My grandmother and my father are at each other’s throats again. The situation is not *that* bad but it got bad enough that it required my intervention.

Long story short. My grandmother is moving into a senior citizens home. Although she still has her wits about her, she can no longer live by herself and needs someone to check on her every day. The move is scheduled for April. Dad, me, my brother and even DW told her that as soon as we get back from our Spring Break trip we will help her pack.

This is not soon enough for my grandmother. She is insisting that the daughter of one of her church friends come help her this weekend. Now I have never met this woman but my father has and my father doesn’t trust her. So Dad told my grandmother not to let this woman into her house because she might steal things. Actually what will most likely happen is that my grandmother will just give things away to this woman.

My grandmother is a bit of a hoarder. She has a LOT of junk but some of it is valuable. Dad said to grandma that she shouldn’t let anyone touch her stuff until she can get it appraised. Unfortunately, my Dad isn’t exactly a patient man either. He doesn’t ask, he barks orders, and my Grandma said to Dad “You don’t tell me what to do!”.

So there was a lot of yelling and screaming and years of frustrations spilling out of my Dad and grandmother’s mouths. A lot of hurtful things were said. In the end, both Dad and my grandmother were a wet mess.

So I step in. I tell my grandmother that Dad is just looking out for her best interest. I tell Dad to go easy on grandma because moving is one of the most stressful things a person goes through in their lives.

All this to say that this little incident prevented me from attending SS’s parent-teacher conference. Donkeykong was there too and according to what DW said, he is not happy with SS’s performance either; so much so that he was giving SS an earful. DW told me of some of the things Donkeykong was saying and my jaw dropped.

“Where was this man 10 years ago?”

DW took a lot of notes for me to look at. She noted down the subjects that SS will be studying in math and science. DW said she has no clue about those subjects but she knew I would.

The subject of hiring a professional tutor is back on the table again too. Don’t know if Donkeykong is willing to pay half but he seems open to the discussion at least.

The math and science teachers gave DW and Donkeykong several ideas too on what they can do to help SS out. Both teachers said that SS is more than capable of doing the assigned tasks; he just needs to apply himself more.