It has been awhile since I've last posted. Things have been busy!
I am back at work now, 3 days a week. That seems to be working well; I am enjoying it. I am considering upping my hours slightly from 24 hours per week to 30 hours per week since then I would get free health benefits again (part time employees have to pay approx. $135/month for health benefits and it is free for full time employees). And I would have to work 30 hours per week to be considered full time. So, it would be worth working the extra 6 hours per week for that. And the extra money would be good too ;)
Things with my uncle have gotten a lot worse. Long story short, 2 months ago, he invited Oma out for coffee and took her to her lawyer instead. He somehow convinced her to change her will and power of attorney documents back to the way they were before she changed them last year. When we found the new papers at Oma's, we asked her about them and she said she never would have signed them since they didn't reflect her wishes. We couldn't understand how Oma's lawyer could go along with whatever my uncle wanted when he was supposed to represent Oma! Last year, she told her lawyer she didn't want her son to have access to any of her documents and that she wanted her daughter to be protected. Then, all of a sudden, he can take her to the lawyer and get everything changed back? After it took months last year to get it changed the first time?
So, we took Oma to a new lawyer the very next business day. She met with the new lawyer by herself on several occasions and what she told her new lawyer was the exact same as she has been telling mom and me over the last few years. So, the new lawyer drew up a new will and power of attorney documents and they were signed less than a week after the one was signed with my uncle.
The problem was, we couldn't relax knowing that my uncle could just pick her up and change it all back again. We didn't want to be in a situation where she could change her will every week. So, she decided to transfer her properties now (home and cottage) to the people who would be getting them in her will. This way, we don't have to worry about my uncle picking her up and convincing her to change her will since now she doesn't own any property. I am so relieved this is all done and we can finally relax. We know it's going to come to a law suit when my uncle finds out, but he won't have a case. Oma's new lawyer has known right from the beginning that this will likely come to a law suit, so she has been very meticulous about making sure that she met with Oma by herself on several occasions to make sure this is really what she wants.
So, after almost a year of this stress with my uncle, we can finally relax.
On to happier things...
Julie is 13 months old now - I can't believe it! She is so amazing. She's got 6 teeth, with 2 more coming in. She is pulling herself up on furniture, so I'm thinking it won't be long before she starts to walk!
Our kitchen renovation is almost done! It looks so awesome!
