My women and Dramatis Personae

Today was supposed to be the start of my vacation. I was going to fly to Florida to visit a friend in Tampa and take a side trip to visit Violet.

I delayed it for a few reasons. One, I needed more money to really enjoy myself which has been solved by working two overtime shifts last week and one double time shift plus working two more overtime shifts this coming week. The second is cause Lily needed help with something and only way I could help her is if I stayed in town. Third, my mother is going to have an operation soon and I want to be available in case she needs anything.

Has anyone noticed a theme of me and soccer games leading to some kind of adventure for me? Apu called me yesterday morning and asked if I wanted to go to the match tonight. Fortunately I was working graveyard shift so I couldn't go. Hahaha...there is a match on Wednesday night and I'm probably going. I promise I'm going to be on my best behavior.

Rebecca, the woman I formerly loved, called me yesterday afternoon. She asked me if I could spy on her daughter for her. What? Yes, her daughter is meeting a friend tomorrow at the beach but Rebecca is afraid she's really meeting an older guy. I have a friend in from out of state so I don't know if I can do it. Truth is I'm going to find a reason not to do it. As much as I care for her teenage daughter, it's not something I want to get involved with.

It's damn selfish of me but I hate when my friends move away to other cities or states. They always move for a good reason though. Like better jobs, closer to family, spouse or girlfriend gets better job or to go to law school. It's very hard for me to let people get close to me so when I do I hate to lose them. The good thing is that the people who have left have stayed in touch and when they are in town we get together. I genuinely miss these people though. But they have to do what's better for them and not stay just cause I want them to.

Lily had a fight with her mom on friday night. What her mom said to her was pretty ugly. Lily had stayed out late with a girlfriend of hers and when she got home her mom asked,"Well how much did you charge?" That's pretty rude. I told Lily though that I would ever say something like that I could see her mother's point of view. Lily's brother said about the samething I said. Lily has gotten into the habit of staying out to early hours of the morning on weekends. I think her mom was just frustrated. Poor Lily. To top it off two, not one, but two of her brothers have car wrecks. I could fill megabytes just telling Lily's story especially about the ugly divorce.

Well since I changed the names of the people I'm writing about I figured I'd better make a list of who is who before I start forgetting which names go with who and to give any reader an idea of how they relate to me. I'll keep it updated as my needed. These are the main characters for now.

Dramatis Personae
Names have been changed to protect the guilty.

Eva – matriarch of the Pope’s family that includes the Pope's sister and her three boys and a half brother and his two sons and two grandsons

Pope John Paul III – me, the person these stories revolve around

Beth - John Paul’s younger sister by four years.

Rod – John Paul’s half brother older by sixteen years

Binkley – JP’s best friend since middle school and fiercest supporter and most loyal friend. I named him after the character from Bloom County.

Apu – JP’s best friend in the current city he lives. They are old college friends. Despite being JP’s best friend he’s also his fiercest critic and is very blunt toward JP. Of course he’s named after The Simpsons character. No he’s not Indian but close enough for this story.

William – Not only did he grow up with JP but they went to the same grade, middle and high schools together along with attending the same University. He’s between jobs and floats between his and JP’s hometown and JP’s current city of residence.

Violet – JP’s on again off again ex-girlfriend and occasional lover. They were last a couple in 2002 but the lover part still applies.

Rebecca – JP’s ex-girlfriend as of June 2007. She’s eastern European. Sometimes referred as the “woman I used to love” by JP III.

Gina – Rebecca’s teenage daughter.

Lily – JP’s rebound attempt at a girlfriend after he and Violet broke up for the second time. JP still maintains a very close friendship with her.


Locations of this silly story:

Houston – the Pope’s current city of residence. The Pope actually lives is a redneck town outside of Houston.

San Antonio – The city where the Pope grew up and majority of his family lives.

BOC – Big Oil Company. Unnamed petrochemical company the Pope works for.