Again, it's been a while.........Things are getting so busy.....But that's a good thing. Still looking for a place to live. I guess 4/5 bedroom, 2 bath houses aren't that easy to find in Charlotte if you're on a budget. It'd be easier if I new my income would be steady. Maybe by Christmas I'll be fully booked. The only problem is that I'll have to paint inbetween watching Anton and playing cab driver.
Tony reeaaaaaly doesn't like the idea of Annalisa not working. But how can she go to school full time, work full time and take care of a baby? Tony thinks I should take care of Anton and make her work. For what? Minimum wage? Her thirty to forty hours a week won't bring in $100 after taxes. I can make at least ten times that once my marketing takes hold. His thought is to make her support herself so she'll leave. Yes, I know that is of the utmost importance for a teenager, but right now that's just setting us up for failure. And, yes, I said US. It's just ammunition for the next big family argument. Tony feels like I'm making him to be financially responsible for all of us............Hello?! He is the husband and father!....Not the baby's. But he is the grandfather. Anton's father is just a kid ; a truly pitiful little boy that needs a mommy that cares about him. Child support of any kind will never come from his family. But let's not get into that right now.
To change the subject, mom is now in Memphis because her Aunt Martha is dying. Martha has been frail for quite some time but the family there believes she won't make it till the end of next week. It's sad to just sit and wait for someone to die so you can quickly fulfill your obligations and leave. Martha only remembers me as a kid. I saw her a few years back but I don't think she really remembers........Too many deaths in this family. I hate funerals.