December 28, 2016

2016

This has been a lousy year for the most part. First, 2016 took away many great celebrities: Prince, David Bowie, George Michael, Carrie Fisher, Leonard Cohen, and many others. Some of them were older people who were ready to go, such as Bobby Vee. Yet many of those weren't ready to go yet. Also, the drama of U.S. politics was terrible. I believe that both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were terrible candidates, and I hate that out of the 300 million people living in the USA, that those two had to be picked to be the runners for the presidential race.
Also, my sister got married to a complete weirdo, someone my mother and I didn't approve of. My sister and that guy hardly knew each other, were only seeing each other for 9 months, and even then spent most of their relationship in texting each other constantly. They didn't spend much time together in person, even though they lived in the same town. My sister took a temporary job in Maine that kept her away from the area for much of the summer though, so that kept her away from him. Yet even after only dating for a few months, my sister didn't want to move anywhere because she didn't want to leave this guy. That individual is a complete mental case. He lived with his mother, had no decent job, no education, is on medication for mild schizophrenia, and gets $800 a month from the government for his mental problems. Dammit. My sister is a registered nurse and wants that moron. She insists that she found the love of her life and got angry when my mother and I tried talking sense into her. We didn't take this relationship seriously at all. Then on November 21, just a few days before Thanksgiving, she announced that she was marrying this guy on December 10. My mother had never met the man, and I had only met him once and spoke to him for a few minutes. I was angry at her and told her off. She then refused to have him over for Thanksgiving because she thought I would do something mean to him. Anyways, they got married by the Justice of the Peace outside in December. And my mother finally met the man. I was civil. I wish my sister would have chosen someone else or just stayed single. What a fool. They are already having problems.
Yet on the better note, I was able to finally find work again after being chronically ill for a few years. I landed a summer job at a local Kmart that was closing, and I therefore made enough money to be able to pay for classes in the Fall. I am thankful that I was able to return to school. I took two classes and received an A- and a B-, which isn't bad.
I am already paid up for the Spring 2017 semester. I was hoping to go to state university, but it hasn't worked out yet. I will see what happens and what works out.

December 26, 2016

So My Sister Got Married December 10

My sister has been seeing a local guy since last February or March. She has had a relationship mostly based on texting each other a lot. She sees him once in a while at his mother's cafe. Sometimes they'll hang out there for an hour or so. I know they have been to another local cafe a few times together and have walked the local river trail.
This man has a social anxiety disorder and mild schizophrenia. He works at his mother's cafe. He usually works out back because he is nervous around customers. His mother set him and my sister up so that he can "get out of his shell". His schizophrenia is supposedly controlled by medication. He gets $800 a month from the government for his mental illness.
This guy has no higher education and my sister is a nurse and also holds a bachelor's degree in Art. He went to the prestigious Bancroft School in Massachusetts until high school, but never went to college. He is supposed to be very intelligent then, but it looks like he doesn't know how to apply himself. He says he wants to go back to school for physics.
My sister has fell for this man hook, line, and sinker. Yet, she hardly knows this man. There is no way she has a great relationship with this person, like she claims she does. Texting does have body language or a tone of voice. She has even visited the cafe many times to go see him and has been told that "you just missed him" and "he's busy out back".
She didn't tell us about her nuptial plans until November 21, when she announced that she would be marrying this guy on December 10. It has shocked everyone. I don't think this marriage will last, and honestly, I hope it doesn't.

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