I Believe that the Democrat Message should Center on and Run on Economic Populism. That's all I'll say Politically for now. *Winks* It's Wednesday Morning and Princess T is Home Sick again, been throwing up since 3:00 this Morning, so feels dreadful. She has a lot of Gut Issues and Anxiety Issues, so Stomach Issues is her unfortunate Normal. It's probably not anything she ate since she's fairly Religious about avoiding Foods that trigger an Episode. But, she's been Anxious about her Work since so many Co-Workers and now her Boss are Quitting. It makes her feel very nervous about whose replacing them all? She has Social Anxieties so New People would mos def be one of her Triggers for a Panic or Anxiety Attack!
And she's been verbally expressing her Panic and Anxiety about how many folks she KNOWS won't be there anymore. And that it will be "Hell" without them, coz she KNOWS what to expect from people she's already been Working with or for. *Le Sigh* I am an Encouragement to her, since I know the reason she's telling me all about it is to get Positive Reinforcement and Feedback, she Trusts my Wisdom, Experience and Judgment. She knows I ran Major Departments for Big Corporations in my Corporate Past, so runs things by me that she thinks are problematic at Work, to see what I think about it?
Plus she's Worked FOR me since she could Walk, doing what we now do as a Hobby at the Antique Mall. She's gone Junquing with me since she was a Toddler and she was about Five when the Antique Mall Opened and I began this Resale Hobby to Downsize and do something in Retirement that we enjoy doing together. She said she just wants a Boss like ME! *Winks and Awwww* She and The Young Prince liked Working alongside me and learning about how to earn discretionary income of their own, even before they were Old enuf to Legally Work. I think it's important to instill a Work Ethic in your Kiddos. I've done it with all mine and my Parents did it with my Brother and I too. It made us Work with excellence. {Above is The Young Prince's Younger Siblings with their Best Friend.}
Plus, they Learn a lot about Margins, Working their Hustle and being Creative about Earning various Streams of Income, having a Good Eye for what has Value and what doesn't. They get a Feel for Consumers and what drives a Market and Turns a Profit. So, it all comes almost instinctively to them if they've been Raised doing it. Even tho' The Young Prince isn't Employable due to the extent of his Illness, he makes and Sells his Art when he can and is a Mad Genius of sorts too. He was Designing Computer Programs since he was 9 Years Old and was an adept Hacker, tho' we had to make him understand that's not Legal. *LOL* He hacked into his High School Computer System when he was 14 and "Enhanced" it for them without permission, thinking he'd done a Good Thing since they couldn't afford to do it and Pay someone. *LOL*
That got him permanently Expelled from any High School that would have him and ended his Educational Opportunities unfortunately. Staff told me he was so Clever they couldn't Supervise him enuf that he'd not get himself in Trouble with his "Beautiful Mind" Ideas that were Light Years ahead of any of the Adults in the Room. I was angry he was denied his Education based on his Disability, which is Illegal, but rarely enforced if there is no adequate Placement for your Special Needs Child. He wasn't Behaviorally Challenged in a delinquent way, so Reform School was not adequate Placement and I refused to put him in one and that's the only Option they could come up with in the end. Even the Principal of that School told us it wouldn't be adequate Placement for a Child like him.
I wasn't trying to get him Educated to Become A Criminal for Chrissakes! He has a 148 IQ so it was a Waste of a highly Intellectual Child's potential IMO, all they could see was his Mental Illness and define him by that, rather than by how Brilliant he is too. A lot of Genius People are very Odd folks, so he fits in quite well in Mensa Circles, he did as a Child even if the other Genius IQ People he was interacting with were Adults, often Older Mature ones with impressive Credentials. I had the Architect of the Phoenix Science Center tell me that our Grandson was perhaps the Smartest Person he'd ever encountered and he was a Member of MENSA and been a Scientist for over 35 Years and now was a Retired University Professor! That was when our Grandson was only 14 Years Old and already Expelled from every School!
