A Holiday Tradition

Most families have holiday traditions like leaving milk and cookies for Santa, or maybe going to a festival of lights together, but we have what I like to call the "Wisconsin Whine". Since Mad Dog and Melissa's divorce has been final, each year Melissa starts our holiday season off with this tradition. We would like to think that the Christmas music in the stores signals the start of the season, but for us it's this phone call.

For everyone who doesn't know, the divorce agreement states that Melissa is solely responsible for flying Gabrielle back and forth from WI, since it was her decision to take her there. This means, that Melissa must fly her out, and back and if she doesn't plan on staying for the time she is her, she has to fly herself back and forth twice. (Guess who had the better lawyer.) Each year Melissa asks and tries to manipulate Mad Dog into flying Gigi back and forth or something, and after this past summer where we were reasonable letting Gigi stay an extra week up in Maine with her family before coming to us - but had to listen to a whole different whine we were at the no tolerance level.

This years "Wisconsin Whine" started with the usual, I don't have enough money or time to fly her back and forth - and Mad Dog would have to help if he wanted to see her. Mad Dog stood firm. No! It's not like this agreement is new or a surprise to anyone they both signed it and agreed to it. In fact she already (and we allow it) breaks the agreement by not sending her Thanksgiving and on April Vacation. After some ranting, Melissa thought it was an excellent idea to put Gabrielle on the extension to listen to them discuss this. Mad Dog simply stated to Gabrielle, that her Mother was being unreasonable and that when she came her - whether at Christmas or next Summer, he would be happy to show her the divorce agreement that her mother signed, explaining that it was her responsibility to do this. Needless to say about an hour later Mad Dog has a message stating that Gabrielle's Aunt Jessica was going to  fly Gabrielle back and forth, and accompany her one way.

So, let the bells ring out for Christmas. The season has started and now the festivities can begin!

Stig Sited in Worcester in a Red Subaru

This morning on the way back from doing errands and food shopping I came up against the most annoying driver. This "gentleman" was in his late 50s or early 60s, and was driving something like a Camry or Sentra. He honked at me to go the second the light changed green, and then when I put my blinker on to move over tried to cut me off, honking at me again. Anyone who knows me, knows don't screw with me when I'm driving (ask Blue and the cripple I was cursing in JP when he wouldn't cross the street fast enough for me).

At the next light, he ended up next to me. Mad Dog was laughing since we were both sputtering. He said "He's going to try to take you." I said, "Yeah, him, his Geritol and his Viagra. I'd like to see him try!" He tried. He failed. I'm driving a 1998 Subaru Forester - would it have helped if I got out and pushed? Please you don't go up against the Millennium Falcon and you don't go up against me when I'm pissed. He didn't stand a chance!

Mad Dog was laughing. Lex was clapping. And the Old Man was eating my dust.

Eli is Coming to Hell

For those of you that have heard me talk about my step-daughter Gigi, you know she lives in Wisconsin. In addition to that fact, did you know Wisconsin is Hell! It is where Bartleby and Loki the two fallen angels in Dogma were exiled to.  How much crueler could God get? It also happens to be where Mad Dog's ex-wife comes from. Need I say more?

If you don't know Mad Dog's history well, in short he was married to a Succubus and from their marriage came Gabrielle. Any of Mad Dog's friends can contest she was unbelievable wrong to him and Charisma of like 3. When Mad Dog and I met, she was seeing a guy named Matthew and sleeping occasionally with another guy John (an ex-boyfriend). She moved in with Matthew in Connecticut at the same time Mad Dog and I moved in together (part of her reason was because she was being evicted). They had a daughter together, and then things went from bad to worse. We would bring Gigi back to Matthew's house and find the cops there because Melissa was trying to bluff Matthew and he would call her bluff. Next things we knew Melissa took Gabrielle and Matthew's daughter under false pretenses to WI.

We're pretty sure Matthew is not in Sophia's (his daughter) life at all. I don't condone that, what I do give credit to Matthew for is running as far away from Melissa as possible. I love Mad Dog and I have told him time and time again that he was an idiot for putting up with her as longs as he did. Matthew on the other hand I would like to shake is hand for taking this opportunity to get away from her life sucking ways. 

Now they are in WI, and she has someone new. We were honestly waiting for Gigi to tell us Melissa was pregnant shortly after she reconnected with Jeff (her newest victim), but we are happy to say she hasn't. I want to give you a little more insight in to what some people think of her - Jeff's ex was a stripper. Now you would think that wouldn't make her Jeff's mother's favorite right? Not many people would like to stand up and say "Hi, this is my daughter-in-law, and she gives men lap dances until they cream their jeans", but this woman doesn't mind when it comes to having Melissa as a possible daughter-in-law. Somethings is wrong with this picture.

Today, Mad Dog received a call asking if he could call Melissa, something Mad Dog hates to do and avoids at all costs if possible. He called her back, and she asked him if when they were married if they lived "autonomous" when they were together. Him with is friends and her with her friends, but they knew they were there for each other. Mad Dog had to hold back the laughter, and was nice and said "yeah, you could say that". This of course concerned Mad Dog, so he asked if everything was okay. She said Yes. Mad Dog came out and asked if Gabrielle had a stable place to live? She said of course, she was just doing some thinking about herself. This conversation stacked on the fact that someone at the beginning of this past summer was looking for apartments in South Milwaukee on Apartment Find.com using Gigi's email address to hide it from other people, makes as a little concerned. We're guessing within the next few months they will be moving back in with Gigi's Grandmother.

So you see...Mad Dog is right Eli is coming to Wisconsin.