MY LIFE - JULY

Tuesday, July 27, 1999

Today started off badly, but ended better than it could've gone. The day started off when my dad came into my room at 10:30 in the morning, miffed about something. Apparently I was supposed to go up to Cleveland, test my brakes in the process, and then go to a friend's to have the brakes fixed. I must have had things confused. I thought he and his friend were going to come out here this morning so that I wouldn't risk losing my brakes completely. My bad.

He then spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon bitching about things left and right while I continued to try and sleep. He was railing about a lot of things, mostly about how I "never" made my own decisions and that everything's planned out for me. I'm sorry, but I must have missed something. I thought I was the one who had decided that I was taking only two classes this fall. I thought I had decided what to do concerning my job. I thought I was the one who was trying to work out my car problem. He seems to see asking advice or help as being weak and submissive. Hmm. Let's think real hard about this. I'd rather ask for help in a tough situation then suffer through a problem and make a bad decision on my own. I guess he doesn't look at it the same way.

It's a baffling situation though. We have dropped one line now and had the other number changed, which is almost certainly going to cause problems in the long run. However, him not being able to reach us is what we're striving for right now. As for my car, I'm going to talk to my mom about possibly getting a new car, even if I had to trade my car in and add it onto the cost, I think that getting a new car may be feasible. I'll have to talk with my mom about it first and consider all options first. This weekend may find us car shopping.

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I'd like to say there's good news involving Crystal, but there really isn't. I learned that Saturday night, after telling her to take it easy, something happened that resulted in her getting arrested. Hoo boy. I don't all the details (though I hope to find out more tomorrow), but I do know that now that she's an adult, getting into a mess could be of a larger consequence, possibly getting her jail time. I do know that she's being charged with some sort of domestic charge, but I don't know the details yet.

It left me shaking my head and just wondering where her head is sometimes. I really try hard to defend her, to say that she's not as dumb as some people perceive her to be, but she doesn't help me out much when she does something stupid. She also doesn't help her own cause and I wonder what it will take for her to turn things around. She needs to get out of that house, no matter what she has to do. It's just not a stable environment and she's not the most stable person at time, creating some very volatile conditions. I do hope that she eventually learns and makes a good decision.

I really hope that she at least tells me what happened. All I know is I went to work yesterday and was immediately asked by my manager, Lenny, if I had heard anything from Crystal herself. My first though? Uh-oh, here we go again. He then told me what he knew then and informed me later of more information when he found out. It doesn't bode well when people are asking me if I've heard anything, nor does it bode well that she didn't tell me anything herself. At least Lenny knew enough to keep me informed of what was happening. Not that there's much I can do now. She may have to deal with this herself.

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Mikey got a new car today, a 1999 Chevy Tracker for around $17,000. He told me he's paying about $300-350 a month for it, which is reasonably priced even for me, although I'd rather be paying $200-250 a month. I'll talk to my mom later....My dad is back in Cleveland for all I know, considering that the cable is about to go off and we aren't going to tell him the new phone number. Possibility of moving soon has diminished, but not disappeared....I have my college orientation Thursday night at 5:30. I'll try and write about what happens that night but I'm not guaranteeing anything right now. Stay tuned.

Tribe Watch '99

Last Game
Detroit, 5
Cleveland, 14

Summary
Jim Thome hit the third longest home run in Jacobs Field history while Richie Sexson hit two home runs, leading the Indians to their second straight victory. The Indians answered the Tiger's run in the first by scoring eight runs in the second inning as eleven batted in the inning. With the score 5-1, Thome hit a 474 foot home run to centerfield while Sexson hit a two-run home run to left to make the score 8-1. Charles Nagy went eight innings to get the win thanks to some great defense and the offense.

Game Notes
The Indians won two in a row for the first time in the second half of the season, scoring ten or more runs for the sixteenth time this year....Manny Ramirez missed tonight's game with a bruised knee, suffered after being hit by a pitch in last night's game, a 6-3 win for the Indians. They go for the sweep tomorrow behind Dwight Gooden.

Record
60-40