Coping is why I'm blogging my fingers off today. This is how I'm coping. See, Mark and Cassandra left for Texas (where they live(d) next to Mark's mom & stepdad) Friday night by way of southern Arkansas (where his folks are from). And the car we gave them broke down -- nothing serious, but they have practically no money to fix it. And what they do have they keep having to use to help out his relatives. Which is pretty pathetic, IMO. Anyway, it looks like they are going to have to come back and live with us for awhile, because they don't want to go back to Texas where Mark's mom and stepdad take advantage of them and drive them crazy, or in southern Arkansas, where his siblings take advantage of them. I'm sure a lot of it is mutual mooching, but nevertheless, they aren't ever going to get established unless they can get away from all that. So they're going to come stay with us for awhile. And in theory it's the best plan, but it's not going to be easy or fun. But hopefully that will allow Mark to get a job up here so they can save a little money and get an apartment in the area. ~~sigh~~
Posted by 2Flower at December 28, 2003 04:33 PM | TrackBack