8:16 am

my fami ly is keeping things from me again.
Julia called me last night and said not to call our parents. It seems my father
had an assessment meeting yesterday for his drinking and they recommended
that he report today for a three week detox. I guess after hearing that he went out
and got wasted. So my poor mother had to deal with that last night. I knew his assessment
was coming up but I thought he was doing slightly better theses days.... oh so wrong.
My mother is still in denial about the extent of his alcoholism, Julia seems to be the only one
with her eyes wide open to the facts. These are the times I wished I lived closer to my family.
On top of the stress my mother is having with my father apparently her lush neighbor Shirley Ann is convinced she is dying of cancer and is constantly over at the house. I'm sure my Dad doesn't like seeing her there especially if she's drunk.... Why does my mother tell Julia all of this and not me? I'm the eldest. Not that I think my mother should keep anything from Julia but why is she keeping things from me? Julia thinks its because I live so far away. I think that's bullshit. I've lived here 10 years now and I've always maintained a close bond with my family, but finding out that they are keeping things from me, maybe I'm wrong?
On top of all of this my side is killing me!!!

araMAT*is pissed off*