"you had an argument over what???"

[omaewokorosu]

"Wait, you had an argument with Egg over curtains?"

*drags out chair, flips it around backwards, sits on it*

So the car is mine now. Which isn't the bulk of this entry but I just wanted to reiterate that the car is now truly and officially mine and I almost hugged it but the postal carrier was right there and I didn't want him to go "what the fuck".

got inside. reminder: I am not allowed to front around Egg and D was the one handling the car shit today so it was D dealing with her. so we go in and Egg was like I NEED THE RECEIPT FROM THE PLATE SURRENDER.

well ok that's great but the old plates are still on the car. I gotta get them taken off when I get the car inspected later today.

(which isn't soon enough for Egg's tastes)

once Egg stopped losing her shit over pieces of metal bolted to the front and back of my car and trying to "script out" what was going to happen next, she said, "What I want um, you know. I know things are bad with us. But what I’d like to do for you is to give you my jewellery before you, before you go. That’ll be your inheritance. Okay? So I’ll get everything together."
so no house (which I don't want anyway) and no money I guess but I get a bunch of jewelry I won't ever wear or do anything with. super.
(there's still time for her to rip that away from me too.)

now that that's all squared away I guess, she then proceeds to ask Duo the most bizarre question ever asked:

"Do you think you can leave the curtains up there?"

What? Why? Why do you feel like you're entitled to my curtains?

"I can’t take my own curtains?"
"Well, because I was hoping you could leave them. You know because there’ll be nothing on the windows. You know what I mean, and even if you want me to give you some money for it—for the curtains. You know. That be ok?"

Why can't you just use that money to buy your own damn curtains, Egg?

"You want me to leave curtains that I spent my money on—"
Egg starts getting defensive. "Well I’ll give you the money! Tell me how much I owe you! I would pay you! I’ll be glad to pay you for them!"

D, internally: I ain't never seen someone so desperate for fuckin' curtains of all things.
H: Why can't she buy her own replacement curtains?
D: 'cause she's a fuckin' parasite.

"Would it be so hard for you to do that?

D: Yeah, actually, it would be!
H: She can buy her own curtains, what does she want with ours?
D: We can't take our own shit when we move because she feels entitled to them.

"They’re my curtains!"
Egg stress sighs and whines like an unhappy toddler. "Come ooonnn, Karu, I’m trying to help you because—"
"How is is taking my curtains helping me???"

H: I would really love to know the why and the how.

"Because I need something on the windows there!"

So why can't she buy her own curtains?

"You know what I mean?! And if you could leave them I’ll give you the money, tell me how much I owe you!"

You could take that money and buy your own curtains.

Duo is kind of laughing, and not in a very nice way either. "It’s not about money. They’re my curtains. You wanna take my curtains from me."
Egg is full on toddler tantrum now. "Oh coooommme oooonnn! Pleeeeaaaasse?!"

Duo heads upstairs and then a little while later has to head out to get the car inspected...where Egg tells him that once we've gotten the inspection, we need to go to the DMV after (as if we didn't know we had to surrender the plates).
"Then this will be behind us. Totally. It'll all be yours. You picked it out and everything."
"Well I appreciate it."
"I'm glad you appreciate something I did."
Wow. You make it sound like we're completely ungrateful, Egg. We're not the ungrateful one—that would be you.

We waited at Ken's for the inspection, which didn't take that long, like 10-15 minutes tops for that and the plates to get switched out. And yes, on the way home we did go to the DMV and surrender the plates. We got the receipt, one for us, one for insurance, and then they send a third copy to Albany to tell them "this plate number is invalid." We kept the customer copy for ourselves lmao. From there we went home...in our car. That was officially ours! Completely!

When H (who was driving) pulled up, Egg was practically waiting in the road for us. She didn't let him park, roll up the windows, or turn the car off before making her demands for the receipt. H wanted to park, turn the car off, and put the registration away before heading inside, but Egg needed everything done right that second and distracted him. Why didn't she just wait inside? Because she's fucking nuts.

first thing Egg asked about once inside and able to call Allstate back: "How much money will I be getting back?" Because that's all Egg cares about: money.

Do you want to hear the (stupid) excuse Egg had for why it took a couple of hours for the plates to get switched out and surrendered?

" I couldn’t get the lugs off so I had to take it to some place. To get them taken off. It’s 6 years on there you know?"

Which I can tell you isn't true. like at all lmao. Most people have to take their car somewhere to get the plates swapped unless they happen to own a hydraulic drill (we don't). The insurance agent doesn't care. But also, we got the car January of 2021 and here it is April of 2024. That's only three years. We had the Nissan 6 years ago. She can't even lie well!

anyway I can't get over the curtains thing. anything that I've spent money on in that house I am entitled to take if I choose to. The curtains? Mine. The dual shower head where one of them doubles as a hand shower? Mine. The nice light switch covers? Also mine. All of the decor? Mine. If I choose to leave it, that's one thing, you can do whatever you want with it. She can keep the curtains in my office and the bathroom, because those I didn't purchase—I've had those since Kearny. So she can have those if she really wants.

holy fuck. I wish I could say that this wasn't real and that this wasn't my life. Buuuut I'd be lying if I did lmao