All my friends are crazy

This is a photo of a little girl with her whole life ahead of her. Her brain not yet damaged by bad experiences and broken dreams.
I'm sitting here on the couch after a weekend that was pretty draining. First off Mia gets here Firday night. She had dropped off her youngest Bea and the middle girl, Niko with her oldest Marie, who goes to school here in Charlotte. We had a nice time playing cards in the big room. She is still upset about weekend up north, still looking for answers. I mean, desperately searching. It's eating at her and I can't say I blame her.
Then Sat morning we went into town and had a nice time at breakfast at IHOP. We had a nice talk. We waited for the girls, they were staying at Marie's dorm. You got to understand it's a rocky ride with Mia. I never know what to expect in her moods. So it keeps me on edge at times. This was one of the nice times.
Then I had to go up to the Car Show. That went good. Then I changed into my medival outfit and went to the Ren Fair to meet up with Mia and the girls. It's a unnerving being around a person who may blow up at any second. Kinda like haning out with a ticking time bomb and the timer is set on whenever. You keep waiting to say or do the wrong thing that will set off the bomb. To love and care for someone so much that you deal with that sort of behavior.
There's alot more but the main thing is we had a nice time, Mia got tired and cranky towards the end of the evening. Not a good candidate for a Vegas trip that's for sure. Not one for rolling with the flow.
Sunday we hung out at the house most of the day until we all left to meet Marie and her boyfriend for lunch before Mia and the 2 girls headed back home.


I know my writing kinda sucks today. No energy. Not really. It was weird driving back home after lunch yesterday. The afternoon sun shining onto the through the bright colors of the fall leaves, casting a surreal golden gold. To drive through all that beauty after a weekend with someone who cannot see the miracles in her life.
Mia wants answers she may never get. To deal with a problem,a person must know that they have a problem and be willing to be honest about what that problem is. I don't know if Mia could faced the truth about her problem. Actually, I don't think she ever could.
On other fronts, the check still did not come. I did not get any work done today. Worked a little on the house, I'm trying to get the big room door repaired and painted before it rains on Thursday. I was standing outside looking at the house with Mia yesterday and it really bothered me we have allowed the house to get in such
poor condition. Yeah, I guess when you're having a midlife crisis, serious illness, and other traumas and dramas, there's no time for household maintainance.