Yay for working phones!

My daughter Elisabeth has not had her phone on for quite some time. I think it’s been the last two months, but I’m not sure because it feels like two YEARS! She said her phone was broken, when I got to talk to her last night, but she bought some "cheap phones" and will have her and her husband’s lines reconnected today. Yay! I miss talking to my baby (and her baby, my Bug Boy, who calls his Grandpa sometimes).

The last few days have been really good. It’s about time they’re good again!!!! I got to visit with my cousin Lance last night, but Laurie pulled the usual shit of texting me with an "I need" message, then got angry with me for asking if she’d asked Joyce for something. Again, she pulled that mind-reading shit of "you should have known I’d try." Really? When I have to BEG for you two to talk to each other, I should have known you did it voluntarily ONCE?

Joyce is Laurie’s aid, so she gets paid to tend to her 19 hours a week. She doesn’t DO IT, but she gets paid to. We’re lucky if she pays any attention to Laurie at all, but that whole situation is about to end. Laurie is firing her today, or so she said yesterday. I’ve been trying to get her to hold out, talk to Joyce, and see if the situation improves, but we’ve tried that several times. Joyce promises the world, then doesn’t deliver, because she’s too busy tending to herself. Sweet little sister, huh?

Anyway, we reached the conclusion that we need to give Joyce a 30-day notice to move out. She’s not contributing as much as she should be (and I DO take into account capability, not just expectations). When I asked her about paying on the electric bill, she told me she had "other things to spend my money on." I told her the electric bill was pretty goddamned important. WE shell out between $600-900 for bills every month, so I feel totally justified by expecting her to put $100 toward the electric bill. She CAN, she just won’t.

I’ve been resisting the notion of telling her to leave, since she IS my little sister and she has a 5 year old son in tow, but it’s causing more friction between Laurie and me, and I can’t deal with my wife’s being unhappy in her own home, so I really don’t see any other choice, at this point. It’s a sucky position to be in.

Still, things are going well. I have caught up mostly in school work, so I’m not all panicky about it anymore.

My arms are getting really tired, ready to cramp, so I’ll wrap this entry up.

Love you!

Hermy