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Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - yummybunny - 12-02-2009 02:43 AM

That totally sucks!

Hopes he get another job, especially in this economy.

I know it isn't my business, but is it ANOTHER lay-off? Good grief, there are so many these days.

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - b-rad - 12-02-2009 04:14 AM

Oh Sad

That sucks! I hope he gets a job and/or unemployment!

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - Majick - 12-02-2009 05:04 AM

He started his job last March, he was working for one team. Then they moved him to a different team, and the manager gave him nothing but problems from day one. Then in November they put him on an "Improvement Plan" and things got worse :\

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - yummybunny - 12-02-2009 06:15 AM

The typical a-hole boss.

I know what that feels like. Faithfully working for a good amount of time and get treated like nothing but total crap. Puts a toll on your mood.

He deserves a job where he could get respected anyways, heck. Though any job is worth being able to pay your bills, it is partly not worth getting treated like crap. Everything happens for a reason, who knows, something better may come to him after a while or soon.

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - Majick - 12-02-2009 05:22 PM

We can hope, definately.

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - phoebe91 - 15-02-2009 10:14 PM

Wonderful updates ^_^

I'm so sorry about your fiance though! Hopefully everything will work out soon.

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - b-rad - 19-02-2009 12:55 AM

Im sure that things will work out Smile

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - Majick - 19-02-2009 12:59 AM

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, but my fiance has been down and all, so I'm trying to spend time doing things with him. I'll try to play some tonight or tomorrow, and update when I can Smile

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - b-rad - 19-02-2009 01:00 AM

Okay Smile

whatever works for you!

Re: Â»Â»Â¦ Ãear Ĵournal: The life of a Spare Â¦Â«Â« - Majick - 21-02-2009 10:41 PM

Dear Journal,

Time is moving on. We're getting older. And the past couple years have been hectic. I don't update nearly as often or as regularly as most people might, but it works for me this way.

Michelle is growing bigger, and she and Jonah and Jedi all get along nicely.

They're active, happy and healthy children. Well, were. They're finally into their teen years, and I guess it's time to stop calling them children. Jonah had a growth spurt, so he's finally up to his proper age height!

But, let me go back a bit, and share some bad/good news.

Nathan and Mary had been married for over 30 years; it's hard to believe.

When I heard that Mary was in the hospital, I felt bad for Nathan. I'd visited her with him, on many occasions. Even tried to comfort him the best that I could. And he responded well, he was happier than he'd been in months.

But the night Mary passed away, there was no comforting him. He was a man in mourning. But, Isaiah said that something wasn't right. I saw a man in mourning, but he saw a man who looked ... relieved. He and Mary had been having serious marital problems the last few years. Nathan tried to ignore it, and spent as much time and affection on her as he could, but Isaiah knew better, as did his mother. I don't know specifics, but Isaiah said that his mother's last words to him were "He can be truly happy now. I know I've held him back from what he really wants. Even if he told me I wasn't." The last person to see her was Nathan, but he wouldn't tell anyone what Mary's last words to him were.

I suspect they weren't kind; or perhaps, there simply were no words for what they felt about their situation. To this day, Nathan won't share those final moments he had with his wife with anyone. Not even me.

A year had passed since Mary's death, and during that time, Nathan was actively in our lives. Visiting the grandchildren, eating dinners with both his boys at least twice a week, and had even started going to church once a month. He looked like a man at the end of his rope, desperately clinging to hope. After some time, we started having private dinners, we took a vacation to an island beach, and acted like real old people for the first time in our lives.

Then, one night after returning from a dinner together, Nathan got down and proposed. I never saw this coming, not even for a minute! What I thought was just us finally getting a chance to be real friends, was actually us finally getting a chance to be ... together. When he showed me the ring, I started to cry. Then I was terrified. Was this Mary's ring? He about died when I asked him that, Mary was buried with her engagement ring and her wedding band. As well as his. He always knew he'd move on, and wanted that part of his life to always stay with Mary.

I accepted his proposal.

Gavin told his kids about Nikhil, and how if not for the fact that he's simply just too big for the equipment, he'd still play on it himself in his memory. Jonah and Jedi wish they could have met their late uncle, as do I naturally. So, whenever they play on the merry-go-round they always sing some silly song that they made up about their uncle. It's been so long since they've song it, I wish I could write it down, but I've forgotten how it went!

