weekend recap

[fatrockstar]

Dad's getting married. I saw Big Fish and cried really hard. The Super Bowl was a non-event, but I did get to see The Boobie on national television (that piercing looks kinda painful). The guys agreed to open mic on the 15th.

I'm bored with food. I'm hungry and there's nothing I want to eat in the kitchen. I bought new exercise pants last week in a size smaller than I normally wear, but they're STILL too big. I'll probably give them away because I've worn them a couple of times and don't feel comfortable returning them like that.

No call back from the interview I had last Monday. Was it Tuesday? I swear my memory is becoming worse. The other day I had to pour out the coffee grounds and start over because I lost count of the scoops somewhere between 3 and 5. The day before that I filled the espresso machine with water twice, making some really crappy shots.

But anyway, the interview. I'm expecting to hear from them this week. Now that I'm starting to get bored at home I really want this job just to have something to do. It would also be nice to have some money to set aside, or to get some better-fitting clothes with, or to pay off my bills.

Talking to my counselor today I went over some solutions to my sister-anger. One involves sending an anonymous letter to her father, who, even though he's a deadbeat, has been clean and sober for over 15 years and doesn't approve of Charlotte's boyfriend at all. The catch is: How do I send it anonymously? I'd have to have someone mail it for me from a completely obscure location far away from Alabama or the Pacific Northwest. It will probably be a week or two before it's actually composed, but I'm open to ideas or volunteers...

Comments

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

Amy could post from South Carolina.

But I'm not following here. What will sending anonymously from a different location do? Does it need to be anonymous? Is it supposed to accomplish something, or just get it off of your chest? Would an anonymous letter to her father have some sort of consequence or result that would resolve the situation or have meaning to him or her?

tell me to go away and shut up.

nono, all good questions.

[winifred.livejournal.com]

Anonymous so that I don't lose my sister entirely. If I were to tell her father and she found out, it would create a whole new set of problems. Also, I can't trust her father NOT to tell her I tipped him off if I signed my name to any letter to him -- I don't know him all that well, never did, and all I really have to go on is the drama-packed anecdotes my drama-packed family has told me. My history with him is that he was my drunken physically abusive stepfather who never really got over my mother dumping him.

Bottom line is he's still her father, and in his own screwed up way he wants to be a part of her life -- even more so with Mama gone. He pined for her when she left and was greatly affected when she died. As a former alcoholic he doesn't want his daughter to follow in his footsteps (Mama was very clear about his drinking playing a huge part in her decision to divorce him), and Charlotte has said many times that her father would have a duck if he knew she was smoking weed.

Aside from going down there myself and doing something illegal I'd regret, no one but her father would actually have the cojones to try and do something about it. He's been in and out of rehab, and probably knows what to do to get her in there whether she wants to go or not.

Re: nono, all good questions.

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

I see better now. You need anonymous for you, but as if from someone else who is close to the situation and would know the history. A concerned but removed friend/acquaintance. Yeah. I don't have the cojones to do anything about the one I still live with. But that's a whole 'nother story with a little twist.

I kind of have people all across the country on this friend list, probably someone would be helpful about it if you want to post from somewhere else.