Happy Earth Day!
This past weekend we brought my son JP to help us prepare for the move. On the way to pick him up, we saw that the tollway had more than doubled its tolls! Very civic-minded, our local governments. Here we are in an economic recession, fuel prices at an all-time high with all other prices rising along with them, people can't afford to live in their houses, and the politicians squeeze the general population by raising sales taxes and tolls. Pretty soon no one will be able to afford to drive around here.
When we got there, it was obvious that JP's mother is over-feeding and under-exercising him. The boy (18 years) has gained at least 20 kilos since he went over there last December. I kid you not. He's big-boned, but he looks about 7-8 months pregnant! He claims to work out, but I fear his program consists of shoveling food into his face.
JP says he's in constant conflict with his mother, and I can believe it. They both suffer from RAD, and you can look that up on the Web, gentle reader. Suffice it to say, they are both self-destructive and anti-social. It is very stressful to be in their company for any length of time. He has forgotten the social graces and the house rules we taught him. Now he dresses like an idiot, with his jeans hanging half off his ass.
We got quite a bit done last weekend, even though the tension was very high. My wife is Polish, and she holds grudges a long time. While JP lived here, he was constantly at odds with her, and last weekend was just more of the same. By the time we returned him to his mother's house, we were more than ready to see him go. We have one more weekend to prepare, but my wife doesn't want to have JP back to help. I don't blame her. The stress levels were very high, and the move is stressful enough.
I know I could use some stress relief about now. Sure wish I had the time and money.
General Category: None Current mood: stressed Added on: 04/22/08 14:25
Happy Earth Day, though it has been passed away! :)
As I know the US population is increasing now. Is it wrong?
Overfeeding is a bad thing, a very bad one and not only in the US. Some researchers say it becomes a global problem extremely quickly. But in my opinion this firstly depends on what do you mean when saying global.
Posted on: 04/24/08 20:41
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