conniving and calculating... her methods of survival I guess suits her and it works.

I'd be afraid to know her if I wasn't related to her.  lol.  plus that, she is an irrational hothead!  do i really want to live under the same roof as her?  ugghhhhh
I just realized i have 1 week to make the decision of whether or not I want to move back in with my mom or stay where I am.

$700 a month I'll be saving if I move in with her. 
I could work on bringing the house into the 21st century, fixing this and that.  make it more inviting and nice to live in.
I don't have to see her all the time, I could have boundaries.  a sign outside my door for "office hours", room dividers, phone intercoms so she doesn't need to come into my space.

I'll have to persuade her to use the A/C like normal people, not as last resort to save us living beings from melting point.
I'll have to constantly remind her recycling used napkins is nasty. 
the house will have 2 dogs and 2 cats that don't mix very well. ...but the cats could live upstairs with me.  the dogs could live downstairs with the mom.

i hate this decision.  i think of her as a wool scarf on a hot day choking me.  lovely image i have of my mom eh?  can i make it work?  it'll take a lot of work.  am i up for it?  i'm scared...lol