Wat A Ting!

Today has been...um...interesting....

I get into work late-after battling my way through traffic! When I get in, my friend tells me that my mum called my extension. So I get set up, and I call her back. She tells me to call my brother, and tell him to call his dad to get money. I'm like what's going on? She tells me that bailiffs came to the house this morning, and dropped off a letter informing her that they were coming back tomorrow morning to remove goods to the value of £550 (I'm rounding up here). I'm like where's that come from?

Basically my first car was my older sister's old banger. When I got my Smartie, the old car sat outside my house until I had sorted out getting it scrapped. In between this time, my brother decided to take the car and drive it around. For the purpose of cheaper insurance for me, the car was registered in my mum's name. So whilst my brother's driving about, he gets a ticket which he failed to pay. It went from £60 up to £110. Endless amounts of letters came in about it and each time my mum gave them to my brother, who swore up and down that he had paid the fine. Well clearly he hadn't cos now the amount owed is 5x the initial amount, and these people are threatening to take my mum's things!

She's in tears....and shit, and she's ranting on for about 15 minutes. I tell her I'd call my brother, and let her know what he says. I do, and he says that he'd call his dad. I felt bad for her, cos this is again, another situation that my brother's gotten my mum into, but at the same time it's down to her as well cos my brother knows that he can get around her! She let's him get away with murder!!

So after work I head to her house-see how everything's happening. I ask if my brother came to the house. She says no-that he spoke to the bailiffs and told them that right now he had £300 and wouldn't have the rest for a few days. The bailiff seemed to be ok with this-don't know what the actual arrangement was, but my mum was no longer upset, and seemed to accept what my brother told her-me like her though, I would've called them bailiffs myself to make sure they wasn't intending to turn up at my gaff in the morning with removal vans and shit! But hey-can't tell mum nothing!

My cousin who I haven't seen for ages came down. He had given my mum, my grandad's funeral DVD. There's history with my grandad-but that's a whole other post on it's own. He came down to identify various people in the dvd. The funeral took place in Jamaica, but none of us were there....as we watched the DVD, my cousin identified my mum's brothers (none of whom she speaks to anymore-again-whole other post), who's kids are who etc.....even though it was a sad thing we were watching. my cousin was giving the most joke!!!

My mum said that she wanted to take the kids to Jamaica next year, cos her mum hadn't met the younger kids....my cousin was like 'don't go in August, that's when my daughter's getting married' Congrats to her! She's like 20, she's been with her dude for a year now-bless him, he came to my cousin and asked for his daughter's hand in marriage! How cute?? I was like 'don't you think she's a bit young to get married?' He was like 'but at this age they're having kids etc' I was like true dat.....I'm happy for her still! So that's a wedding (I really hate weddings) for us all to go to!!

Right now I'm in my house chilling! I've been so tired recently-even though I'm going to bed relatively early...I'm a bit stressed out as well-nothing major, but enough for me to need a holiday!!!!!

Anyone wanna hook me up????