Full Circle

Well, I must say it looks like everything has come full circle. Michael is on his way home from his business trip, my mom is moving in down the street,Vlad and I made up,Nessa has moved on to a new victim, and the crazy Mormon friends of mine finally cancelled out on their house. I wish I could've changed the outcome of some of these, but what can a girl do?

Michael's trip sounds like it was successful. He met his uncle. He didn't even know he had one, let alone two. His father lied to him his whole life. He told Michael and his siblings that he was an only child. Can you believe that? Michael met him at the new site he was trying to implement. Frank is head of security at the site. How ironic. Michael also got to visit with his sister,mom, and grandmother. He seemed to really enjoy himself. I, myself, do not have very much in the way of family. I am glad that he got to reconnect with them. It's only us out here in sunny Arizona. We are taking on the world together.

I really enjoyed my time away from Michael. I felt the burden of responsibility lifted. I realized that part of the expectations that are required of me, I put in place. I think I am going to lower those for the mean time. I think it will make me happier and less worried.

Atom's birthday was on Saturday. We were going to meet for lunch to celebrate. Vlad and I had to talk. We live in BFE, so we rode together. It was really hard. We started to talk and it just felt sad. After persuasion from Nessa and Michael I traded in my zero tolerance for lying policy (just this once). I had become too close to Vlad. I needed to make it clear though that this was a one time grace given to him. He made it clear that he felt horrible and upset. All is good though, we are back to talking about baseball, farting, and the best way to cool your balls off in the summer. Isn't that beautiful?

I went out with Nessa on Friday night. She goes to the same dive bar about three nights a week. It's a pretty nice environment, except it's super smoky. I knocked a few back while listening about Nessa's latest guy she's trying to land. He came in and it was like nothing else existed. I spent most of the night talking with Brian. It was o.k. At least it was a change in the routine.

I found out for sure that the crazy Mormons cancelled their house. I haven't called them though because I don't want to deal with it. They have no support system. Their religion places a huge emphasis on family and helping others. The parents of the guy are leading them in the wrong direction. They threw away $30,000 in equity. The house wasn't even finished all the way and it already had that much on it. Their family members were calling them telling them not to get the house because they wouldn't be able to afford to travel to visit them. How lame is that? Anyway, I just feel like a broken record with them. Someone has to help them break the cycle though right?

I bought Michael a present while he was gone. He likes to play video games. At first I thought it was just a juvenile habit. I have changed my mind. I think he plays them for stress relief. Some people exercise,play guitar,cook, but Michael plays video games. He really enjoys it. I bought him the game "Manhunt". He said he wanted it a while ago, but those games are $50 a wack. No wonder I still have Dr. Mario. It costs too much. I guess it could be worse though. He could like something like golf. That's an expensive sport. That's what most people our age are doing. Not us though. Anyway.... all seems to be right.

We'll see what happens tomorrow. Hope the shit doesn't hit the fan.