First, I tackled Cable Hell at Jim's computer desk and turned it into Cable Heaven. I wish I would have taken a picture of it before, because it was unbelievable!!! On the floor, next to his desk was this massive tangle of cords, cables and wires.....with an odd router, modem and VOIP box thrown in for fun. UNDER the desk was almost as bad. I took apart every single wire, mounted two power strips and have the router, modem, and VOIP converter all sitting nicely on the top shelf of his desk. Writing it out makes it sound like a 20 minute project........but this took most all day. I also took out the satellite converter box, installed the DVD player, fixed the filing cabinet drawer, had to mod the power strips to mount on the wall (the screw holes were too small for any screws that I had), and worked on Tory (Greg's) laptop to get it running after Richard download some icky malware that totally choked it!
In between all this were upmteen calls to Tory and Jim updating them on the latest goings on with Christopher.
Christopher asked for his poster back that he gave me as a gift. OK, so I had to find it.........and then I ordered another. 2 days ago I called him to let him know that I found it and that he could pick it up at Jim's work. That was not a fun call.....he bitched about "my attitude" which was me telling him that I would not be insulted by him or his wife any longer. That went on. At one point he said "Do you actually ever think before you open your mouth and say things?" Um.....yeah. I told him that I was not being disrespectful to him or his wife......but that he's practically called me a liar and that what he just said amounted to calling me stupid. He told me how I haven't changed one bit because he's talked to Richard and he knows that. Oh, bullshit! He also told me that because of my attitude he had all the more reason to not let me see Cecelia. I told him it wasn't an attitude.......it was just me telling him that I would no longer take shots from him. Taking shots from him will not fix the past......and it won't help him heal.......if that would help, I would roll over, belly up and gladly take every shot fired. But he even said it wouldn't help.
OK. End of 40 minute call.........and I kept my cool and never got upset.
Oh, I cried a little afterwards, but I am trying to remember that he's angry and this is a situation that I can't control, so I need to let it go.
So he stops at Jim's work yesterday and picks up the poster, drops off the pans and the computer module and that was that. An hour later Jim goes into the parking lot and there's Christopher with the hood up. His battery was dead.....dry as a bone. So Jim helps him out with tools etc. About this time Sarah pulls up and just takes over (like Jim is this clueless idiot who doesn't know what he's doing) and doesn't even say one word to Jim.....not even a Hello. So they got the battery out and got a new one and Sarah just dropped him off with the battery and left. It's a good thing Jim was there to take care of it or he would have been screwed. Christopher did go into Jim's office afterwards and thank him for the help. That was nice.
So later I get a call from Christopher saying that I needed to sign onto Hello and he would give me pics of Cecelia. Unfortunately, Hello no longer exhists, so he said he would email them....but that I was not to post them anywhere because Sarah doesn't know that he's sending them. I asked if Sarah has issued an edict that I was to not have pictures.....he said no....but he didn't want to bring it up to her because it was just easier that way.
So later on, he calls again and says that he will make a deal with me. He will send me pictures throughout her lifetime (his exact words) when he starts seeing some money. OMG! He asked me what I thought of that and I told him that it was disgusting!!!!!!! He's such a hypocrite just like his father. The whole reason that's been given for us to not see Cecelia was because I was a terrible mother to him and I'm this horrible, evil person who hasn't changed a bit. OK....I will accept parts of that........but I am working everyday to become a better person. AND, we borrowed the money....paid back a good part of it when he PCSed here.....and told him we would pay the rest. We argued back and forth about it and he kept saying...No...you've paid enough, don't worry about it. Then he came to me (before he and Sarah were even married) saying how Sarah thinks he should get the money back but that he told her that he didn't care and that it was all worked out between us. And then later, after they were married he was telling me how Sarah said that we needed to pay that money back and then he didn't say anything more. Then he told me that we needed to pay the money back because they were having a hard time making ends meet (and later, in the same conversation he says that they are putting $1K [yes, that's ONE THOUSAND!!!] a month into a savings account.....and talked about their upcoming cruise in the Bahamas.
Throughout this, Jim and I had planned on giving him money when we could..........but he's hit the end of the road with me. And with Jim....Jim's ready to strangle him. And I'm just disgusted and sorry that he's so much like his father.
GRRRRRRR.
So, yesterday really exhausted me.....physically AND emotionally.
And I will not be buying any pictures of my grand daughter anytime soon!
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