The Young Prince had wandered into the STEAM Center set up near our Historic Home when he was 14 and no longer able to go to School anymore, he was Bored and "Educating" himself Online by then. The STEAM Center had been given a temporary Grant at the time to Serve a Low Income High Risk Community of Children in Da Hood and it was walking distance from our Historic Home we owned at the time. He met the Architect Professor who ran it and he decided to come back coz Marty served him Coffee and talked to and with him like he was an Intelligent Adult and not a Child. Our Grandson liked that, he often didn't interact with Peers coz he said a lot of Teenagers were not very Intelligent or Interesting, so he had nothing in common with them. *LOL*
Well, Marty and his MENSA Adult Think Tank had been Working on some Scientific Problem they couldn't Solve for the past Six Months and he told me that as a Lark, he and his Peers had decided to run it by this new Genius Child of ours to see what he thought about it. He was so impressed he called me in to discuss it with me, I thought The Young Prince was in Trouble again, no Idea why Marty seemed so anxious to Talk with me about The Grandson being there at their Science Center? *LOL* Usually when an Adult had called me, it was due to something Negative, so Imagine my Surprise that Marty then told me our Grandson was the smartest Human Being he'd ever met!!! The Young Prince had Solved this Problem a bunch of Adult Geniuses couldn't figure out for Months and he did it in a mere 15 Minutes, as if it had been a Game!!!
Then he asked Marty if there were any other "Fun Games" he could Solve?! So, Marty had him Designing Programs, building Robots, and he got a Local Newspaper to even Cover this Prodigy we had in our midst, with a Pix of our Grandson working on building a very complex Robot!!! It was back when The Grandson had his Birth Name, before I finalized their Adoption a Year later when he was 15 and decided to change his Name, which, Legally he could do Post-Adoption. So, he doesn't like that I have copies of the Paper coz he doesn't like to remember who he "Used to Be" before their Adoption was Finalized. He is a very Odd Individual like that and I've come to just accept his Eccentricities and Honor/Respect them. I was Saddened when the Grant expired and wasn't renewed coz the STEAM Science Center was then Closed down. End of that Chapter for our Grandchild.
I was Grateful for the Positive input those Adults had and the Interest they took in him. Marty told me The Young Prince didn't do well in a Traditional School setting becoz he was too Intelligent, Bored and probably more Intellectual than any of his Teachers, so, they wouldn't be able to Teach him much anyway. They'd only be able to take him as far as their Intellectual capacity could and some Adults feel Threatened by a Child whose Intellectually Superior. Marty could have been Right about that? I knew my Grandson was Smarter than me by the time he was Two Years Old, I Kid you not! He could discuss Deep Subjects I couldn't follow, when he was a mere Toddler, it was Wild to hear a Toddler use the extensive vocabulary he did. I kept a Thesaurus handy to look shit up he was saying! *Bwahahaha*
But, likewise, due to the Paranoid Schizophrenia and D.I.D. being so profound, he's often in his own World too and not very present in ours, nor does he want to be. So, connecting to and with him can be very sporadic at best and seems to worsen as he gets Older and he's very Aware, which is rather a Torment that he is very Aware of how Mentally Ill he is. He Studies it extensively coz he'd like to be the one that finds out the Cause and Cure of Serious Mental Illness. Who knows, he might just be and Succeed at that, which would be World and Life Changing and such a Blessing and Hope to those afflicted. I don't Like Elon Musk, but I do Understand how he is like he is, he does remind me of our Grandson in so many ways, and Why Elon is so very Odd, yet, clearly also very Intelligent, but Impaired Socially and Mentally. Also probably Why Elon Self-Medicates dangerously. It's a complex way to Be and often a Double Edged Sword.
Anyway, I don't know when The Young Prince will make it back to Arizona now as The Niece, us, and Allen are all struggling Financially so can't Fund the U-Haul and Trip back right now. So, it's all on Hold yet again. Since everything Nationally is an uncertainty, we kind of knew this would become a Situation and possibility. I'm worried about him staying in New Mexico, I'd rather he be here and with us, but our Niece now thinks he may have to leave everything behind and I know he won't leave all his Worldly Possessions and his Art, Trusting Allen with any of it once he leaves. So, our Niece doesn't even wanna risk Triggering him Mentally by saying they can't take anything with them to make it Cheaper to get back here. She's now not having a Peace about driving a U-Haul Truck either. *Le Sigh*
So, I told her to just Pause everything for right now and let it all Settle in their Spirits and pick it all up again later to see what we can figure out? I haven't really gone into Details with The Grandson since I don't wanna upset him and Trigger anything concerning his Beloved Possessions. He is already upset enuf that his Marriage didn't work out, he was All In, and did everything he knew to do to Salvage it, but if your Spouse no longer is, and the Horse is Dead, get off. Allen I think wants to have the easier Life of not being in a Gay Relationship and has begun to Date Women instead. He's Bi, so for him it could Work Out and be easier and more acceptable to his Fundamentalist Christian Family in West Texas... and Socially of coarse much less Stigma and Persecution. Allen can easily Pass for being a Straight Man, even tho' he's not.
