Working on Saturday sucks!
Between staff shortages and two classes that needed information literacy instruction, I'm stuck working today. Ugh! Do you know how hard it is to teach college students not to just use Google for all their research needs? To think critically? To evaluate the resources they're using for their research assignments? To not copy and paste information found on the internet into their papers?
The good news is that if I'm at work then I'm not at home eating everything in sight which has been my problem the last few weekends.
************************************************************************************* I changed the look of my blog. The blue is reflective of my current mood. Since I'm working today, I had yesterday off, I went to see my dad and it was awful. He and the Big B had a big blowup on Thursday and my dad is being so irrational. My brother told him he couldn't come along on my brother's daily routes anymore because he's hired a helper and the helper needs my dad's seat in the truck. In reality, my sister-in-law is going to be helping my brother. My dad likes to drive around with my brother every day but due to all his health problems, he isn't much help. In fact, Big B does the majority of the work which is just killing him. Not to mention that my dad is so unsteady on his feet that my brother is afraid he's going to fall and seriously hurt himself. Last weekend when we helped Dad move, he almost fell 4 times while we were there.
To make matters worse, my dad maxed out his credit card so when he tried to use it on Thursday, he got denied. Nevermind that I've been telling him for weeks he was getting close to maxing out his card and that he needs to curb his spending. Oh no, this could never be his fault. He told me he's convinced Big B closed his account. It's a long story but he thinks my brother has totally screwed him over and is leaving him penniless. Nothing I said changed his mind. He's called a lawyer friend of his about taking legal action against my brother.
What's sad is the lack of trust. That he thinks we would screw him. All we've tried to do is to get him to live within his means and he will not do it. So now he wants control of his life back as he put it. He has no idea what he's in for. We've told him but he doesn't believe how much we do for him. I'm ready to take all of it, dump it in his lap and walk away. Go ahead and handle the checking account, paying the bills, getting to the store, refilling the prescriptions, renewing the VA benefits, applying for Medicaid, and getting to the doctor's appointments. Hey, it's 110 miles I don't have to drive every two weeks. Knock yourself out.
My uncles are absolutely incensed by my dad's behavior. My dad actually had the nerve to call his older brother and leave a message, asking for help, after barely speaking to the man for almost a year. And his twin told Big B that Dad blew up at him over something trivial last Sunday, the day after he had given up his Saturday morning to help Dad move. Dad has always had a hair trigger temper and been verbally and borderline physically abusive to those close to him. We shouldn't have to put up with that at all but especially not now when we are doing so much for him.
People have been telling me for years that my dad is a selfish, mean bastard and I ignored them. I guess I can't ignore them anymore.
The good news is that if I'm at work then I'm not at home eating everything in sight which has been my problem the last few weekends.
************************************************************************************* I changed the look of my blog. The blue is reflective of my current mood. Since I'm working today, I had yesterday off, I went to see my dad and it was awful. He and the Big B had a big blowup on Thursday and my dad is being so irrational. My brother told him he couldn't come along on my brother's daily routes anymore because he's hired a helper and the helper needs my dad's seat in the truck. In reality, my sister-in-law is going to be helping my brother. My dad likes to drive around with my brother every day but due to all his health problems, he isn't much help. In fact, Big B does the majority of the work which is just killing him. Not to mention that my dad is so unsteady on his feet that my brother is afraid he's going to fall and seriously hurt himself. Last weekend when we helped Dad move, he almost fell 4 times while we were there.
To make matters worse, my dad maxed out his credit card so when he tried to use it on Thursday, he got denied. Nevermind that I've been telling him for weeks he was getting close to maxing out his card and that he needs to curb his spending. Oh no, this could never be his fault. He told me he's convinced Big B closed his account. It's a long story but he thinks my brother has totally screwed him over and is leaving him penniless. Nothing I said changed his mind. He's called a lawyer friend of his about taking legal action against my brother.
What's sad is the lack of trust. That he thinks we would screw him. All we've tried to do is to get him to live within his means and he will not do it. So now he wants control of his life back as he put it. He has no idea what he's in for. We've told him but he doesn't believe how much we do for him. I'm ready to take all of it, dump it in his lap and walk away. Go ahead and handle the checking account, paying the bills, getting to the store, refilling the prescriptions, renewing the VA benefits, applying for Medicaid, and getting to the doctor's appointments. Hey, it's 110 miles I don't have to drive every two weeks. Knock yourself out.
My uncles are absolutely incensed by my dad's behavior. My dad actually had the nerve to call his older brother and leave a message, asking for help, after barely speaking to the man for almost a year. And his twin told Big B that Dad blew up at him over something trivial last Sunday, the day after he had given up his Saturday morning to help Dad move. Dad has always had a hair trigger temper and been verbally and borderline physically abusive to those close to him. We shouldn't have to put up with that at all but especially not now when we are doing so much for him.
People have been telling me for years that my dad is a selfish, mean bastard and I ignored them. I guess I can't ignore them anymore.
posted by Nichole @ 8:22 AM
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