No news is good news, right?

Since I left SA on July 1st, I have had several things to do. I spent a week in Bryan TX with my cousin Christy researching mineral rights of specified properties with her, I went to Dallas to help the same cousin move from Ft. Worth into a new condo in Dallas, I went to the coast near Galveston on vacation for 10 days with my family, I spent nearly a week in Deer Park/LaPorte TX training for my new job (and got lots of cool goodies that made my brother jealous b/c he works for JVIC and didn’t have nay of those or any of the perks I will have once I start my position), and I have completed millions of (unpaid) hours of babysitting for my sister, who apparently is too much the idiot to cut loose the useless bastard who happens to be Nattie’s father but who could care less about either of them.

But we won’t go into that, except to say that -- somewhere deep inside her -- lies an intelligence that my sister is stubbornly refusing to tap. She is being an idiot. And I experience so much anger every time I think about it, that I am now going to MOVE ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC…


I would love to take a drive down to San Antonio and visit with all my friends there, especially since I’ve been so out of touch, but right now I really can’t afford it. There are no dollars currently coming into the coffers, only going out, so I’m being fiscally conservative. And taking a 5 hour drive, with gas at nearly $3/gallon doesn’t fall into that category. My dad offered to pay me $10 an hour to work for him over at the farm (that’s what he pays the guy who currently works for him) so I may be building fence and clearing brush this week. Who knows?

As far as JVIC is concerned, I’m hired and trained but am on “stand-by.” When Mo has a place to put me, he will. Word is that I will not be going to California as originally planned, but that instead I will be going to south LA between Baton Rouge and New Orleans for 2 weeks, then either to Pascagoula, Mississippi or somewhere else in southern Louisiana. Supposed to stay busy pretty much until Christmas, but the 1st job doesn’t start until October 9th. After a couple of jobs, they will put me on retainer and I’ll get a guaranteed 40 hours/week whether I’m working or not. But that means they’ll keep me busy, and I am definitely in need of that.

Did I mention that I’m going a little bit stir crazy? I need to feel like I am useful for my abilities besides washing dishes, folding laundry, or feeding and bathing babies. I think I’m growing less intelligent by the day with nothing to challenge me. I have almost needed to be rushed to the hospital due to a Fox News Channel overdose (though I am daily working hard to convince my Daddy that Bill O’Reilly is not God and thus release him from the grasp of the enemy). Yesterday I threatened my sister with bodily injury if she allowed the girls’ bedroom to return to the state it was in before I thoroughly cleaned it (including the dressers and the closet), primarily because I was pissed off at my mom for babying my dad and then bitching because he expects it.

But if you know me, then you know I will get by. For now, I keep busy by compiling a list of the groups of people my dad firmly believes are never to be believed because THEY ARE ALL LIARS; At the top of the list are Muslims and journalists -- so then…where does his beloved Bill fall, if not into the journalism category? But forgive me, Mr. O Reilly…I believe I am being a popinjay….