Princess T is trying to see what she can eat and keep down, her nervous Energy is palpable, so I know her Anxiety is very high and staying Home to balance back out was probably Wise. She would have been throwing up and breaking into hysterical Tears had she tried to go in to Work. She always worries they'll have to put her on Probation for too many missed Days being Sick? But, it is what it just is and she has been told she's a very valuable Employee and Asset to the Company. And I'm sure she is, that Kid can Work circles around most people and you'd be hard pressed to find a 19 Year Old more dedicated and efficient. She is an Old Soul when it comes to her Work Ethic, her Maturity overall, and her Moral Compass and depth of Character. No Brag, just Fact. Well, mebbe some Brag. *Winks* She is a pretty Good Kid.
With her not having to go in to Work and calling out Sick, I did get to Sleep in after getting The Son to Work, which was Bliss. But I had the Weirdest Dreams ever. My Grandma Piazza was in them, she Died many Years ago and was no actual Biologically connected Grandma. But one I Adopted when I was in Kindergarten, Cherished the strong bond and Relationship we had all my Life, and was a big part of my Life all my Life, we kept in touch as if I was her actual Grandchild. Sometimes she'd even forget we weren't related, like when I Married The Man and she asked if he was a nice Catholic Boy and a Sicilian, which she was? *LOL* I'd remind her, "No Gramma, remember, I'm not Catholic or Sicilian either and so No, neither is he...", and she'd chuckle and say, "Oh, Yes, I forgot..." Abondanza! *Ha haa ha* She was a Saint with Skin on, in all her ways, she really was, a stunningly Beautiful Woman, clear into her 80's, and I Loved her Dearly, so the Dream with her in it was poignant and puzzling! Why? Why did she come to me in this Dream?
I won't go into my Dream and what part she played in it, but, it was a profound one that I thought about long after waking up. I'm very Superstitious, and when The Elders come to me in Dreams and tell me stuff, from the Other Side, I take it Seriously. I strongly Feel that they look out for us long after they're gone from this Physical Realm and offer Protections within what they're capable of to reach back into this one. Anyway, the Dream was so realistic and poignant, she seemed very Real in it and having a meaningful interaction with me. I can't even recall ever Dreaming with her in it, so it was very unusual. I guess I could attribute Odd Dreaming to how unusually fatigued I've been? When you're really tired your Subconscious kind of takes over. I will probably take a Nap now that I've gotten The Son from Work this Afternoon. Everyone is fixing their Dinner but I don't feel Hungry at all and haven't contemplated my own Meal at all.
It was close to 110 Today so I didn't wanna be out and about in it too long. I don't have much I have to do for the rest of the Month other than Ubering Kiddos to and from Work. There is a Special Event at "Highland Yard Vintage" where they are having an end of Season Warehouse Sale before they Close for the Summer Months. I'd like to go and still might, just for something enjoyable to do and to see Friends who Sell there, who I only see perhaps once a Month. I won't see any of them now until the Fall, so it would be worth going just to spend a little time with them socializing. I don't socialize much and everyone knows that and accept it, so they don't see me that often, but when we do, we enjoy catching up with each other.
Princess T feels a little better later this Afternoon so agreed to Cook her Grandpa his Dinner, he's having a Bison Steak with some Vegetables that she'll prepare for him. He'll eat what she Cooks for him more than he will what our Adult Kids will, which is why she's taking one for the Team and doing it on his behalf. I didn't feel like Cooking a Meal I won't even eat, we only had the one Bison Steak, which is one of his Favorites. I do have a premade Salad Kit I can eat later whenever I do feel Hungry, I think it's an Apple Walnut Salad Kit Bowl that has everything in it, including all the Garnishes pre-cut and you just dump on the Greens, and a nice little Salad Dressing packet. The only thing I don't eat of that particular Kit is the Blue Cheese crumbles coz I don't Like Blue Cheese. I'd of preferred the Kit had Feta or Goat Cheese instead. I just don't care for the flavor of the Cultured Edible Molds in Blue Cheese... it grosses me out and is too pungent and high Fat.
