The Trip

As I mentioned earlier, I drove up to see the family last week. I got a late start on the way there so I stopped in Ardmore OK as the halfway point. I'm glad I did because as soon as I checked into the motel a massive storm blew in. We got up at 3:30am and arrived at Grandma's house around noon.

For those of you who don't know, driving through Kansas is boring and shitty.

Grandma looked like hell, She told me she just got out of the hospital where they put a stint in an artery and the plug where they went in came loose and she almost bled to death. "Didn't anyone tell you? " Nobody ever tells me shit.

We visited for a while but now that my aunt and her 24 year old son live there we have to go stay at my Uncle's new house that's about 20 miles away.

It was a nice place but I wish I could have been closer to Grandma's since she wasn't feeling well.

My Uncle is only about 10 years older than myself so we have a lot in common. He's a pretty cool guy and always took me horseback riding, fishing and camping when I was a kid.

His computer was all fucked up so I decided to fix it for him while he was at work. When I was cleaning up shit I found my 24 year old cousin's myspace page. There were dudes on it with hearts and tears (missing you!) I was like ..oh shit.

Later that evening my Uncle was bitching about his nephew living with Grandma, not pulling his weight and inviting all kinds of homeless people over to sleep in the basement family room with him and sometimes they make their way upstairs to steal Grandma's shit.

That's when Uncle verified that my cousin was indeed a homo. Always before he was a pain in the ass spoiled sociopath now he smokes pole in Grandma's basement. Lovely.

So I wasn't supposed to say anything but the situation is causing a family rift. Not because of the gayness but for the mooching, stealing and lack of respect.

They've always spoiled the kid and given him everything he's ever wanted and never once asked him to lift a finger and probably never will so it's no surprise he's doing what he's doing.

They are total enablers. Nice people but there was never a male figure around to put a stop to bullshit.

So I kept my opinions to myself and tried to enjoy my visit as much as I could while trying to get the ugly thoughts out of my head.

Uncle and I ended up staying up drinking, joking and watching movies. The kids rode bikes and played with the toys left there by his step grand kids.

Overall everything went smooth but a week was enough and I missed home. So I got up at 3:00am and hauled ass back to Texas. Goddamn that is an awful fucking drive and the older I get the worse it gets.