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[ravena_kade]

The weekend flew by.

I was so tired from the work week Friday that I crawled into bed at 8 PM...

Yesterday my goal was to just putter around the house and straighten things it as it was supposed to rain. It never rained... and I forgot that I had dinner plans with friends from the insurance company... and I helped Dad load a truck for his work that needed to be driven to Vermont.

Today Dad and I took his sisters and one of their husbands to a craft show in Ipswich that I always go to... and we took them to dinner at our favorite bar, to an antique shop and then for an ice-cream. I feel bad. I try to make sure Dad has some social things to do, but their kids do not and none have any extra money. Come Fall I do want to have them over a few times for dinner. Maybe see if they will play cards or something.

My 70 year old aunt has to work 7 days a week because he 5 adult children (my age and older) do not want to have jobs and 2 are disabled because they damaged themselves doing drugs back in the 90's...sad. We picked her up at work today and her adult kids kept calling to find out when she was coming home to feed them. So sad. Maybe I can have her come over for a day and teach me how to make artichokes and I can make her dinner.

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[guy_todd]

My 70 year old aunt has to work 7 days a week
Jesus Christ that is *awful*. That's not life. :(

[ravena_kade]

yeah. She does it because she wants to make sure her grand kids have food and stuff.

[chris_warrior]

this. gah.

[brickhousewench]

We picked her up at work today and her adult kids kept calling to find out when she was coming home to feed them.

I would argue that anyone over the age of 12 who keeps calling their mom to find out when they're going to get fed doesn't deserve the title "Adult."

I feel sad for your aunt too. =(

[ravena_kade]

the adult children are all damaged from years of doing drugs.

the aunt does this because she doesn't want the grand kids in DSS... sad. She does enable the behavior, but she just doesn't know how to change things at this point.

[gwendraith]

It's very sad about your aunt. Poor lady must feel trapped by the circumstances :(