some lights seem eternal
in this springtime of hope

If men are pigs my grandfather is their king.

March 08, 2004
There my grandmother is, in the hospital dying. Does he clean the house? No. Does he clean up after himself? No. Does he leave the mess for Grandma when she gets out of the hospital? Yes.

When Grandma was sick, and she�s been sick for a good ten years, and didn�t feel well enough to cook did he pick up his own dinner at the deli? No. That�s not, fair he did it once but did he remember a dinner for her? Not really. When she doesn�t feel like cooking he doesn�t have sense enough to pick it up at the deli of the supermarket. Even if she called ahead he couldn�t be called upon just to go to A & P and pick up the order. She can�t have pizza so ordering that is out of the question.

Lucky for her when my parents visit they spend one whole day cooking meals to be frozen and put away for later and in between doing that take some time and clean up the house for her. Where the hell is the rest of the family? I mean, damn it, I live in Connecticut and spent seven hours driving over there. The people that live an hour or two away from her, what do they do? Forget about it, they can�t be bothered.

I know I�m not wonderful or even good but that�s just mean.

Then, she�s been in the hospital since Monday. Her sheets haven�t been changed and she�s been in the same gown since Thursday. She�s complained about this but she�s also immobile. Why isn�t he going to bat for her? What�s the deal? I don�t give a crap that nurses are overworked and busy, you pay a damn lot of money for that service so you should get it.

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