| 1694Andrea has gone. I'm at a loss for words. I know it is the circle of life, we age, we get old, we die. But it always seems so far into the distant future. I've been thinking more and more of my mortality now, and getting a better relationship with Michael and his kids. That wife of his is something else. She named the new baby Ezra. Oh yeah, woman is a true loony. |
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1686Mayor at last, finally! It's been a long, hard road but I'm so glad to have finally made it. The kids made me a grandma again. I'm beginning to get the impression that Genesis is naming the babies right from the Bible. I know she is a God-fearing woman. Don't get me wrong, that is a good thing. But she is standing a wee bit close to the fine line between believer and fanatic. Having a religious nut for a daughter-in-law would get me booted from office faster than a politician can think of a bad lie. |
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1684Andrea agreed to move in! I feel as happy as a school girl hehe. I don't have that special connection with Andrea that I'd had with Norma, but I guess I'll grow to love her. Anything is better than growing old alone. *sigh* |
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| 1683I guess I've just been wandering around lost since Norma left me. I've been helping Michael with his assorted businesses, but now that he's married Genesis helps him out. Even he doesn't need me anymore. Now that I'm an elder I've really begun thinking about where my life is headed, which I should have done much sooner. Andrea wants a commitment, and while I'm not willing to go through another meaningless ceremony, I think maybe I will ask her to move in. Right now, nothing seems more pathetic than growing old alone. |
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| 1672That horrid gypsy set me up with a shrew! I should have known that I wasn't ready to start dating again, but the woman had no compassion for my emotional state. Why do happy relationships seem to elude me? |
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If I could rewind the day and start all over again, I would. I shouldn't have followed her next door. Later she said that as long as she was being treated like she was still having an affair, she might as well earn it. We fought more when we got home. It just snowballed and a lot of things were said that weren't meant. Especially my telling her to take her kids and leave, and her little dog too. I was so tired and cranky. We tried just going to bed to sleep on it, but started fighting over covers of all things, which became a full blown fight again. | ||
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| 1670Geez, now I feel bad talking about mom that way in my last entry. The grim reaper was waiting for her as soon as she stepped out of the carpool from work. But mom was so miserable, I'm sure she's happier now. Well, IF she even knows how to be happy. |
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| 1669I'm so proud of Michael. He already owns one business, and has grown into a fine adult. He disappeared during his party though. I think Hannah left early, maybe that upset him, or all the muss and fuss embarrassed him. *shrugs* Mom is still with us, surprisingly enough. When Tammy died, I thought mom's days were numbered. Poor mom is more miserable than ever. I know, also a surprise, never thought she could get worse. I don't know what is going on with her. Her comfort, hunger, and social is always low. She's had 3 visits from the social bunny in the past week! |
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The boys are growing quickly. There's quite a bit of tension around here lately. Not only Norma's indiscretion but also Michael has joined her side as to whether or not Frank should have visitation. I don't so much mind his seeing the boys, it's him being HERE, around Norma. When the boys are older, I have no problem sending them next door to see him. | ||
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Apparently she did screw around on me. The babies are too normal to even try to blame it on an alien abduction. She broke down in tears saying that she was sorry. That she didn't want to hurt me, but she'd wanted a baby so badly. That this was the easiest way to have one of her own, while remaining with me. That stings. I know it's true, but it still stings that I can't give her something that she'd wanted so badly. She had to go to someone else for it. I do understand, but I'm still very mad, and hurt. I've been giving her the cold shoulder. I think mom is too, it's hard to tell with her, she just IS cold. By the way, the twins are both boys. Norma named them Frankie and Jackie. Guess there's no question left as to who the father is. As long as she isn't still seeing him, that she was just after his, uh, donation, I'll forgive her .... eventually.
** editor's note: I swore I wasn't going to go nuts with the cheesecake twins this time, and I didn't do it! Honest! I'm hoping for Michael to buy Cafe Petite sometime in the near future. Whenever they aren't sleeping, working or skilling, they are baking, stockpiling inventory for when Michael has enough funds. Ann had burnt a cheesecake so I set it on the counter so that she didn't give it to Michael for inventory. I promptly forgot about it until I saw Norma stuffing it into her face. I bet Ann had planned it all, just to spite poor Norma, suspecting that she was pregnant. Ann's just mean like that. | ||
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1664She's definately putting on weight. It almost looks as if ... but that's just not possible, is it? I can't believe that my sweet, kind Norma would have an affair. Mom said that the neighbor has been a frequent visitor while I'm at work. Knowing mother, she's been keeping an eagle eye on her and will tell me if she sees anything. |
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1663Think Norma is starting to put on weight again. She's still been distant. I'm never sure if I should give her space or ask her what's wrong. Maybe it's just that she hasn't been feeling well. She must be pretty sick, mom said Norma didn't go to work today and had to make a run for the bathroom twice. |
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1662Norma is looking really good. Originally she'd needed some body skill for work and started working out. Now she is a playground monitor, and I guess chasing all those kids around has really helped her drop the weight. Norma has become very fond of the little girl next door. It is a shame that we can't have kids. She is really great with them. I offered to call the adoption agency again. She said that while she loves Michael dearly, it just isn't the same as having a child of her own. She'd been wistful and depressed until she went to Kathleen's birthday party yesterday. She seemed happier when she came home, but distracted and distant. I guess the whole family thing is starting to get to her. Stupid biological clocks. Atleast I hope that's all that is wrong. |
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| 1659It's weird. There are only 4 families left in town, you'd think we would be a tight knit group. But we'd actually grown up in different areas so don't really know each other yet. Norma and I went to the market in hopes of meeting some of the neighbors. We mostly met people from nearby Townie Place. Frank was there though, he bought the lot right next to us. |
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| 1655Well, it's not much, but it's home. The new house is actually coming along pretty well. Better than the rest of the new houses being built. Of course, we didn't spend a fortune on a huge lot, so we had more left to build with. |
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