One thing they still do, is hang out on the Jungle-Gym ... but, I managed to take a picture of them with Michelle playing on it one day.

Oh, and here's Gavin trying to fix the kitchen sink! Nathan eventually came in and got it done right, the poor boy was having such a hard time!

Nathan and I married, it was a private ceremony, no friends or family, or just the county clerk and some state witnesses. I wish we had had someone take pictures, but alas, we did not. Jonah has discovered he enjoys cooking, and on my birthday he baked me a huge muffin! At least, it looked like a muffin, he simply used cake-batter. So, I guess it was actually a huge cupcake without the frosting! It was still good, though.

Gavin and Trista decided they would like to get the kids into Private School as well. The kids weren't too thrilled with the idea, but they really didn't have much choice. I stay out of their matters, unless they come to me these days. They're not my kids, after all. So they made the arrangements, and the Head Master came over one evening. Turns out he was an old friend of Nathan's, and after sharing some old stories (and threatening to share more!) the Head Master accepted the kids in! No, he wasn't black mailed, or anything crazy like that! He felt the kids could do with the higher education, and saw that they were good kids.

And on Nathan's birthday a huge crate appeared on our door step. After opening it, we found a telescope inside. Jedi was so excited, she insisted we set it up at once! I find that I enjoy passing my time looking through it, while others are at work, or school.

We also decided to get a pet. But, we weren't sure how the kids would take to such a responsibility, so we just got a bird; Jonah named him Torin.

And then of course, came the first day of Private School.

Now, as I said, Jonah hit one heck of a growth spurt when he was 16. And it was so funny when Jedi would try to play with him, he towered over her now!

Jonah was a quiet boy, and he stopped bringing friends home from school. He did his homework, and stayed in his room a lot. Sometimes I'd pick up the phone, and he'd be talking to someone he knew from school. Such a sweet boy, this friend of his. Always said "Yes Ma'am." or "Good evening Ma'am." Manors were hard to find these days, but of course my grand kids had them. Good to see someone elses did too!

Then I told Gavin that I believed it was time he had the talk with Jonah about love and romance, and of course "woohoo". Gavin hated the thought of approaching Jonah about this subject, but he knew I was right. So, one night while Jedi, Trista and Nathan were out shopping (did I mention Nathan loved to shop?!) I went outside and Gavin took Jonah aside.

They stood there talking for almost 2 hours, before Gavin came outside. he didn't say anything to me right away. He just looked like he'd seen a ghost. Poor boy must've learned a few things from his son, he didn't know himself! I grinned to myself, imagining the things Jonah probably told him. Gavin then went back inside. And they talked some more.

Another hour passed, and Gavin came back outside just as the others were coming home. He walked over to me, and put a hand on my shoulder. "Mom ... I ... need some advise." I was surprised, it'd been a long time since Gavin came to me, so I stepped away from the telescope, and he proceeded to fill me in on his conversation with Jonah, and what all Jonah had said to him. And one of the lines he said, will always stick with me; "I know how it works when a boy likes a girl. But, what do you do ... if you're a boy ... who likes a boy?"

So, that explained the pale and blank expression on his face earlier. I kind of just stood there, too ... Certainly ... this was going to be complicated. "So, what did you tell him?" He simply shrugged. "I told him ... he's my son, and I love him ... but ... that right now I didn't know what to say or think of it. He's not in trouble, of course but ... what am I supposed to do?" I could only shake my head. "So that friend of his on the phone," I began, but was cut off. "That's the boy he likes, and apparently ... likes him." "... I see ..."

No wonder the talk took so long. I stood there a moment, then nodded. "You and Trista need to sit down with him, find out who this boy is ... meet him. Don't ... encourage it, not yet anyway. But also don't ... condemn it either." Gavin said that it didn't make sense, and he's right, it didn't. I couldn't see Jonah living his life with another man ... but then, I hardly knew my grandson anymore, anyway. This explained his change in attitude, secrecy and shy attitude toward boys, but not girls. "He says he likes girls ..." Gavin chimed in a few moments later. "There are a few girls in his class that he really likes ... but there's just something about ... this boy, that he says drew him to him."

Okay ... so ... Girls aren't completely out of the picture ... this did make me feel a little better. "So then, what are you going to do, Gavin?" He shook his head. "I'll talk to Trista ... then we'll go from there."