John came to visit the boys again today. Way to spoil a good Thanksgiving high. He told the boys the other day that he was going to come early and play with them outside ALL day! They'd been excited about it since he mentioned it. They literally counted down the days each morning when they woke up. This morning, around 9:30ish, he texted me to say that he forgot that he was supposed to help his nephew and his wife move this morning, so he wouldn't be here until sometime in the afternoon. I shot him back a quick text, in ALL CAPS-- "YOU BETTER SHOW UP! THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR 3 DAYS!!" and he replied that he wouldn't miss it. I'm guessing he must have woken up a little more hungover than he anticipated he would, and so he needed more sleep.
So a little after 12 noon, I texted him to ask if he had an ETA, so I had something to tell the boys, who were looking out the window every ten minutes to see if he was here yet. He replied, "I'm about an hour away." So, I figured he must be either on, or was approaching the ferry.. So, and hour passes, and I sent another text, "Where you at now?".. and he replied, "I arrive at 1:55." So, J and R planted themselves on couch with their noses pressed against the front window so they wouldn't miss one second of their Daddy. I watched as a staggered group of people made their way up the block- clearly, a train had just let out down the street, and these were all the passengers that got off and were making their way to wherever they were going... John wasn't among them. Red Flag.
I called him out immediately. "Why weren't you with everyone that got off the train?"-- he didn't reply. About ten minutes later, he came sauntering down the street.. (This is one of the critical Details-- he came DOWN the street.. as opposed to coming UP the street from the train station.)
***Side bar: For the past couple of times that he visited, I had the funny feeling that he wasn't taking public transportation, as he claims to have been. I'm not sure what's made me think it.. just subtle little clues.. It's a small detail in the scheme of things, but kind of a big deal to me, and I'll tell you why. He has used the public transportation for a lot of things. 1. as his reason for not showing up when he said he would. 2. For having to leave just an hour after arriving ("if i don't catch this train, i won't get home till..." 3. the martyr thing--- poor poor me has to travel 3 hours to see my boys (in the snow, barefoot, uphill, both ways.)***
So, anyway, he got here.. from up the street again. I opened the front door and told him he could come in. He hesitated-- I assured him that my parents weren't home, and so he was welcome in the house. (I'll tell you that story another time) So he visited with the boys.. I alternated between escaping outside to chat with my neighbors, who were all out decorating and raking and whatnot.. I had to keep checking back in to make sure he wasn't stealing anything or getting himself into any trouble. yadda yadda yadda... he stayed for two hours, and then abruptly announced that he had to go. This was at 4o'clock. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that I told him my parents were at a wake from 2-4. He was all set to run out without saying goodbye to R, who fell asleep on the couch. I was all, "Dude, wake him up and hug and kiss him goodbye! He NEVER sees you! He'll be crushed if he wakes up and you're gone!!!" So he did.
And we watched him go... I watched him walk back UP the street, and turn left.... which is no where near the train. Mother fucker parks on another block and pretends to take public transportation. . .
WHY? you may ask? Ya got me. I have a few guesses. **see aforementioned reasons for lying about public transportation**
So I sent him the following text after I watched him walk the "wrong" way. "You're the only person on the planet that is odd enough to pretend that you are taking the train when you are really driving. Just one more example of your bizarre compulsion to lie for no reason.
His reply- "never once mentioned the train today" (note, detail that he said, "today")
My reply- "That's right. Not today. but you sure did park on the next block to give the illusion that you did. and you walked up the same way you have the past few times when you DID say you took the train. I have assumed that you were driving the last few times.. this time i just decided to really pay attention. You are such a weirdo."
He did not reply.
Now, let's all remember back to when he replied to me, "I'm about an hour away.." Umm, he LIVES and hour away. So when he said that, he was probably sitting on his (MY!) couch.. And when he said, "I'm arriving at 1:55"-- he made it a point to sound like it was a scheduled arrival.. not some dude in a car...
Devil is in the details. He loves semantics.. He made the mistake of marrying a girl that also loves words. Fucking weirdo.
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