Another update for you guys. Barb's battle with the insurance company has not been going well. The company wanted to either demolish 14 BC or leave it as is and pay the Chandlers off, whereas Barb has been fighting for them to repair 14 BC. Recent reporting I've received is that the insurance company is winning, and that there is some activity at the house. It looks less and less possible with each passing week that the chandlers will move back in 14 BC.
Also, the Chandler's rental house is rapidly becoming horde house #2. Barb has already amassed a huge pile of junk in a room in the front of the house that appears to be intended for use as a home office or study. There are large plastic bins filled with stuff all over the rental house. Barb does nothing but sit around all day in the living room, watching TV. Chris has his own bedroom upstairs where he plays the vidya for hours on end.
Occasionally, Chris will run an errand for his mother, driving the van to go shopping at Sam's Club, or stop by the Ruckersville McDonalds to stuff his face. (His favorite the past few weeks has been the $1.99 happy meal special, because it's cheap, and he gets a toy) Chris and Barb also do occasionally visit 14 BC to save some of their junk and bring it back to the rental house, but aside from that, their life at this point is little more than sitting on their fat butts and watching TV or playing the vidya.
It appears that Barbara may have been driving the BMW coupe by herself occasionally to 14 BC or to the State Farm insurance office, but I can't confirm or deny that at this point based on the reporting that I have.
Reporting also indicates that Barb has become increasingly delusional and mentally unstable since the house fire. The loss of her horde really disturbed her, and she's been clinging to what's left, stubborn and obsessed with regaining her hoarder’s paradise at 14 BC. She has also become increasingly paranoid, almost as suspicious and scared of strangers as Chris is. After moving into the rental house, she had special security lights installed outside, covering the perimeter of the residence. She keeps the house's windows covered with heavy blankets, so that no one from the outside can see in at all. Barb is rapidly losing what little touch with reality that she has left, living in a world where everyone is her enemy and conspiring against her. She and Chris are both slowly losing their minds.
