I found some stuff that contains natural ingredients- clove, and other strong-smelling stuff. Some of it supposedly kills fleas without being harmful to cats and dogs. I'm going to get some and try to eliminate fleas inside, put some diatomaceous earth around the perimeter in the house, and find something pet-safe to spray around the immediate yard. Strangely, even though the pet carpet powder didn't advertise itself as killing or deterring fleas, the flea population reduced after I spread it around the front room.
Brother called on me to leave early to take him places because he needed my $ to pay for some things. He lost the court documents I told him to keep in a safe place. On the way out the door the door wouldn't shut. Bottom hinge came off the door and screws were bent and it wouldn't go back on. Left with the door closed as much as it would go (kept hitting the wall) bc we didn't have time. Entire car trip to the post office (where my brother needed a money order) he was trying to look something up online. He yelled at me when I told him to just call the courthouse and ask about the replacement documents. We got to the post office, I googled the phone number, called the courthouse and found out the info in 2 minutes. He was insisting they *had* to give him the paperwork for free. I told him "This courthouse won't do ANYTHING for free". $10 to get copies of the minutes. But they take cash and not money order and I had $10. Drove him all the way down to the courthouse and he got the documents. Then to the casino to drop off some paperwork but his handwriting was illegible so he has to refill some of the forms and drop it off later. I waited in the car 40min. About 30min in I called him to ask what was going on and he yelled at me. I seriously considered leaving him and driving off.
There was a funny bit where I stopped to drop him off and had to back up to find parking. I stopped, put it in park to unlock doors and let him out. He gets out and starts to walk. I put it in reverse and doors auto lock. He grabs the door and tries to open it and starts to get mad. I put it in park (easier to do that than hit unlock button) and he grabs something. I put it in reverse and he grabs door again and gets irritated. I put it in park and he reaches in and gets something else he forgot. I put it in reverse again and yet again he grabs the door. Back in park and he reaches in and snaps at me about why I keep locking the doors instantly. I told him "They lock automatically, dumbazz!" Forty minutes later he called me to tell me he forgot the money order. My legs weren't cooperating so I limped my way there and brought it to him but by then they were about to close and he needed to fill out more stuff. He wanted to sit there and fill it out but I told him I needed to pick something up and we were running out of time.
As an aside, ever see the Jack Links "messin with sasquatch" commercial where the guy says "Hey buddy, want a ride?" and then keeps moving the car every time he tried to get in? I was tempted to do that to my brother. He really should have just driven his own fat butt over there but I thought he just had to drop stuff off and not wait to meet with someone.
He continued to kvetch at me and I told him that if I didn't have somewhere else to go I wouldn't have minded staying but I was now running late bc of his crap. About an hour later friend calls in a panic that the denture place said I hadn't picked them up yet. I was 7 minutes away. I told him to call them and let them know I was almost there. Got in 3 minutes before closing and grabbed the dentures.
I did have to stop for gas on the way so that slowed us down a little. Grabbed some Wendy's grilled chicken sammich and headed to my friend's house. Dropped off his dentures, picked him up, took him to the house so he could fix the door (I can't bend that well). I had a bucket of screws nearby so he was able to pull old screws out, put new screws in, then pulled short screws out of the middle hinge and replaced them with long screws. Door shuts now. Took him back to his house and then rushed home to eat my Wendy's. I asked my brother to cook for Mom while I was going out the door. That way I could eat in peace when I got back.
I have to get up before 6am tomorrow to take him to get his teeth pulled.
