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They started billing me from July. And so I wrote them a check, but they never billed me for May and June. And then, like, a few months later, I got a bill for June. I remember calling them. I go, what about May? Well, nobody went through May.

And so for Jake's benefit, we kept that money to help pay for his groceries.

And so for Jake's benefit, we kept that money to help pay for his groceries.

So he was at Tewksbury and he really hated it. They all said he's horrible to everybody here. And here you're disabled. You're in bed. You can't get up. You can't do anything. So you're compensating. You're highly demanding. You want everybody to serve you. You know, he did the best he could with that stuff.

So he was at Tewksbury and he really hated it. They all said he's horrible to everybody here. And here you're disabled. You're in bed. You can't get up. You can't do anything. So you're compensating. You're highly demanding. You want everybody to serve you. You know, he did the best he could with that stuff.

I mean, we got a few small boxes of stuff. There were some beautiful paintings and stuff that never got back. I remember that. And, you know, there was a period when Jake would say to the attorney, I'm not getting, I refuse until she does that. I'm like, Jake, it's gone. Forget it. You have no power here. You know, he's still upset about it. Some of the stuff has some real emotional value.

I mean, we got a few small boxes of stuff. There were some beautiful paintings and stuff that never got back. I remember that. And, you know, there was a period when Jake would say to the attorney, I'm not getting, I refuse until she does that. I'm like, Jake, it's gone. Forget it. You have no power here. You know, he's still upset about it. Some of the stuff has some real emotional value.

A painting by Tony Curtis of Marilyn Monroe. I mean, that was pretty cool.

A painting by Tony Curtis of Marilyn Monroe. I mean, that was pretty cool.

I don't remember what she was asking for, but, you know, it was like all sorts of like this little nickel and dimey stuff. You know, he had an Alexa and she wanted wanted him to return the Alexa, you know, and stuff like that. In the end, I wrote a check for 300 bucks for her to buy a new Alexa. OK, we finally had it like she wouldn't let go of the Alexa. You really want the three year old Alexa?

I don't remember what she was asking for, but, you know, it was like all sorts of like this little nickel and dimey stuff. You know, he had an Alexa and she wanted wanted him to return the Alexa, you know, and stuff like that. In the end, I wrote a check for 300 bucks for her to buy a new Alexa. OK, we finally had it like she wouldn't let go of the Alexa. You really want the three year old Alexa?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Jake's life is anything but ordinary.

Jake's life is anything but ordinary.

It's brutal, unpredictable and sometimes it hits him like a fork to the nuts.

It's brutal, unpredictable and sometimes it hits him like a fork to the nuts.

And that's like...

And that's like...

He didn't respond for quite some time. I was in this seminar, a thing they called Family Constellations. I don't know if you're into this kind of stuff, but okay, so you go and there's this energy thing and you know, it's a room full of people and different people get up and they go through these energy processes and so forth. So they only do a couple each time and it was my first time ever and