So I am rambling.

I got a bunch of pics from one of my beach urchins. Apparently she was cleaning up her house today. All of us, the beach urchins, the GG and I struggle to get rid of stuff. We are *not* hoarders, just it is hard sometimes to fling the things we need to fling.

So I was was heartened today when this beach urchin texted pics of the stuff she had organized to donate. I am so happy about this. For whatever reasons, I showered my children with STUFF! Stuff they didn’t really need. I’m not sure why I did this. Was it because I didn’t have a whole lot of *stuff* as a child? Yes and no. I never wanted for anything as a child but my parents also didn’t buy me all kinds of crapola. Like they didn’t buy me a nice new car when I turned 16 like some other kids in my high school got. I didn’t have my own car until I was maybe 22 and it was my parents’ crappy old Pinto wagon.

We also did not buy our children new cars when they got their driver’s licenses. They got licensed with The Indefatigable, the 1992 Jeep Wrangler we bought when they were seven and five. Stick shift. Yes. They were the cool kids with that jeep (sometimes with a kayak on top) and Mouse had it at college after study abroad. I did help with cars though, in one case via some of what The Commander left me. Nowadays my adult children deal with their own vee-hickles. Which I am happy about (although I am always willing to help).

A (poor little) Rich Girl in my high school class received a fancy little car (Mustang maybe?) when she turned 16. Her parents are long dead and nowadays (via facebook), she seems to struggle with with housing insecurity. What happened to their money? I do not know. Probably they didn’t live like paupers like my parents and I (mostly) do. I care about her but I can’t help her.

Oh well, I just got a notification that a new episode of Silo is on so I think I will watch it.

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