The Mouse Roars

Yesterday afternoon, unbeknownst to me the tick asked for a twenty dollar loan to purchase gas.  This set the mom unit off.  She wrote down some notes then typed out a letter detailing her feelings.  The funny thing is that I have mentioned several key points in her letter multiple times over the past several months.

One point in the letter that I have suspected to be true is that the tick has not saved or paid down/off the debt(s) owed to many.  As I told my therapist, I believe the tick to be a sociopath.  A lack of thought and/or feelings for others seems to be present.  Most of the emotions seen are mimicked in the hopes of masking the underlying reality.  The statement made by the tick the other day offers a little insight to this.  They stated that they really liked both jobs because they were fun.  Not that they were fulfilling or allowed them to earn enough money to pay everyone.  Just that they were fun.

In their way of thinking this is what is most important.  Everything should be about having fun, not taking care of responsibilities or thinking of how they will survive tomorrow.  I can say that I see many of todays young adults with this same philosophy.  Work is just what you do to support your fun habit. Many don't want to be apart of the team at their place of employment.  It is more about how everyone is supposed to take this individual's life and plans with family into consideration instead of their own.

I am hearing more words of encouragement regarding our plans.  In the letter it was stated that we were very serious in moving and working in Paradise within the next year.  Whether we sell this castle or rent it out until it sells is a bridge we've still to cross.  I'm not sure about the rental option as I've heard many horror stories about renters destroying the property or not paying rent and having to be evicted.  My preference is to sell out completely, use the money to either purchase the business supplies needed or finish the house there.  Either way, the tick will be out a place to crash, transportation and free groceries.

Tick 2 has gone back to the Left Coast.  No hard feelings there, just glad that they are out of the equation for formulating plans.  It is impossible to plan anything with them as they have an aversion to suppling any information or making a plan and following through with it.  I was talking to the other half yesterday and that was my main point of contention with them.  I try to be flexible but sitting around waiting to hear what I am required to do in order to help make someone's life easier is not something I am willing to do.  This all seems to point to the statements I made in the above paragraph.  I guess it might help to scream at the top of my lungs.  Instead I think I will make my plans, put them into motion, move to Paradise and let the new generation of Know-It-Alls figure it out by themselves.