Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Ich bin nicht muede... das ist unnatuerlich... I slept at most four hours before awakening for an office shift at three this morning, but I do not yet feel drained. Normally by noon I am quite sluggish. I suppose I ought to take wise advantage of this unexpected energy- thus, I have brought Hausaufgaben fuer meine Lateinkurs, und auch ein Buch- der Aeneid von Virgil.
I like The Aeneid thus far- on the first page Hera got mad and swore vengeance upon those transgressing her precious Carthage. Das gefallt mir.
When filling employment application forms, in the space marked "non-relative, non-former-employer referral", I usually put down, in the following order: April's mother, the lady whose son is friends with Eddie Bob, and the professor sponsoring the community college advertising club. Apparently, when I filled applicant information for Wells Fargo over a year ago, I misread something and wrote April's mother's name and address somewhere that asked for information about a third relative. It makes no sense that the bank would ask for a non-relative, but then, I am admittedly lacking in the logical reasoning department at times. Anyhow, The Father took note of this as he reviewed the loan application before signing it. He wrote an e-mail I received this morning, in which he stated that, though I might like Kenny Koury to be a relative, putting her down as one would constitute fraud, which would make my ability to get a loan anywhere in the future a tremendous difficulty indeed.
Infuriated, I wasted about an hour and-a-half of study time (I had a Latin test today) during my shift, typing a scathing response to The Father's latest attack on the Kourys. He whines that I'm "abandoning the family" when I accept the Kourys' hospitality, which is unspeakably childish of him. If he is led to such irrational anger, perhaps he ought to make himself more appealing. My sister's boyfriend, Matt, came to our house all the time to play the Playstation, watch movies, eat dinner, et cetera, which The Father never considered unnatural or bothersome. I perceive my relationship with April's family no differently, and his ridiculous jealousy thus further confounds me. His view of family and friend relations is completely out of whack... yo.
Ich muss Latein studieren.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 11:29 AM]