Bloody bugger

[fightingthecage]

I think I mentioned some time ago that I was going to be going to Ireland this holiday, obstensibly to introduce Evie to her grandfather. I emailed him about it...oh, a month ago? No reply. After waiting two weeks, mother and I decided not to bother going because there was no point trekking over with a six month old baby if I couldn't take her to meet my dad. In the meantime, I'm getting a bit worried - he's not in the best of health and hasn't been for years and it's only recently he's started ignoring emails and birthdays. I wondered if perhaps his health had taken a turn for the worse because I know he usually checks his email every evening and I couldn't really think of a good reason why he would ignore me like that.

I suppose I should have known better by now. I remembered yesterday that my sister told me he was on Facebook, so I looked him up and added him as a friend. This evening? He added me right back. So basically, he does still check his mail and is just flat-out ignoring my request to see him. I don't know why I'm surprised by it; he's shown many times over the years that he doesn't really give a shit about seeing his kids. That obviously is stretching to his granddaughter as well (but he's fine with spending his retirement looking after - and being a grandfather to - his stepson's boy) - he's quite conservative and there's a good chance he doesn't really approve of the circumstances in which she was born. But then, he doesn't really know the circumstances, as he hasn't asked, so what the fuck?

I guess this is just one more reason to fuck him off forever. Unfortunately, I can't really do that.

In other news, I have a new DVD player. It is cheap as hell but still looks cool and works fine so yay! It was a debacle actually trying to buy it as I have discovered the staff at this particular store are utterly incompetent but whatever. And I have cleaned and am about to have a delicious dinner so all is well.