wakey wakey
I can't sleep, but what else is new, right? Sleep and me have seldom gotten along.
I've been thinking about my nephew and I think that's why I'm up. My mother called me yesterday and was telling me more about how far into drugs he has gotten. Apparently, back in the summer, my mother took him out for lunch one weekday, and then they went to pick up a filled prescription for my step father's nerve pills, and then on to a grocery store. There, my nephew told my mother he'd go get the car for her (she's disabled and has a hard time getting around) and pick her up at the front. She told me he was gone for quite awhile and when she asked him where he was, he said he got sick and threw up in the parking lot. When she got back home, she counted my stepfather's pills and noticed some were missing. My nephew had stolen them. He stole some of her medication previous to that, too. Last week, my sister forgot to lock her wall safe where she keeps her medicine, and he got into her pain medication for her RA again, and again tried to water it down to make it look as if it was all there, and again ruined all of the medication.
My sister would kick him out, but my brother-in-law is in denial that his son has a problem. It's not that I'm opposed to doing drugs if you are a strong willed and mature person (my nephew is neither), but when it comes to stealing from your family members in order to get your fix, something is dreadfully wrong. In all my drug taking, I never did that.
Over the years, I've seen people who were not smart enough to handle getting high throw their lives away over it, and one aquantience of mine died of a heroin overdose a few years ago. I'm seeing my nephew go down that route. It's sad. I don't know what to do.
In other news, I'm done with music in Hickory. Ben flaked out on me when it came to doing the show with him at Funky Night Owls (but what else is new with Ben?), and Jeremy flaked out on me when it came to working on his new album. Ed is all like, "About time you realized it". We have had success outside of Hickory and don't need to play here or try to bring any culture to this wasteland which seems to not want it anyway. The Fanjoy show may or may not happen soon, who knows with that? I really don't care at this point, because the same five people are the only people who are going to show up anyway. Sorry we are not a rock band, Hickory. Sorry we do not wear girl pants.
I should try to sleep for a few more hours now.
I've been thinking about my nephew and I think that's why I'm up. My mother called me yesterday and was telling me more about how far into drugs he has gotten. Apparently, back in the summer, my mother took him out for lunch one weekday, and then they went to pick up a filled prescription for my step father's nerve pills, and then on to a grocery store. There, my nephew told my mother he'd go get the car for her (she's disabled and has a hard time getting around) and pick her up at the front. She told me he was gone for quite awhile and when she asked him where he was, he said he got sick and threw up in the parking lot. When she got back home, she counted my stepfather's pills and noticed some were missing. My nephew had stolen them. He stole some of her medication previous to that, too. Last week, my sister forgot to lock her wall safe where she keeps her medicine, and he got into her pain medication for her RA again, and again tried to water it down to make it look as if it was all there, and again ruined all of the medication.
My sister would kick him out, but my brother-in-law is in denial that his son has a problem. It's not that I'm opposed to doing drugs if you are a strong willed and mature person (my nephew is neither), but when it comes to stealing from your family members in order to get your fix, something is dreadfully wrong. In all my drug taking, I never did that.
Over the years, I've seen people who were not smart enough to handle getting high throw their lives away over it, and one aquantience of mine died of a heroin overdose a few years ago. I'm seeing my nephew go down that route. It's sad. I don't know what to do.
In other news, I'm done with music in Hickory. Ben flaked out on me when it came to doing the show with him at Funky Night Owls (but what else is new with Ben?), and Jeremy flaked out on me when it came to working on his new album. Ed is all like, "About time you realized it". We have had success outside of Hickory and don't need to play here or try to bring any culture to this wasteland which seems to not want it anyway. The Fanjoy show may or may not happen soon, who knows with that? I really don't care at this point, because the same five people are the only people who are going to show up anyway. Sorry we are not a rock band, Hickory. Sorry we do not wear girl pants.
I should try to sleep for a few more hours now.