Longest Monday

Man - I thought this day would never end - it was the longest Monday. Why is that? It's not like there are more hours in the day - 24 hours same as last week - same as next week - it felt longer today. I woke up with plenty of time but I was moving so slowly this morning - I was late for the bus - and when I got to the park and ride I realized that my coat was not in the car like I thought it was - and it was starting to rain. Maybe when a Monday starts off like that it just makes it a longer day. Better not mean this week is going to have more hours :P

Quiet when I got home - L must have come home from work and then headed right out to Brian's place. I knew she had been here because the jam was not in the refrigerator - it was on the counter with the lid off and the knife laying next to it - the peanut butter jar was there too with the lid off - and of course there were glops of jam on the counter too. When L left Friday night she had said that when she got home on Sunday - no matter what time - she was going to get all the dishes out of her room and clean them - gave me her word. Her word is worth about as much as WAMU stock these days.

If you ever find yourself in the need of a good laugh on a Monday night you need to watch The Big Bang Theory on CBS - this 1/2 hour comedy is really funny - the character Sheldon just cracks me up. Who would have thought that a show about science nerds would be funny!!

Monday is just about over so I am heading to bed!

De

Quiet Weekend

This was a nice quiet weekend. It was great.

Saturday - Couch Potato Day! I watched the Cougs get creamed at football - 69 to 0!!!!! This was the first time in 284 games that they didn't score!! The end of a great record. Do you think they have hit rock bottom yet?!? After the "game" I caught up on some of the shows I had saved on DVR.

Sunday - Today I went to one of my favorite places - Barnes and Noble! I hadn't used the gift cards I got for my birthday yet. I love just wandering through the aisles and looking for that book that just jumps off the shelf at me. I found two books - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks and A Lion Among Men - Book 3 in the Wicked Series. After getting books I went to Red Robin for lunch/dinner and I watched the end of the Jets - Raiders game. That was exciting!! Last stop before home was QFC to do a little grocery shopping. As I was loading the groceries in to the trunk I got a text message form Krystina letting me know that the Seahawks were playing true to form and were already losing. Once again this was not a weekend for football fans in the Seattle area. At half-time I gave up watching the game and gave Muppet a bath instead - she was a little ripe!

L came home at 900 - which is early for her. She was being nice - she is sick though - has a nasty cough and is losing her voice. I figure it must be from lack of sleep - smoking - and hard partying. She is in her room right now and i can hear her coughing.

I am going to go head to bed now - time for another work week to start.

De

Busy Friday

Friday was a good day! Work went well - I went out to lunch with people in my department. We went to Red Fin - known for their sushi - luckily they serve other items too. I had the Angus Beef Teriyaki - OMG! - so good and so tender! Indri had the Dragon Tail Sushi - she sat next to me - It was eel on top of rice rolls and the way it sat on the plate it looked just like a centipede. It was fun to go out with the group. Then - after work we all went to Mexico for Happy Hour - this is the same place we went to a few weeks back when I tried a Washington Apple shot for the first time. I didn't have one of those this time - I had plans with Lyd - I had two Coronas and then headed for the bus and home.

Lyd came over and we had a Chicken -n- Chiven Pizza from Flying Pie Pizza - it was really really good. We ate pizza and watched the movie August Rush - if you haven't seen this movie don't bother - it was the cheesiest move I have ever seen. It didn't flow together and the way it ended was just ridiculous. I'm glad I didn't waste any money seeing it in the theater.

No plans yet for today - I may go see a movie - the Cougars play at 12:15 but I'm not sure I want to sit through the pain of watching us "play" USC - we are 44 point underdogs! L is off in Seattle for the weekend - it is nice and quiet around the house so I may just hang out and enjoy that.

Speaking of L - any suggestions on how I bring the topic of her moving out up again - she is acting all sweet and nice like nothing has happened. I don't want to have another scene like on Tuesday but I don't want her to think I have changed my mind. So - any suggestions?!?

De

How Do You Relieve Stress

People have different ways of handling stress - shopping - eating - screaming - etc... When I am feeling lots of stress I Bake! Yesterday Divina gave me 4 over ripe bananas and tonight I turned them in to a nice loaf of banana bread. I usually make muffins but I barely had enough bananas for one loaf - I usually make a double recipe when I bake muffins. After the bread I still needed some baking therapy so I tried a new recipe - Cranberry Orange Muffins. I didn't have any fresh or frozen cranberries so I used some craisins I had in the cupboard - they smell good baking! I get stressed - I bake - my department benefits!

