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[quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone! OP here. Sorry for the delay in an update. What a WEEK it has been.

Sister is out and in her new place. She's fairly close and says she still wants to be in our lives but we agreed to have a few weeks of space without even talking to each other.

I've spent the past week in awe of how big and beautiful my place actually is without her mountains of clutter! I repainted the living room, rearranged a few things and enjoyed really simple things I haven't been able to do in months...like having my friends over or just pouring a glass of wine with the windows open and listening to the city go by outside (she constantly blared indie music on her iPad...I stopped hearing it after a while...but I seriously never want to listen to The Black Keys again)! It's pretty great.

What I DID end up doing money-wise was pay for her moving truck. She was planning to use her boyfriend's car for several trips back and forth throughout the week. I said "absolutely not" to that plan, knowing it would take more than a week once she inevitably got bored with it after the first trip. I scheduled the truck and told her to be here to meet them. I just wanted it to be over.

I also sent flowers over to her place a couple of days ago as a congrats on the new place and to let her know how much I supported the move.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate everyone's support. Wow, you guys. You all gave me so much courage to stand up for myself. Based on my experience in my family, I was expecting a lot of posts echoing my mom's sentiments to "relax and be a good sister."

But I'm way more focused on being a good mom now. And good to myself. XO[/quote]

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