u/Klutzy_Cancel_1725

I’ve moved to mostly ebooks but have a small keeper bookshelf for physical copies of books I truly love.

My mom is a huge bookworm to the point that books have literally taken over her home. Over the past 2 decades, she has gifted me piles & piles of physical books. To be honest, I’ve never read any of them. They appeal to what she likes instead of my preferences. I absolutely understand the psychology behind her actions but the end result is my office has turned into the Guilt Book Room. I’ve been unable to part with any of the books because I feel like it’s a betrayal of her time/effort/love.

Today I went through every single book and ended up keeping 3-4 out of 100+. It was exhausting. I’m going to donate to a little library near me and the library. I feel fantastic seeing the cleared space but also very guilty.

We have Anthem HMO & have a med group/PCP in So Cal. Son is in college in Nor Cal. If an issue arises how would he get care?

Anthem told me he needs to find a PCP through our med group in Nor Cal, but our med group is strictly a So Cal group. Anthem reps have told me to have him go to urgent cares out of network but the UCares have denied him appts. He had to resort to going to the ER ($$$$$) to get care.

Any ideas or work arounds in my situation?

My 80 yo mother & I will fly into BWI late Aug on a Saturday evening for 1 week trip for a Naval Academy reunion to honor my late father.

We will be in Annapolis on Monday & Tuesday.

I’m trying to figure out how to begin the trip:

• Should we stay in Baltimore Sat & Sun nights or is it feasible to stay in Alexandria* both nights & play tourist in DC until we leave for Annapolis?

*I chose Alexandria as a possible overnight for proximity to DC but I’m not opposed to any other place to stay.

My 80 yo mother & I will fly into BWI late Aug on a Saturday evening for 1 week trip for a Naval Academy reunion to honor my late father.

We will be in Annapolis on Monday & Tuesday.

I’m trying to figure out how to begin the trip:

• Should we stay in Baltimore Sat & Sun nights or is it feasible to stay in Alexandria* both nights & play tourist in DC until we leave for Annapolis?

*I chose Alexandria as a possible overnight for proximity to DC but I’m not opposed to any other place to stay.

Lease return, good carfax report. I've been scouring local price comparisons and it looks about the same price. MSRP was $28500. Should I push to get lower?

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