Questionable Questing

We'll catch up soon. The family's heading out Wednesday morning, so pretty soon my schedule will be clear again.

And writing sir, where is the writing time? I am going to heat up Ziti and talk. More edits to do for Jackal later.

Image quest. Raped but learning to love it from her son or father mom or daughter

Ziti sounds good. But this past week has been stupidly busy. Aunt and uncle had some stuff they needed to get done while here we helped with. They've been helping us unpack and organize the house since my aunt Michelle is really good at interior design. Plus the boat ride today and the butterfly pavilion tomorrow.

Didn't see any ram's unfortunately but plenty of cranes and hawk flying around sandstone canyons. It was all super cool.

How has she been designing the house and how goes job hunt for you?

Kind of hard to explain without a few reference pictures, but there's lots of knickknacks and little items like tea pots or china which a lot of it I inherited from my grandma when she passed and a lot of it before that as she transition from a couple different nursing homes, each time needing more specialized care and unfortunately not needing nearly as much stuff as she had before.

Sad but a reminder of what was loved by you in her

And my aunt just arranged it all through the kitchen on top of the cabinets in such a way that looks pretty cool and a little quaint right now. Of course she also picked out a couple things she wants, but honestly it's gets getting clutter out of the house, you know? lol. But jobs are actually starting to pick up again, it's getting closer to summer and that's the time when HVAC goes crazy.

It's a little sad, but it's just items and honestly one of the best things that really helps with grief is that as painful as it can be, especially soon afterwards, you have to force yourself to remember the funny memories. You have to force yourself to laugh and have a good time talking about her, because if you only allow yourself to feel sad then you'll never want to think about her because it'll hurt.

And if you don't think about her and don't talk about her, that's how she really dies. That's how the family forgets. So every time I see one of her pictures or one of the many cow figurines she liked to collect, I try to remember that on time she tore apart her room and several closets trying to find her favorite sweater she left hanging on the chair in the living room.

Or the time she said asshole and all us grandkids teased her since she hated swearing.

That's sweet. I'm an atheist who is agonistic about a happy afterlife as I really always want to see my friends even when their gone and I am gone and not stop existing. That is grim. Got that pictures request I asked? And talking more Moat Calin if you like

I found a cute Karen meme, that sorta counts. Like I said before the more stuff you want the harder it is to find.

Mom being dub conned by son? And funny. Now for Moat Calin, there's a conflict with house Frey we are doing. Want to talk that out?

Sure. I remember how quickly mine was solved in my quest. lol. But my big question is why haven't the Frey reached out to Hurrik yet? They aren't stupid and they certainly aren't suicidal. They know that going against him is political suicide. I mean Hurrik can humble brag all he wants about being a lowly bastard but nobody else sees it that way.

His queen mom dotes on him, he has close friendships with the sons of multiple lord Paramount's, is openly acknowledged as part of the family by the Targ clique, and can call down Ned Stark and his Tully wife with the snap of his fingers. Now obviously Hurrik has made it clear he wants to establish himself and this little feud is well beyond needing any of the people involved. But the fact Hurrik has it...

Pride and it is a private affair. Hurik is in a powerful but limited condition as the queen's favorite son. The Throne could swing for him, but it would start to bash against the rights of lords in private matters. Robert won the Seven Kingdoms by overthrowing a tyrant.

But you see what I mean. Why would the Frey's take that risk. Even if they don't think he'll use it, Hurrik still has connections and influence all across the seven kingdoms even before you start talking about his magical prowess. So why hasn't the Frey's sent someone to butter him up and try to get them on their side before the Cragonmen can take advantage of their relationship with Ned to do so.

Its what they built their PR on. Hurik wanting to open a new trade route for Moat Calin to replace the Frey's isn't a matter of justice. This is a dispute over money. The throne doesn't have the leverage to make an argument they can do anything.