No real changes with L - she acts all sweet - hasn't mentioned one word about moving out or the fight - she even took out the recycling tonight. Not that she was all happy about it - I didn't ask her to do it she offered and then she acts all put upon like I'm making her do it. She has gotten in to my head and she is confusing the hell out of me. Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Gotta go check the bread - brb -oh my goodness - the orange cranberry muffins taste wonderful! I used the organic oranges I got in my Full Circle Farms box last week. They were really juicy. I think I am going to have to make these again - the single recipe didn't make very many so I will definitely have to double it up next time.

Time to go to bed - watch a little CSI - and try to get some sleep. I get to hang out with Lyd after work tomorrow! I haven't seen her in a few weeks so that will be fun.

De

Tuesday Evening

Here's how it went down:

L - What do you want me to say. Leaving that note was just messed up. Who leaves something like that on a door.

Me - What did you think was going to happen when you broke the one rule that was left in this house.

L - It's not like I was thinking - oh let me break this rule - when I lit up. I just needed to relax after work.

Me - The consequence is that you need to be out of the house. I won't have you doing this in my house.

L - FINE I'LL JUST GO LIVE ON THE STREETS. YOU'RE MESSED UP - YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR OWN DAUGHTER. YOU'VE NEVER CARED ABOUT ME. YOU CARE MORE FOR THAT DOG THAN YOU DO ME.

***Slamming of fists into the laundry closet door ***

L - IF YOU WEREN'T MY MOM I WOULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW.

I pulled out my phone to call the police because she threatened me. She started crying no no no. I told her to get a hold of herself. She flipped out again - I started dialing on the phone and she came over - grabbed my arm and ripped the cell phone out of my hand and wouldn't give it back.

She then started bargaining with how she would change - she didn't want to leave the house - she's not ready to move out. Couldn't I just give her another chance? What if she got everything cleaned up and showed over the next couple weeks that she wanted to stay here and follow the rules.

Me - I'm not making any agreements.

L - Then I'm not cleaning my shit up.

Me - Great - so you won't do anything around this house unless you're going to get something out of it. What is it that I get out of this arrangement.

L - LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT - YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET ME OUT OF THIS HOUSE. WHAT KIND OF MOM KICKS THEIR OWN CHILD OUT OF THE HOUSE. YOUR MOM WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS.

Me - If I had been doing drugs in Nana's House I would have been kicked out and not even given three weeks to find another place.

At this point I told her that she needed to just leave and go to her friends house because this conversation was going nowhere. I also told her that if/when she smoked in her room again I wouldn't be knocking on her door I would just call the police to come and get her.

L - What is it with you and calling the cops. I told you I would never hit you. What would the cops do anyway - they can't do anything because I didn't touch you.

Me - I told her that they would come because I felt threatened.

This was pretty much the end of the conversation - she left to go to her friends house. There was a lot said but I pretty much hit the highlights above.

I feel like I am in an abusive relationship that I am never going to get out of. She is never going to leave.

De

Other Shoe Dropping in 3...2...1...

Well Readers - we all knew this was coming - it had been quiet for way too long - too many weeks had gone by without any disagreements. Tonight after L had gotten home - we talked briefly - she went in to her room to get ready to head to Seattle with Kelley - she came back out to show me what she planned on wearing - went back in to her room. I was sitting on the couch - watching last weeks recorded Heroes so I could be caught up before tonight's show started - when the oh so tell tell odor started wafting down the hall - I went down the hall and it got suddenly stronger outside the locked bedroom door - L only locks her door when she is doing something she knows she shouldn't be doing - I banged on the door and said - L you are not to be doing drugs in the house. I reached in to my pocket for my trusty bus pass - used it to unlock her door - quickly opened the door. There she sat on her bed trying to look oh so nonchalant and trying to tell me that she hadn't been smoking weed. She thinks I am so naive - I know what the nasty stuff smells like. I told her that she needed to just leave now to go to Kelley's.

I am now going to go write a note to leave on her door - she has paid October Rent so she can stay until the end of the month - then she needs to leave. I have put up with a lot of crap from her this past year - the last house rule standing is the one about No Drugs In The House - I am not willing to budge on this one.

The next few weeks are going to be rather interesting - I am expecting tears - yelling - dealing - promises. You will all get a front row seat!

De

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