Saturday

Long weekend and this is Nabal's only chance to get loaded. Although tomorrow after church would work as well. The 4th is his church picnic. He's expecting all of us to go so he'll look good. When I finally relented he actually danced. An abused friend at their church told me many women there were abused and yet look down upon her for trying to get away. Her Nabal has been telling all sorts of half truths and outright lies. She tried to leave and he threatened to take the kids. Told everyone he was just setting up visitations. I saw the paperwork. Liar! She now has 'Why Does He Do That?' and she will be equipped next time.

My Nabal told me another girl who has been physically abused for years finally left. I was happy for the girl, then Nabal says, 'But she left the children!' Very disapproving tone. I said yes, sometimes that happens. He gave me the oddest look. My question to him was 'Does he beat on the girls?' that's your answer. She knew they would be ok. She had to save herself.

So today our girl was sitting on the back patio talking on the phone to a girl friend. She turned around and who was there taking a piss in our backyard? Her father Nabal. Why? She's a nice girl, 14 about to be 15. We have 3 working bathrooms. One in the basement so dirty boots (hahah like he'd care) was not an excuse. He was with his drinking heathens. The Protege and young Pablo. If you remember he's the one with alcoholic psychosis attacks.

so... that was my reminder of the day... week... month.

Nabal had an interesting day. Never fails, when I'm working he always has some 'emergency' he 'needs' to try to get hold of me for. Today was no difeferent. He goes to buy something from the car parts store. He can't find his check book and decides that it was stolen. Now I'm not sure of the order, but he puts a stop on checks with his bank and goes all over town trying to follow or find 2 black men he swares stole the checkbook out of his truck. Goes back home, goes tothe back yard to find some tool to work on the truck and there is the checkbook... Just where he left it before he left it. So, not stolen by black men, but misplaced by a mexican...

We now have 3 vehicles that half work. Why? Because Nabal doesn't want to pay any shop to fix them. You see they are dishonest and rip people off. (paranoia anyone?) He paid some spanish guys and evidently they didn't know what they were doing... He has been trying to get his brother to come fix them. One problem, his brother is in Mexico and can't legally enter the U.S. What to do? Try to sneak him in of course. Well now his brother sits in a TX jail for trying to sneak into the country. I'm wondering how much of our money went to that little venture. And he wonders why we don't have any money...