Knock Knock, Who's There?

It’s granddaughter and her hubby. Neither of whom I’ve laid eyes on since Thanksgiving 2019.

We've been in contact since then, but the 2020 shutdown prevented our being in physical proximity, even prevented my attending their wedding, which I instead witnessed online.

In the area yesterday, picking up a friend who lives in the adult building next door, then all three heading to a local casino, both granddaughter and hubby (a first responder) vaccinated and masked up, the two decided to stop by before picking up that friend.

Grandbaby gifted me with some very cool rocks that she’d purchased at a Silent Auction, put on by a Rock and Gem Club. Upon seeing the rocks, she said she’d immediately thought of me.

Awwwwwww.

Adding to my humble collection are North Ireland, Moscow, Japan, Rome, China, Grand Canyon and Maine.

When I pulled out my Funny Money stash to show grandson-in-law the dollar bill that looks like it's been in a robbery, granddaughter spotted that $2 bill and said someone gave her a $2 bill for a birthday present a while back. She calls it her Lucky $2 Bill and always carries it with her.

So, at least I know there's someone in the family that knows my $2 bill is legal tender and won't toss it.

In talking about people who've been hassled and arrested because there are others who've never seen a $2 bill and assumed the money was fake, granddaughter made a good point ... "You'd think they'd logic it out that, if someone was going to make fake money, why would they have chosen a $2 bill?"

Good one.

Indoctrinating grandson-in-law on family history, I pulled out a few of the Creative Memory albums for him to scan through, including the book that held that photo of my ex and I in Vegas, getting married.

Both granddaughter and hubby remarked on how much her brother, Middle Grandson, looks like my ex.

A light bulb went off in my head and it was OMG! He does.

So I now know why it is that, of the three boys, Middle Grandson is the one that chaps my hide. It’s not just his asking for money, it’s because he reminds me my ex.

Middle Grandson displays those characteristics I blogged about — he’s tall, dark, handsome, arrogant, overly confident, self-assured, in addition to which he's self-involved and thinks he’s the smartest person in the room when, in actuality, he doesn't know jack.

He’s also a con man because, when I told granddaughter I’d block his number to prevent his continuing to ask me for money (something she didn’t know he’d been doing with me), she said that he’d quit his job because he'd been having a hard time at work.

"A hard time" in his vernacular probably means he was expected to take orders and work, not lollygag around.

At any rate, not much of an excuse for quitting because, judging from my experience — as indicated in the excerpts posted from that old journal about those years with the witches, Middle Grandson doesn't know what "hard" is. So no sympathy from me.

Even less sympathy when granddaughter said part of the reason he quit was that the job interfered with his going to school.

My thought on that was what school, hah!

I am no longer believing about needing money for school and books. But even so, that too is a sorry excuse for quitting his job when his younger brother, who actually is in school (junior college), works two jobs. Not to mention that, back in the day, I was raising Middle Grandson's mom and aunt as a single parent, holding down a full time job AND going to school at night for secretarial science, then court reporting. So, again no sympathy, that HE can't hold down a job and go to school (if there is a school) when he has only himself to support.

At any rate, Middle Grandson used those excuses to quit, turned around and conned his sister out of $500, conned their mom into paying his rent, then went to Las Vegas.

He foolishly posted photos of himself having a jolly old time in Vegas, which his sister happened to see.

What a jerk that child has grown up to be. He's a pimp. He pimped his mom, his sister, pimped me once, but tried twice.

Once this pandemic is over, and there’s a family gathering, I don’t think I’ll be able to look at him without wanting to slap his face.

At least I’m out of the circle of people he can use, this door is closed. I think, after seeing him do Vegas, he's conned his sister for the last time as well.

So, anyway, seeing granddaughter and her hubby was a nice surprise.