I visited Mom in West Palm Beach this week. We ate at restaurants and took care of “stuff”. Our biggest success was selling Mom’s car. Mom hasn’t driven since her accident. She desperately wanted to get rid of the car. This is a 2008 Honda Fit with 35,000 miles, a wrinkled quarter panel, and a wrap-around bumper that was flapping in the breeze. She was going to sell it to Carvana for $3K. She had a higher quote from CarMax, but CarMax is half an hour away. She definitely wasn’t going to drive to CarMax. The Carvana sale came to a halt when they wanted her to Email a picture of her odometer. She doesn’t even have a camera. While in WPB, I got a new quote from CarMax for $5300. I assumed that was an error, but we took the quote to CarMax. They offered us — $5300, flapping bumper and all. We were quite pleasantly surprised.
The other person in the accident is suing Mom. Mom was served a week or so ago. We’ve exchanged forms and information with the lawyer. The lawyer called while I was in WPB. She was very reassuring. She said that Mom was not at fault. She thinks it will take a year for the suit to be settled, due to pandemic delays and backlogs.
Our biggest disappointment was the air conditioner. The AC had condensation water leaking on the floor. Mom had several service people visit without fixing anything. We had a service person visit while I was there. It seemed to be successful. There was no water on the floor for the last 2 days of my visit. Unfortunately, the water returned after I left. This time the service person found a lot of water behind a wall with mold. So Mom is going to have to go through a semi-major repair.
On the home front, Danita, Ed, and Bud looked at two apartments in assisted living. They selected one with more closets and Danita signed the papers. Bud will move on April 24. Assisted living apartments are much smaller. Only a few of Bud’s items will be moved. We’ll be spending time at Riderwood selecting what will be moved and getting it ready. Riderwood generously allows us 60 days to empty the old apartment of all personal items. We’ll continue to be busy after Bud’s move.
I hope this finds everybody doing well.