Graduation

Well Alex's graduation has come and gone. Our relationship has spiraled down to almost nothing in the last 6 months. She doesn't want to talk anymore, but yet claims that she does. She doesn't listen to my advice either. So now she's abandoned her plans to go to college and is taking her dad's advice about getting an apartment with a friend of hers. We will be taking a trip together along with Gabby. I fear this is the last time we'll be spending any time together. I've given up on Alex because it's to painful to care anymore. I see her throwing her life away. Her number one priority in life right now is getting a boyfriend and obsessing over him. She's gone through a number of them this year already. Of course each one she's "in love" with and after a month has wedding bells on her mind. I agree her current boyfriend, of one month, is the best yet. But he's only 17 and still has another year of High School... I don't see it lasting because of that. I don't agree with her dad that she needs to see what it's like to pay for things herself. Escentially living in poverty. She says she doesn't know what she wants to do and doesn't want to be rushed into college. She says she might start school in January or next fall. I don't see her going through with it.

So my Kentucky trip is nearly upon me. I've set aside 2 weeks to entertain Gabby & Alex. I've started to get a little closer with Gabby... now that Alex doesn't want to spend time with me. Before she was distant and we didn't really do things together. Now I spend time & attention with her and I think she appreciates it. So we'll spend most of the time just hanging around my house. But I've booked 4 nights in Lexington, KY where I plan to go hiking, go caving and see the horse farm. Hopefully the weather cooperates.

I did get Alex's money she borrowed back. I intially wanted to just give her the $2000 for her car. But her dad and my mom didn't want me to. So I agreed it would be a loan. So she handed over all of her graduation money to me to pay back $1000 of it. My mom agreed to pay $500 and I already recieved $500 over the course of the year it was borrowed.

I hope that I can continue to have at least Gabby over for special holidays which used to be just Alex. I'll invite her over for Christmas when I get some time alone with her again.