Return from Vacation, Violet Resurfaces

I'm back. I took a week off to go visit my family. Not really my first choice. Dee in Tampa was supposed to visit me but she had her meltdown that I wrote about in a previous post. I didn't want to cancel my vacation so I went to see family.

I can't complain about the trip except I was ready to return home the last few days I was there. My mom was starting to get on my nerves. She gets petty in her little fights with my sister. I didn't feel like sticking my nose into it though and escalating the situation. She also unnerves me with her driving. She down right scares the crap out of me in the car. My sister is a pretty bad driver too. My mom also tends to get pissy when things don't go her way. It was getting annoying and I'm glad to be back home.

I took my nephews out to the river one day and also to Sea World. The rest of the time I spent just kicking back reading, listening to music or visiting relatives. Nothing major happened which always makes for a good time.

On the other hand, Violet resurfaced just like I said she would. She called me on Tuesday to let me know where she was at. She's still in Florida. Friday's call was a different story. She called me crying. She wants to return to Houston. She's a freaking mess. No job, no car, no money. She's almost suicidal and admits that she's afraid to do something to hurt herself. I told her to pull herself together and be strong for me. I repeated my offer to let her stay with me until she gets back on her feet.

She asked me for the bus fare back to Houston and I agreed to it. Later though she called me back and asked me to hold off sending her the money. A lawyer she hired to renew her green card took off with the $370 she Violet paid her. Violet called the firm and they told her the lawyer was gone but they are trying to track her down over the weekend. So Violet is waiting on word on her money before she makes her next move.

I have to admit there is some selfish motivation for letting her stay with me. Since I'm not mobile I want to use her to haul me around. She's not working so why not pay her a few bucks a week to drive me where I need to go. Who knows if I play my cards right I may even get laid.

I have a plan for her and I don't know if she'll adhere to it but if she wants my help she has to. First thing is to get her back here and to my place. I told her I want her to rest for one or two weeks. She's to do nothing else but sleep and relax. I have tons of movies and music plus all the cable channels and internet. She needs that down time to recover from her latest ordeals. Also on the agenda is a trip to a shrink. She needs to be on some kind of medication for her depression. I plan on calling my shrink and asking how much she'll charge me to see Violet since she's uninsured. I figure the meds should be cheap from the list of Walmart meds that are $4. I figure my shrink will start her off on prozac and that's cheap. Welbutrin might be a supplement if the prozac doesn't work. I know this from my depression wars.

Tomorrow is my first telephone therapy session with Terry. I had a mental list of things I want to talk about but right now it escapes me. I think asking if I'm doing the right thing with Violet is on the top of the list. I plan on talking about my mom and how she gets on my nerves with some of her behavior. I'm sure Terry will guide some of the conversation too.

On a closing note, the Pope only bought one hat. I need two more in order to be up to my full compliment.

I'll be back tomorrow with the latest on the Terry Therapy Sessions.

Signing off from the Sistine Chapel,
Pope JPTHREE