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my GYN visit... grrr
Oct. 1st, 2005 10:02 amThe best thing about the visit was I'm down five pounds from the last weigh-in! YAY!
( TMI )
** cross posted in my journal **
( TMI )
** cross posted in my journal **
Oct. 1st, 2005
Today: Family reunion
Oct. 1st, 2005 11:11 am*whine* I don't want to go.
I have to go. I'm the president of the family association, and I know the VP isn't coming. He hasn't attended for two years. If nobody else will take the title, we'll probably re-elect him anyway. It's one of those step backwards when they ask who's willing kind of things.
I've been trapped in the presidency since my dad was dying and couldn't continue. He wanted one of us to take it and since Sherrie struggles to keep up with teaching school as it is, I took it on.
The main reason I don't want to go is my dad's cousin, Bill. He's the father of the VP and has driven me crazy my entire life. He's loud, obnoxious and anything you've done, he's done it better and during war time! He was a pilot during WWII, you know. (he wasn't) He has to be the center of attention so when nobody is talking to him, he'll walk up to anyone and start telling racist jokes. He always claims a person of that race told it to him as if that makes it OK. I tried explaining to him that you can tell jokes about your own race but not about others but he just doesn't get it. He uses racial terms to describe people's ancestry. His grandkids by his son (the VP) are "half beaner" and his daughter's sons are "half kike," as he puts it. His kids have ridiculed him behind his back his entire life. When he and his now ex-wife visited her family in Norway, he didn't even speak the language and managed to offend everyone.
Two years ago, his wonderful wife left him. Why she put up with his BS and pattern of unemployment that long is a mystery to me. I miss her. He showed up at the reunion just as everyone was going home and was blathering on and on about how he didn't understand why she left him. He didn't cheat on her! He didn't seem to understand that you have to do things for and with your spouse to keep a marriage alive. She did everything to support her family financially and emotionally. He was off volunteering at organizations, playing the piano for the retirement homes in the area and attending meetings for as many fraternal organizations as he could join. He never gave her even a card on their anniversary.
Last year, he was locked up in a psych ward. All three of his kids aren't speaking to him and one is even hiding from him. One grandson decided somebody needed to stay with him to try to keep him from falling apart. As far as I know, Jason is the only one still in contact with him. His ex-wife did visit him at the hospital on a regular basis. She's such a good person.
Today, he'll be there.
I've prepared a pasta pesto salad from a gourmet recipe my dear friend Steve gave me. The karaoke machine has been repaired and I tested it this morning. It had a broken latch on the cd player for the last two years. At first, it didn't want to work, but finally it must have worked the dust off of itself and started functioning. I'll be singing Blue Bayou to kick off the talent showcase.
Our RSVPed number is 12 people out of the 200 people invited, even with the announcement of a drawing for $100 for those who RSVPed two weeks in advance. We did that as an incentive to bring in more people. Somehow I expect to be the only one performing. At the business meeting, I'm going to suggest we consider closing down the family association. The purpose of it was to publish the updated family history book. That was completed last year.
Guess I'd better shower and get dressed. The Karaoke stuff is in the trunk of the car. The business binder is by the door. The pasta salad is on the counter so it will return to room temperature by the time of the potluck.
*drags feet* Eric's not going! Why do I have to goooooo????
I have to go. I'm the president of the family association, and I know the VP isn't coming. He hasn't attended for two years. If nobody else will take the title, we'll probably re-elect him anyway. It's one of those step backwards when they ask who's willing kind of things.
I've been trapped in the presidency since my dad was dying and couldn't continue. He wanted one of us to take it and since Sherrie struggles to keep up with teaching school as it is, I took it on.
The main reason I don't want to go is my dad's cousin, Bill. He's the father of the VP and has driven me crazy my entire life. He's loud, obnoxious and anything you've done, he's done it better and during war time! He was a pilot during WWII, you know. (he wasn't) He has to be the center of attention so when nobody is talking to him, he'll walk up to anyone and start telling racist jokes. He always claims a person of that race told it to him as if that makes it OK. I tried explaining to him that you can tell jokes about your own race but not about others but he just doesn't get it. He uses racial terms to describe people's ancestry. His grandkids by his son (the VP) are "half beaner" and his daughter's sons are "half kike," as he puts it. His kids have ridiculed him behind his back his entire life. When he and his now ex-wife visited her family in Norway, he didn't even speak the language and managed to offend everyone.
Two years ago, his wonderful wife left him. Why she put up with his BS and pattern of unemployment that long is a mystery to me. I miss her. He showed up at the reunion just as everyone was going home and was blathering on and on about how he didn't understand why she left him. He didn't cheat on her! He didn't seem to understand that you have to do things for and with your spouse to keep a marriage alive. She did everything to support her family financially and emotionally. He was off volunteering at organizations, playing the piano for the retirement homes in the area and attending meetings for as many fraternal organizations as he could join. He never gave her even a card on their anniversary.
Last year, he was locked up in a psych ward. All three of his kids aren't speaking to him and one is even hiding from him. One grandson decided somebody needed to stay with him to try to keep him from falling apart. As far as I know, Jason is the only one still in contact with him. His ex-wife did visit him at the hospital on a regular basis. She's such a good person.
Today, he'll be there.
I've prepared a pasta pesto salad from a gourmet recipe my dear friend Steve gave me. The karaoke machine has been repaired and I tested it this morning. It had a broken latch on the cd player for the last two years. At first, it didn't want to work, but finally it must have worked the dust off of itself and started functioning. I'll be singing Blue Bayou to kick off the talent showcase.
Our RSVPed number is 12 people out of the 200 people invited, even with the announcement of a drawing for $100 for those who RSVPed two weeks in advance. We did that as an incentive to bring in more people. Somehow I expect to be the only one performing. At the business meeting, I'm going to suggest we consider closing down the family association. The purpose of it was to publish the updated family history book. That was completed last year.
Guess I'd better shower and get dressed. The Karaoke stuff is in the trunk of the car. The business binder is by the door. The pasta salad is on the counter so it will return to room temperature by the time of the potluck.
*drags feet* Eric's not going! Why do I have to goooooo????
Astrology knows about the reunion!
Oct. 1st, 2005 12:03 pmToday's horoscope (Cancer)
The bickering among your siblings or neighbors or family members hasn't eased up at all, and you've just about had it with trying to play mediator. Enough is enough. Excuse yourself, and let them handle it on their own.
The bickering among your siblings or neighbors or family members hasn't eased up at all, and you've just about had it with trying to play mediator. Enough is enough. Excuse yourself, and let them handle it on their own.
