Vacation Day 4

Today has been interesting, to say the least. It didn’t start out so great. We got to my dads and he had some stuff to do, of course, my dad always has stuff to do. We ended up hanging out at his house while he took a woman to the bank. His damn dogs kept trying to hump Sara so we ended up standing around outside. When he finally got back he had some other stuff to do and ended up refreshing my memory on how to get to my grandparents house. They live in Choteau, about 30 minutes out of Tulsa. I’d only every driven to their house once, they didn’t move out there until after I’d already moved to CT.

The day got better once we got to my grandparents house. We ended up going out to this Amish Buffet place. It was interesting, my dad walked in and went straight to the buffet. I was kind of thrown off by that b/c I’m used to being seated at buffet places. Not here, lol, you just grab your food, find a place to sit, then on your way out you tell them how many people were in your party, pay and leave. I guess you can do that kind of thing in a small town like that.

My grandpa is a lot worse than he was last time we were here. I’m not even 100% sure he knew who I was but I caught him staring at me a few times throughout the day like he might have known, but I’m not sure. He just kind of sits around, once in awhile he’ll crack a joke. I hate alzheimer’s, it runs in my family, I think my dad will probably be the same way someday. It’s just amazing how fast Alzheimers can destroy your life. My great-grandfather had it, but before I was old enough to really understand it.

It was neat seeing my cousins, the oldest is graduating high school in May. She’s looking at going into a career in journalism. They’re all great kids, I just love them to death. I feel like I’ve missed a lot, the oldest girl mentioned her graduation like she was hopefull we could make it up here for it. I’d love to, I don’t know that we’ll be able to come back out here in May but if all goes well with getting our home equity loan and stuff you never know.

My dad is a fruit loop, he’s dealing in used computers now, better than drugs right? hehe He’s got a mess of computer crap all over his house. It’s just insane. His place is a mess too, his personal hygiene is better this time but his house is gross. The carpet is ruined from the dogs and it’s just gross to be in there, they made an attempt to clean the carpets and stuff but gave up. I mean, I don’t judge people by the cleanliness of their homes, I’m a slob myself but there’s a fine line between sloppy and just flat out gross. I’m hoping to convince him to come to our hotel next time he wants to sit around and visit. My dad is beyond busy, he keeps himself going 100% of the time, it frustrates everyone, it’s putting strain on his marriage and driving my grandparents crazy. He has to do this though, he has to keep himself busy or he falls back into his depression so I’m happy to see him busying himself. Of course, I’d rather see him go into some serious therapy, but I’ll take what I can get. I’m just happy to see him not wallowing in his sorrows, it’s a step in the right direction.

Apparently my step-monster is remarried!! I was shocked and appalled, what idiot would marry her! I wouldn’t wish her on anyone, anyone that’s crazy enough to marry her obviously needs some serious help. My dad finally admitted to me that he married her originally because he was sick of being broke and she had money. I’ve known this for a long time but this is the first time he’s actually said it. He also said he’d learned his lesson. No amount of money is worth being married to her.

I remember now why I left Tulsa too! I fucking hate this place!! People are nutty. And oh my god, they cannot drive!!!!! Hubby and I made the mistake of going out to 71st street to try to go to Zio’s for Italian food. We ended up in the worst fucking traffic ever. It got to the point I went into my sensory overload mode and I had to just get the fuck out of there. I haven’t had a real “AS moment” since we left CT, but man, I went into overload there, I thought I was going to die. We ended up driving out to another Zio’s a little farther out. It was really tasty, I love Zio’s. Hubby had some Spaghetti and I had Fettucini with 5 cheeses, hell to the yeah!! I love cheese! 🙂 hehe

I’ve been doing all the driving here and I could just smack myself. Why the hell am I so anxious about driving in CT??? They’re a lot crazier here, let me tell you. In CT they’re agressive and fast but down here they just don’t pay any attention. You’ve got to watch it or they’ll run your ass over and never see you, at least in CT they see you!

As much as I bitch about Connecticut I really do like it a lot more there. There’s a lot of other reasons too, just things like the way people think down here and stuff. I just don’t fit in down here.

Anyway, I have more stuff to talk about but it’s not related to vacation, so I think I’ll wait until I get home. Or, at least until it’s not midnight. 🙂

G’Night!