There Once Was An Old Lady.........
sooooooooo, i trust everyone had a lovely memorial day weekend. i decided to take a trip over to my grandmother's house since i hadn't seen her in a while. now, her house is known as "the house that jack built" because there are countless (and strange) random people always taking residence there. this has always been an issue for me-hence the reason i don't go visit often. i love my grandmother (i'm her favorite!) but i cannot stand all of the foolywangs that hang around.
so let's take into account: she is 70-something and currently allows the oldest granddaughter (my cousin) to live there, her boyfriend and her two kids, 3 & 11. cousin and boyfriend don't really like each other anymore, but he still stays there, so they have separate rooms. will the whino has been there for years. cousin man (he's new & i don't know him) just moved in from i-don't-know-where and brought his son who is about 11. friend arlene who tries to validate her residence by acting like my grandmother's personal assistant. youngest cousin and his girlfriend who just had their kid...whoops, they were fighting too much so they went next door to my aunt's, but the chick got tired and headed off to ny, so young cousin is back by himself. these are the people that LIVE there. now i have 3 cousins (not counting young one), the oldest that lives with grandmother and the other 2 live next door with my aunt. they all have 2 kids, well, actually one has 3 kids, so that's a total of 7 kids running around my grandmother's house at all times because she is also the babysitter.

needless to say, there is waaaaaaaay too much action going on over there and i enjoy peace and quiet. not to mention, it is annoying to know that my grandmother allows herself to be taken advantage of in such a huge way. only one of the "residents" assists with the house and maybe a bill or two. otherwise, my granny is the type that cooks big ass meals, is always doing something and if you are walking down the street looking hungry and/or homeless, she'll tell you to come on in!
sometimes i think i'm the green sheep of my family cuz i just can't get with all of that. perhaps i am really a mean person, but i know people will use you up till your friggin well runs dry..so i do not support or try to support others. i do not believe it is fair for other people to have to live with and shoulder the results of decisions you made in life, even if they just roll with it like my grandmother. i love ya, but i gotta take care of my damn self. i'm not cooking for you or your damn kids...i'm not babysitting (unless i REALLY feel like it and you pay me-but that hasn't happened in years)...i'm not picking you up or dropping you off anywhere (unless you holla at my gas tank)...i'm not buying you things that you need while you buy things you want...and i am NOT sacrificing my tranquility to sit amongst bad ass hollering kids, drunk nobody's and lazy family members.
call it selfish, but i call it self-preservation. no one is gonna run me ragged or crazy with their mess...i've got my own!
