OMG!!!!

He talked to me! He came into my room and pulled at my arm and called me Maga! It's the first word he's spoken since he came home!

I thought he was trying to show me something, but then he just stood there and didn't move. I feel like a new mother when her child says "Momma" for the first time!

Got to Air This Out

I don't know what's going on.

I know, no big surprise coming from me. I mean, I am trapped as the sole caregiver to my semi-catatonic completely deranged and exceedingly dangerous husband. If the neighbors only knew, right?

But he has been on that laptop for a long time. And money is pouring into our account. We're up to $7M! The bank is calling and calling and Steve is no closer to unravelling our mysterious benefactor. But, I think I've found out who it is. The question is how is he doing it?

My husband was part of a program, a special program in the military. I can't say anything -- I barely know anything! -- about it. But he talked about how it would "make him a better soldier." Is this a result of that? They said his body was still working... But how? My husband was a lot of things, but he wasn't very good with investments. We just put money into the TSP and an IRA and that was it. Where is this coming from? How is he doing this?

Mikey's Laptop is Here!

The laptop came today! I got him this sleek little ASUS that CNET said was good. Mikey was actually hovering when I brought it to the table. He didn't even sit in a chair, he just went at it.

It was incredible, and beautiful, and weird all at the same time. For a while, I just pretended it was my husband back doing his thing. He was never that much of a tech guy -- I mean we only have the one laptop -- but he loved to figure things out and he could work forever on a problem. This was like that. I just sat a while and watched him work on it. When I brought a chair over, he sat down, but his fingers never left the keyboard. I tried to see what he was working on, but I couldn't make sense of it. He had about twenty web pages up, from weather to People Magazine.

I'm just glad he's happy.

Rolling in Mystery Money

My checking account has a little over $2M in it. The bank is calling me several times a day to pitch better ways to invest it. I told them to leave it in the checking account. I don't even know what to do with $2M - do I need special paperwork for that much money? What about taxes? What if it isn't mine? Where is it coming from? Aside from food and my husband's laptop, I haven't spent a penny.

Not word from Steve on our mysterious benefactor -- he probably forgot. Guy's a total flake, I can't believe he's the smartest guy on the planet.

Music Therapy

Listened to music today. When through my entire remaining high school CD's and got through the freshman year of college. Trying not to think of the mystery money. Spent some, though. I got Mikey a new laptop of his own, in addition to a freaking boatload of chicken pot pie. He loves that stuff!

I'd love to say that the day-o-tunes had some type of effect on my crazy husband, but sorry to report in the negative. Laptop due in a week -- let's see what that does.

Had a Visitor Today

Steve came to the apartment today. He is the only visitor we have had since Mikey came home. I've told everyone to stay away -- only phone contact. For their own safety, really. And mine, I suppose. I don't want to be caught in the cross-fire, so to speak.

He stood in the hallway and talked in that weird way he has. Sometimes he talks really slow, like he's trying to make sure you understand him. Other times he talks so fast the words all blend together. And the whole time he's looking at you like he's trying to explain relativity to some some poor, befuddled moron. I can't stand it.

But -- and here's the good part -- he found out where the money is coming from. An anonymous account in Switzerland! Isn't that cool? Evidently, whoever owns that account is making a lot of short term investments and directing the proceeds to us!

Yeah, I know -- I feel like Robert Ludlum's ghost is going to walk through the door any second and explain how we're his Bourne Novel from beyond the grave. Steve is trying to get the details of the account -- says there's something different about it's encyrption and he hasn't been able to crack it.

More Money Still Coming In

Another deposit in our account today. Another brokerage firm. It was large. $514K

Yeah, no shit. I'm totally freaking out. Even Steve is having trouble figuring it out.

What in the hell is going on?