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2004-01-08 - 8:13 a.m.
Thursday.

My mom called last night. At 2:00 am HER time. I almost shat. Phone calls in the middle of the night from the UK are rarely good news. But she was up taking a pee and just wanted to call and let me know that the presents I had sent had finally arrived.

I got an email from my sister this morning telling me the same thing. She also told me that my niece, who is engaged (I think) to a Yeovil Town midfielder may be splitting up from him which would suck, because he seems like a nice guy, and she gave up a cool job to be with him in Yeovil. I bought him a soccer ball ashtray/coin holder for christmas, which arrived at my mum's last night in the care package. I guess he won't get it now.

Poor JS (my niece). She never has good luck with guys. But this one seemed pretty stable, at least as stable as you can be playing midfield for a team that's bucking for promotion to Division 2...

I didn't do much last night, except cook dinner (baked fish with fried rice) and watch West Wing. At least as much of it as I could. In between my mom calling, cooking dinner, and J. leaping around the room repeatedly announcing he was bored, I missed a lot of it.

At least I slept good last night, although it took 5 whisky and lemonades to achieve that. Too many carbs in my diet recently, that's why I'm having a hard time sleeping I think.

Hmmmm.

My overdraft now looks like Luxembourg's annual defence budget. Roll on Friday and payday...

I have 8 bucks to buy lunch with today, which if I eat cheap junk food is plenty. But not to eat healthy. Unless I want a salad. Screw that - salad is what Food eats...

Bek asked why we're thinking of turning J. into a puppet of the establishment. Actually that's not quite true. She made a joke about the Thunderbird puppets, but it got me thinking. Will he be a mindless puppet? Of the establishment? That's not my intention. I want him to live a full and happy life. I also want R. and I to live a full and happy life. J. has, on more than one occasion stolen and hidden or used:

  • Money
  • Knives
  • Lighters
  • Underwear
  • Dresses
  • Cigarettes
  • Things from other kids (yearbooks etc)

    I have repeatedly wiped his computer of some of the sickest porn (no, I mean really sick. You would all find it gross. Believe me, I can stomach a lot, but this stuff is actually dangerously illegal, even in Holland.).

    As much as I love him, he does nothing until he is told to, and then he does it half assed. If he doesn't do it straight away, it gets forgotten about altogether.

    His behavior is deteriorating. Nothing we have tried has worked. Nothing his father has tried has worked. He needs to understand, I don't think he is getting it, that this next half year is the make or break point for what happens next. I don't want him to end up dead or fucked up. I don't want him to end up in jail. I don't want R. or I to end up like that either because of some fucked up thing he did that pulled us down with him due too 'irresponsible parenting'. Believe me, that happens a lot here.

    So if I believe his behavior is actively endangering us, himself or other people, then yes, I will ship him out in a heartbeat. It sucks, but if it keeps everyone alive and out of jail, then it will just have to suck...

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