom got home and said she couldn't even tear him a new one because he was so horrified at what he'd done (but she did comment that the $12 plant doesn't look so bad now). After they ran around changing their bank account numbers they did go to the police, but there's really nothing they can do when you willingly take the money out of the account and deposit it into a bitcoin machine, so that money is gone. They're lucky in the sense that losing it didn't completely screw them over but it's still a big hit. Also notable, we've all heard him mock people who have fallen for scams or whatever else. Hopefully he'll develop some empathy, but he's almost 69 and definitely starting to lose cognitive function so I'm not optimistic. My mom says that if she even thinks he's going to fall for something again, she's removing his name from everything financial. So she at least is on top of things and willing to make damn sure that doesn't happen again. But yeah...the decline has been evident for a while, but this is the first time something really serious has happened and as difficult as he is, I still don't want to think of losing him. Especially don't want to see him develop dementia-Alzheimers runs in the family. So all this is weighing on me. 

I did find out that I have a new friend coming to my yard when I looked at the game camera though, so I'm trying to focus on him and how unbelievably cute he is. I bet more of you will agree with me that he's adorable lol (not blaming anyone, I know my opinions on opossums aren't the norm). Pretty sure he's a gray fox because he's got the shorter face-they aren't as common as red foxes here but I have seen one in the neighborhood so they're around. Hopefully I'll get a daytime shot of him sometime. 

And now I need to get ready for a run. It's cold, it's early, all I want to do is sleep, but I need the endorphins. Today I work with the same Dr as Wednesday...it's a little easier because I don't have to leave to go to NH and I work with my manager instead of Karen-manager also likes to be efficient so we work well together, and she's a lot more easygoing. I feel bad complaining about the Dr because she's honestly the nicest person, it just gets frustrating working with her when we're busy (a lot of the issue is when we get very behind, which happens often with her, it's us-the techs-who get any abuse from clients...generally once the doctor finally comes in they're fine).

Also Leo posted late last night that Mr. Leo is doing better but still weak. They're preparing for the long process of getting home.