Let me get the freeloader out of the way first - the last time I saw or heard the car was at 9:30 last night. There was a city van there today and Tom wonders if they’re moving. I don’t know, but I don’t think I’ve heard his car at all today. No ball games, but lots of stereos. I run to check when I hear any to see if it’s the freeloader’s (cuz he won’t slam doors if he’s playing music), but nope. 

Got box #5 from my folks and loved most of the pictures they sent. They sent a few household items, but mostly pictures. They act like they’re gonna die soon, though, cuz they sent us their wedding pictures. They were absolutely gorgeous, too. My dad looked a little geeky (he got better looking with age), but mom was so beautiful and so thin! I wish they’d have been here to answer some questions, though, cuz there were some people in the pictures whose faces weren’t familiar to me.

There was also a little picture of a middle-aged man in front of a huge house. It’s a very old picture and must’ve been shot in the 30s or 40s. I asked them who this is. Maybe it’s Papa Joe? Jack and Shirley G were my maternal grandparents and Joseph and Bella O were my paternal grandparents. Papa Joe died after Larry and Tammy and before me, and then Nana remarried a guy named Herman G.

I also wondered if they were planning to disown us for a minute there, cuz she sent me back a lot of the pictures Dad took of me in S. Deerfield, and pictures out here both before and after marrying. So, I split those up between Larry, Tammy, Kim, and Bob. She also sent a lot of pictures I already have, as well as a few hideous ones of me, so those I’ll be returning. She said to return any I didn’t want, anyway.

It’s nice to have one of Goldie and Al. I even have some of Boo and Big Mouth Max. Also, the youngest picture I’ve ever seen of my dad as a young boy with Marty. There was a picture of Mom and Ruth with these parrots. This was in a really pretty tropical frame with palm trees. Then there was another pretty floral frame with a picture of Jen from when she was around 10. She’s now 14. There were a few pictures of both Larrys and Jen, but none of Sandy. There were some old pictures of the late 60s and early 70s at the beach. Nana and Pa were in some of them. The pictures were mainly of Tammy’s kids. There’s this one picture I pulled out of Lisa that’s a framed 8x10 of her graduation from middle school and it is absolutely gorgeous! Just gorgeous. You can see the Hispanic in her. I got a kick out of how she said I looked Mexican in one picture of me she’s got. That’s a first. I don’t look Hispanic at all, but if Tom’s right about her seeing me as her role model, then she may see Hispanic in me since she’s part Mexican herself. In this picture, her hair’s longer and it looks so much better. To me, female and feminine go hand in hand, as do female and long hair. Long hair is feminine is female.

Sarah’s hair has also grown out and she looks great.

Tammy, who lightened her hair at one time and looks like Anne Murray, looks awful, and so does Becky. Tom said Becky will be a gorgeous adult then, cuz it’s usually the geekier kids that turn out to be good-looking adults and vice versa.

Later…

I just typed a letter to Marty and Ruth.

Gotta get Tom up in about a half-hour. We’ll be screwing around later.

I have my doubts that I can see that gorgeous Melanie on the 6th. My schedule seems way off for it.

Unless he slammed in while I was listening to music, or didn’t slam his door as hard as usual, he’s not there tonight.

In the household stuff Ma sent, there were some towels. I replaced some of our rattier towels with them, then called and asked Andy if he could use some towels on his machine. He was his usual punctual self with getting back to me by phone and he said he could use them, thanks for thinking of him.

So much for saying I didn’t think the freeloader was there. It just slammed in.