November 14, 2004
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Yesterday was my cousin’s birthday, so I called her to wish her a good
day. She sounded sick and very tired. Turns out, she was in the process
of leaving her crack-addict husband. She was living in Tennesse, but
they fled to Florida last week. When she realized he was never going to
get clean, she decided it was time to leave. This guys is a complete,
white trash loser. He is 16 years younger then her and they have only
been together for about a year, and only married for a few months. I
don’t want to get into everything about what happened between them, but
if you want to know, feel free to ask. Anywho, she told me yesterday
that she was flying up today and wanted me to pick her up from the
airport and asked if she could stay with us for a couple of days. She
has always been like a big sister to us, and was really there for us
when my mom died, so really, it was a no-brainer.Her flight was supposed to get in at 11:46AM at O’Hare. She told me to
be about 15 minutes late, so that it would give her time to get her
bags and shit. I was planning on leaving about 11:15, and right after I
got my shoes on to leave, she called and said that she was already
there. Wow. Who would have ever thought that a flight would actually be
early. I raced to the airport and parked the car in the parking garage
on, what else, the Cubs level. I called her as I was getting on to the
elevator and she told me she was out front waiting for me and to hurry
because she was wearing shorts and it was cold out. I went upstairs and
spoke with her trying to find out where she was. She told me to get
back in the car and drive to the terminal. I normally don’t like doing
this, because its usually complete and utter chaos in that area and I
did once get a parking ticket (which I never paid……….go me, I bet
city hall!!!!) for parking there, even though I was standing right next
to the car. Anywho, I drove to the terminal and it was really easy to
find her, she was right out there. Unfortunetly, she had her dog with
her, a little 14 year old poodle. I don’t like pets, but what can I do.
Anywho, she told me the whole story about her break-up on the way home.
Its quite a story too.We stopped off for gas on the way home and she insisted on paying for
the gas and the milk I bought. After getting back home, we offered her
food, but she said that there was no need to provide her with meals,
she would just order out. She has always been very independant, and
will probably only accept the bare minimum of help. She is goint to
stay with us for a few days until she gets an appartment, which I think
will probably be within a week or so. I’m happy to help her, so its no
problem at all.The Bears have actually won 3 games in a row! With the way the offense
played for most of the game today, its a pretty big suprise that they
won today, but a good defense can do that for you.
