Did the Early Bird Catch a Worm Today?

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It has been one long day. I do not recommend getting up at 4:15 am people. My hubby gets the blame for the early morning today. He woke me up early with the alarm going off and then I was wide awake thinking about all the wicked things my brother and his girlfriend have done. We had to drive into Baton Rouge today for an appointment for mom for a Geri2 test. It is basically a test to measure memory and see what the patient relates to, remembers of past and current events. They also have some simple math calculations and the rest is just odds and ends. My mom finished her test in two hours and was a little frustrated when she came out. I take it that she did not do very well on this test. We have an appointment to discuss the test results in early August with one of her doctors there. Our next stop was the bank. Once again my mom was missing some money from her account. Her bank statement did not come last month which was also odd. We stopped at the branch we have stopped at a couple of times recently because it is near one of ther doctor's office. This is not her regular branch. However, the customer sercie representative that we spoke to today was very nice and helpful. He not only did not charge my mother for the statement (like her normal branch does) and told us that he will comp any overdrafts in the process of swapping accounts over. We opened a new checking account for my mom today. We can't close her current account yet because her Social Security check will be deposited August 3rd and there is not enough time to re-route it to the new account. What did we learn? My brother or the girlfriend one has been doing a good bit of shopping at Walmart. My mother was asked if she appoved of these purchases. She said no. There were five shopping trips to Walmart with one over the $200 mark. There wasn't much left in the account due to this and the checks I wrote out for my mom for doctor bills. My mom decided she has had enough and opened the new account. She handed over the checking account information, the phamplets, the check register, etc. to me and I will be the holder. It will never be left at her home or in her purse for the thieves. Her mail from the bank will now go to my post office box. The little surprise was found when I looked through the cancelled checks. There were only two so far that had come back this month. One was a cash with drawal my mom made at the bank. The other was a check made out to my brother on the day I got my mother out of the hospital on her first hospital stay. My bother had already said he needed mom to sign a check for him. You can't bring things in the hospital for visitation: no cell phones, no purses, no food, etc. There are cameras in visitation rooms so you are watched. They do not allow pens and pencils to be brought in. And my brother did not go to the hospital that day at all. It was obvious that the signature did not match my mother's but it did match the writing of the person that wrote out the check. I assumed it was my brother, but could have been the girlfriend. This is a good thing to have to hold over his head. Forgery. Long story short, my mother did not press any charges but she is mad and hurt right now. She gave them both a second chance and they continue to abuse her. There will be a rude awakening for him when we have our encounter of going back to her house. For one I know he will not want me staying there or my daughter. But you know what? That's gonna be his tough luck. Big thanks to @Bulaklak for the thought for the title. Photo: Pixaby, public domain