role: user

text: pull messages


role: assistant

text: Pulling Lisa’s thread with the local sync script, then I’ll give you just the newest messages.


text: Sync finished cleanly. I’m grabbing the newest handful now so we’re looking at the actual post-send thread, not the stale tail.


text:
Newest from Lisa, `2026-03-10 10:13 CT`:

She replied with two practical questions:

- Software/hardware: she noticed about `$1,400` of recent spending was software subscriptions and hardware purchases, and asks whether those are ongoing expenses or mostly one-time.
- Mom housing: she’s trying to understand the monthly picture. She notes assisted living was about `$5,800/mo`, and you had mentioned about `$3,000/mo` for an apartment. She asks whether your living with your mom changes those numbers, or whether the assisted-living-level costs stay roughly the same.

Just before that, your `2026-03-10 09:57 CT` four-part message went through exactly as sent.


text:
computer stuff - $900 was for my broken screen.  i have optimized my openAI spend so it will be much less - but should expect several hundred dollars each month.

regarding my mom's current situation - her new apartment is $2000/mo and we have not yet signed additional assistance, so perhaps that will be her total monthly number.  it is substantially less than the previous $5500 from discovery villiage.  also note that while i'm staying here i won't have any additional housing expenses.


text: I’ve got the substance. I’m turning it into a clean reply draft now and saving that exact text to the outbox so we can send it verbatim if you approve.


text:
Draft saved at `outbox/messages/2026-03-10_to_lisa_reply_software_and_mom_housing_questions.txt`:

```text
On the computer/software side: about $900 of that was the one-time repair for my broken laptop screen, so that should not repeat.

On the OpenAI side, I’ve optimized my usage, so that number should come down materially from what you saw in this period. That said, I do expect there will still be several hundred dollars per month in AI/software expense going forward.

On my mom’s situation: the new apartment is $2,000/month, and we have not yet added any additional assistance, so at the moment that may be the full monthly number. That is substantially less than Discovery Village.

Also, while I’m staying with her, I won’t have separate housing expenses of my own.
```

If you want changes, I’ll edit the draft. If you want it sent exactly, say `send exactly this`.


text: send exactly this


text: Sending the saved draft file verbatim to Lisa now.


text: Sent exactly as written from `outbox/messages/2026-03-10_to_lisa_reply_software_and_mom_housing_questions.txt`.