Off to Final Monday Pilates at the gym (and some family drama)

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Mylotters friends, sorry I've been offline this weekend. I need some self-care time due to another rift I've had with my brother this weekend. Long story story, I thought my brother would come by last Friday afternoon to help me declutter my closets and dust the top places. It turned out to be an impromptu spot check, mainly for the kitchen floor I've done last week. He got on my case again about the small spots of clutter, the food stains on the floor, the crumbs on the counter. And we had a small blow-up. So he gave me a challenge to get the apartment in order for a room-by-room inspection for this morning. So I've cleaned my apartment and straightened it out to keep it clean as possible. He also thrown calling Merry Maids again, which I don't want to do and use my savings account again. Saturday afternoon, he called me and told me he didn't want to fight anymore and wanted me to set up a meeting with my priest for later this week at church. He wanted to talk about issues concerning cleaning of course. So I did that yesterday and set it up for 1:30 PM on Thursday. After he did the inspection, he seemed okay about it, though he doesn't think I'm doing enough to stay in my apartment, when I've stuck to my daily cleaning schedule everyday since September. He doesn't believe it's up to his and my landlady's standards, which I've been doing since September too. I've been staying on top of things on a daily basis. He only pointed out crumbs on the counter and litter on the towel in the closets. Little things like that...and he believes I'm reverting to my old ways and said there's a "disconnect" between us. I disagree and hope to prove him wrong about it, by keeping my apartment clean and hopefully talk to my landlady to ask her for an opinion on it. Then we've talked and talked. He mentioned my personal health issues once again, which I've thought it was mute. As for my dental care, I've planned to call a local dental care clinic next month since I'm sticking with Aetna for now. I don't need a helper to clean my hair or to put deodorant on. I'm fine and don't need it or want it. I've been showering on Saturdays when I go out or when he does a spot check since September. It's a non-issue. But he wants to talk to my priest about his concerns about my future, like finding out resources for living in a studio apartment (an option, but not for now), or what would happen if anything should happen to him (like living in a retirement home) and other things like that. I'll let you know what happens in a new post or with my Thursday yoga post on Thursday. He's going to help me declutter and clean after the meeting too. As for Upwork, it didn't work out with my client last week. I've struggled with my three revised articles to improve their SEO score, but no matter what I did, it never changed. So I was dropped before I was paid on Friday afternoon. This morning, it was a bit crisp to wake up this morning with some snow on the ground, which had melted by now. It did feel good to warm up in the heated pool for my final full week before I go on my gym break this weekend. It's now in the mid-30s and perfect to go to my final Pilates for this year until spring. But like this past winter when the weather was a bit warm, I might pop in and out again. I'll be back in two hours to give you a final Pilates wrap-up for this year until spring or earlier. Thanks for letting me rant. See you then!