A favorite Blogger had me rolling when talking about one of Donnie Two Dolls Press Conference Quotes, where he's talking babbling almost incoherently and making the most ridiculous statements about the Iran Bombing results: "Besides, he knows he's right because he said at the press conference that two Iranians went down there and took a look and then called him to say, yep, you did it, totally destroyed." *Bwahahaha* Christ on a Bike, you can't make this shit up that falls out of that Geriatric Fool's Mouth all the time and you can't take seriously!!! Only the irony is, so many take him seriously no matter how outrageous what he says is... and even support and applaud it, which is surreal!!!
If he weren't President of the United States, he'd be that Elderly Person you pity, but whose very Entertaining becoz they're so Far Gone that what they say is Pricelessly hysterical and highly Amusing. But... he's the fucking President of the United States and so what he says matters! So, it's NOT really Funny Ha Ha, except in the most Dark Gallow's Humor kind of Twisted way imaginable!!! I can appreciate Dark Humor, but what he says all the time is such an Embarrassment, so Shameful, Crazy and disturbingly Unhinged, that, it's NOT really Funny, it's Dangerous and Alarming. Tho', good Parody for Dark Comedy Fodder. Comedians are having a field day with this Administration's folly!
I have been having a challenge with The Man not sleeping thru the Night and wandering, as he gets up several times and just wanders around aimlessly, waking everyone else up! He is and has been a Wander Risk ever since his TBI many Years ago, but with the onset of Dementia he's begun keeping Odder Hours, which, they say is typical of the Disease. As his Caregiver I have to pay attention to what he's doing to ensure he doesn't come to any harm and is following his Safety Prompts. So, I have to then get up, coax him either to go back to Bed, or, if he simply can't Sleep to go sit in the Livingroom Quietly and watch TV on low, so everyone else can get some Sleep. We're not a Long Term Care Facility so we don't have 24 Hour Staffing to Watch him. And I don't want him crashing around in the dark, doing what he should be Supervised doing, or taking a fall.
Marriage isn't Perfect even under Ideal Conditions, but when your Spouse gets Dementia, it's a whole other level of a Union that you must adjust to. It took a long time to get used to him Post-TBI, now we're adjusting to getting used to him with this added complication of Brain dysfunction on top of that and his other Health Issues that are Physically disabling, it's a lot. He does pretty good I think, I know it could be a lot worse, even tho' it's heading in that direction and I'm Mindful of that too. So, it is scary, and I'm pretty certain it's even scarier for him adapting to his continued limitations and confusion. I don't allow the VA to dope him up, they did that before and it was disastrous and I'm not going thru all that again or putting the Family or him thru it either. Keeping track of all the Meds he HAS to be on is complex enuf.
So, it was a rough Night, even tho' I went to Bed way Early due to the Wakeup Call I have to be ready for, to get The Son to Work at 3:00 in the Morning. The Man was up at Eleven p.m., Midnight, again at 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m., finally he settled down JUST as I had to be up at 3:00 a.m. and is Sleeping like a Baby now, wouldn't ya know!!! *Eye Roll and Le Sigh* It is akin, in many ways, to having a Newborn that won't Sleep thru the Night and you have to carefully feed as well and keep your Eye on constantly. He'll stay put once his Shows are on, he's entranced by the Reruns of NCIS, Hawaii Five-O, Wrestling, Swamp People, American Ninja Warrior and the Alaska Reality Shows, so they are a damned good Virtual Babysitter during the Day. *Smiles*
We have the Air Conditioning regular prepaid routine Maintenance coming between 8-10 a.m. this Morning. I'm keeping all Body Parts crossed it's just routine and nothing found that needs Extra, coz, can't afford Extra right now, can't even afford what is Basic right now actually, so, glad it's Prepaid. *Whew* We do prepaid Retainers on Air Conditioning and Exterminators to keep costs of regular routine maintenance affordable. The prepaid Customers also get Discounts on everything else that might be Extra, also helpful. We didn't get charged, for example, when our Neighbors had the Killer Bee Problem that was Negatively impacting us too a couple Seasons ago. Becoz our Guys did a complimentary Inspection, found the Hive and advised what needed to be done for the City and for that Neighbor, at no Cost to anyone.
