I've created a monster

The kids with their maternal grand mother

A few weeks ago Wheelie happened to open the mail and saw the bill for our Atlanta Journal, which we have subscribed to for ages.

Aside from the fact that the paper is getting smaller in size, that they combine the Business section with another, that the comics are crammed on one page, printed so small you need a magnifying glass to read them, and the straw that broke the camel's back, they decided to do away with the TV guide on Sunday.

Whaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So when he saw how much a subscription actually costs, he told me to cancel it.

Now think about this. This man takes all morning to read his paper. It's a 28 year tradition that we read the Sunday paper with our breakfast (the first 10 or so years in bed)

I mean, it was part of his daily routine! He was anal about it!

I cancelled the paper. It's true that it wasn't really much fun to read anymore, and he can't do the crossword puzzles either since his hand shakes too much to hold a pen.

The first week was weird. Not going out the front door in my robe to get the paper from the driveway. Not seeing him hunched at the table, reading. Not having to clean the table every day (man that paper gives off some dirt!)

This Sunday I couldn't stand it, I went to the store to buy one. I mean, the coupons make up for the two bucks I pay anyway. What a relief to be able to read my ads and cut my coupons.

But his schedule/routine has changed.

So he started farting around online, trying to find some old friends from way the heck back then.
I showed him how to navigate the websites (Classmates etc.) and for the past two weeks he's been spending pretty much all day on the computer.
Arghhhhh....

He found the home address of one person, and wrote that guy a snail mail letter. (I'll be damned! :>) We shall see.

From experience I know that once you start poking around like that things will usually happen, and you will find the most surprising people. Old friends, old loves, people you didn't know but knew you, relatives....

I'm glad he found another 'hobby', maybe now he realizes how it keeps ME curious and busy like that.

Now the other thing I need to confess is this. Last year we thought we found Wheelie's half brother's address (I write about that March 17 or somewhere around there)

When I went through some stuff in our safe (I wanted to dump some of my auntie's old stuff) I found birth certificates of everyone in Wheelie's family!

I discovered that we misspelled his brothers last name!!!
And I also now have a birth date/year, and place he was born!
I also found out that Johnny and Lucille were from the same father.

So I did another search online and found him (I think)

Without telling Wheelie, I wrote this guy a letter.

Arghhhhh...!!!! Yes! I did it! Consequences be damned!

I mailed it quickly yesterday before I could change my mind.

It's going to be interesting if or when he responds, and whether this is really his brother.

What I am very curious about of course (I mentioned that before too I think) is if this man also has MJD, and whether he kept in touch with his sister, who passed away, but the cause is unknown to us.

Yes, I am a curious little shit, I admit it. But hey! I need a little excitement in my life.

Sun is shining, Boo is napping.

Yahoo!

SGMKJ!