Mr.

This post is mostly about my daughter. She had been dating this boy since February 3rd and this past Thursday, December 28, he decided he was going to break up with her. Why? Because he is doing poorly with his grades. I understand maybe curtailing the amount of time they spend together, so that the can keep his grades up, but come on, don’t break up with her just because your grades are bad. It’s not her fucking fault for god sakes!! Anyhow, I kind of feel like it is a cop-out and since he is going away to Deleware to see his father with his older brother, he probably doesn’t want any strings attached. See, he left on Dec 23rd to go to Florida to stay with his brother and they both drove back to Stafford on the 27th. His brother is 19 and I am sure he has influenced Jess’ boyfriend greatly. Hopefully, big brother will be staying in Deleware and so when the boyfriend comes back from there, maybe they will be able to work on things.

Personally, she can do better, find someone that likes to do things with her, instead of sit around and watch tv all of the time (which, he could be doing his homework here!). How do you tell her this? You can’t really. Her brother has and her father has, but she gets mad when they say that. ugh. Anyhow, he has always been very polite to me and my husband, sociable and easy to get along with. I do like him, but I don’t like that he created this lame ass excuse and broke her heart.

I was beside myself when she came in from meeting him in the driveway Thursday night. She was in tears. I didn’t know what to do or what to say. Being the sentimental fool that I am, I started to cry because I hate to see her so hurt. I just held her and told her everything will be ok, but to give it some time. We’re on day 4 now and it’s not any better, she has been crying for 4 days!!

One another note, she did manage to land a new job. Which she got on Thursday also. She was so excited at the beginning of the day. Her first day was on Friday. THey needed some one to start asap. Poor thing had to start a new job on Friday with hurt in her eyes. I am sure it was hard, but I think they kept her busy enough to ease her mind a little. She is working at a salon in Stafford, as a hair washing assistant. If she sticks with it, they will move her up to Receptionist. Personally, I think it would be more fun to be the hair washing assistant. She worked Friday, Saturday and she works again today. Boy, they really are working her. She came home last night with blisters on her feet. She needs better shoes.

My husband and I decided to surprise her and bought her a fish tank. She went out last night with one of her girlfriends and was going to spend the night and leave for work from there. So, hubby and I went out to the pet store, bought all of the supplies and put her tank together. Complete with pink/burgundy gravel. Pink and green plants and some cool looking plastic shells. Yeah, totally a chicks tank. Anyhow, we spent the evening setting it up. It turned out really good.  By this afternoon, I hope that it will be ready for me to purchase some fish for it.  I really like the fancy guppies which come in a variety of colors with their long lush tailfins.  I also want to get one of those fish that eat the algae and help keep the tank clean.  I think my husband calls it a placostimus?  I know its not the answer to her problems, but I also know how she stresses out, a lot like myself and it is often soothing to look into a fish aquarium and get lost in the motion of the fish and the sound of the bubbles.  I just hope it helps her, even just a little bit.