Granted, Omar's Elderly Dad foolishly tried to remedy it himself, in vain, and refused to pay someone to eliminate a Dangerous thing he was Legally required to do since they were on his Property. So, eventually the City had to come out and do it, then Bill him for it, since, they couldn't risk anyone else being harmed or even killed. Once it was known the Bees had set up a huge Hive in a Residential Community and had already aggressively attacked several Humans and Animals on our Property and Laura's. We demanded something be done becoz several people already had to receive Emergency Treatment and the Neighbor was being foolish and stubborn about the Danger that was on his Property. Anyway, it got resolved, Omar and his Older Brother apologized to us, they had not been able to convince their Dad, whose in his late 70's, that this was as serious as it had been. I think their Elderly Parents are cognitively in decline and the Adult Kids living there may have to take over very soon. They are a Three Generation Household as well.
Their Dad was a Trucker and I noticed that now the Sons are doing the Rigs and not the Dad, I don't think he can anymore? They are a nice Family and other than the Bee Incident we've never had problems with them being unreasonable. I think a lot of people don't understand how Dangerous Africanized Bees truly are and how aggressively they protect their Hives to the point of Killing any perceived threat to it. And they have Facial Recognition, so once they perceive you as a threat, they remember who you are!!! Scary stuff, until that Hive was removed, the Family and Neighbors they had previously attacked couldn't even go outside or they'd come for them immediately!!! That's the stuff of Horror Movies, it was terrifying and The Son, TJ, Rob and Princess T had been attacked and traumatized by it, and with the Bees actually knowing who they were based on the previous perceived threat that initiated the first attacks!
Neighbor Laura's Chickens and Goats also got attacked, and our Old John Deere Mower got attacked so badly that it never ran right again. Literally Hundreds of Bees swarmed the Engine of it and Died stinging a Vehicle until the Engine quit!!! Most of the Bees in Arizona are Africanized now, the spread of Killer Bees came out of a Lab in South America where Scientists had produced a Hybrid of African Bees for more Honey Production. So, we can Thank Human Stupidity and Greed once again for cocking up the balance of Nature and Creating a Deadly Situation that is now out of Pandora's Box and unleashed. Kind of like COVID really, which I'm sure wasn't Natural and something some Lab Created and either intentionally or unintentionally left the Lab it was Created in. I always shudder whenever Man tries to improve upon Nature, since, we aren't gods and yet often try to act like we can be and know what we're doing. Just becoz you can Create something doesn't always mean you should.
I was glad Angie had put up more Pixs of The Young Prince's Younger Siblings to Share, we keep in Touch with her, even after she and his Dad broke up. Allegedly his Dad got Married, for the first time, earlier this Month, which was a huge Surprise. He and The Daughter never Married, he and Angie either, and those were very long term Relationships he had Kids by. This new Gal he Married he couldn't have been together with very long at all, nobody had even heard about her until he announced to his Oldest Son, hey, I'm getting Married June 6th! *LOL* The Young Prince said she seems Nice and he had no idea where the Marriage was taking place, I didn't hear anything at all from Bobby's Youngest Sister, or his Mom, who we also keep in Touch with, so perhaps they don't even know he was getting Married?
Neither of them mentioned it on their Social Media Pages, which, they would have. Stephanie's Wedding {The Youngest Sister} they all mentioned and Shared via Social Media. So, it was just Odd it was on the Down Low. And Bobby's Social Media Page only has pixs of his Kids and Angie still. Even Odder. But, his Social Media Page has been inactive since November of 2024, so, he could be Posting recent Events elsewhere, I don't use other Platforms to keep up with everyone and never followed Instagram or Twitter. We haven't seen the Kiddos in person since he and Angie broke up and neither has our Grandson, he misses them, but, he's also been away in New Mexico and only been back to Arizona a couple times since moving away. I'm pretty sure if and when he returns Angie would let him see his Siblings tho', he's close to Angie and she's always been good to him and close to our Family. I was Sad for her and the Kids that the Union ended, but it was for the best and I saw it coming for a long time.
Anyway, Relationships come and go, it happens, more often than not. As I take Deep Dives thru my Photo Archives I'm coming across more and more distant Memories that we're glad we captured thru the Eye of the Lens and Preserved, since, Time marches on... and Memories can and do Fade with the Passage of Time... and sometimes, those Images are all that we have left...
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Blessings, Love and Light from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian
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