My Mom has been staying with me for a few days. It's been hard on us both, but we've survived. It's a very good thing she is here because Mom's whole sister, my Aunt Edie called today. It seems that Mom's half sister and half brother have decided it would be just great if the half sister, whom I have seen but wouldn't recognize on the street, comes down and sponges off Mom this summer.

My Uncle Millard is the most bombastic, arrogant, rudest jerks I've ever had the misfortune to meet. He thinks he's perfect in every way. He was a career military officer and by jinkies what he says had better go no matter whom he hurts.

He hurt someone in my personal family and I stood up to him. I am thoroughly ashamed to say that words came out of my mouth that I never dreamt would come splashing out of me. He wouldn't listen to reason and he was hurting the ones I loved the most. I wrote a sincere letter of apology for using foul language and stated that it had never before happened in my entire life. I also added that while I was very sorry for the language my sentiment remained the same.

Of course, the argument occured when my head injury was raging and that is the reason for the foul language. I just don't do that normally...

Anyway, I talked with Aunt Edie and she said she is going to call the sister and tell her no on Monday. She told me that my brother or I would need to call both the half sister and half brother as well. Understand, my brother and I don't know these people. The uncle called me trash and only weeks later the skeletons in his closet came dancing out for all to see.

I told my brother about the situation with Mom tonight and of course he started yelling at me. Actually he was screaming, because it was louder and meaner than yelling. I told my brother very quickly what had happened in the past and that I will take care of it but it's going to be messy if I do it. He said he would call but that he hated messing with those people.

I'll bet he doesn't call and I'll also bet I have to call the police and have this half aunt removed from my mother's house this summer.

Lovely...just lovely!

Aargh,

Jan