OUR CHILD HAD GRANDPA BY THE HAND AND WAS POINTING TO THE BED SAYING. "DADDY - DADDY"(THE TRAITOR). THEN GRANDPA AND CHILD WENT BACK INTO THE LIVING ROOM. GRANDPA DIDN'T SEE ME (WELL! AS FAR AS I KNOW HE DIDN'T. EVEN IF HE DID. AT LEAST I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY DRAWERS). SUSAN FORGOT TO TELL ME. THAT MOM AND DAD WERE COMING DOWN TO TAKE HER AND OUR CHILD OUT SOMEWHERE (I WAS JUST GLAD. THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE ON THE FLOOR BUCK-NAKED ALL DAY).
DURING THIS TIME I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE AND THROUGH A LOT OF JOBS AS WELL. SUSAN HAD FOUND A NICE JOB BY THIS TIME. AND SHE WAS WAITING FOR A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT TO COME AVAILABLE FOR MORE ROOM. NOT TOO LONG AFTER YOU KNOW WHO, CAME TO DINNER (AH!! MAKE THAT BREAKFAST) AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT CAME AVAILABLE. SO I MOVED SUSAN AND AND OUR CHILD UP TO THE NEW APARTMENT.
NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE MOVE TO THE NEW APARTMENT. SUSAN AND I DECIDED. TO REMARRY (SECRETLY OF COURSE. UH HUH! HEEEEERE'S JOHNNY {OOPS'S I MEAN} WE GO AGAIN). WELL, IT'S TIME FOR ONE OF MY SECRET BATTLE PLANS AGAIN. NOW IT'S TIME FOR ACT NUMBER THREE:
I DID #3:
I HAD FOUND OUT THAT WE. HAVING ALREADY BEEN MARRIED BEFORE. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET A MARRIAGE LICENSE OR BLOOD TESTS. ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS. GO TO ANY MINISTER, AND HE WOULD HAVE THE NECESSARY FORMS FOR FILING THE MARRIAGE (AND YOU. ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE. WHAT'S NEXT!).
SUSAN AND I WENT TO A MINISTER'S HOUSE THAT WAS ON A LIST OF MINISTERS. THAT I GOT FROM THE LICENSE BUREAU. IT WAS CLOSE TO SUSAN'S HOUSE. WHICH IS WHY WE WENT THERE. WITHOUT KNOWING IT UNTIL WE FIRST SAW HIM AT HIS FRONT DOOR.
WE HAD GONE TO THE FIRST MINISTER. WHO HAD MARRIED AS SECRETLY! THE FIRST TIME (OH! WHAT A FRONT DOOR SURPRISE THAT WAS). HE WAS RETIRED NOW FROM HIS CHURCH.
WELL, THE THIRD (SECOND SECRET) MARRIAGE WENT FINE. THE MINISTER SAID THAT HE COULD FILE THE FORMS OR, WE COULD TAKE AND FILE THEM OURSELVES. WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE FORMS WITH US AND FILE THEM OURSELVES.
DIVORCE #2: (WELL! SORT OF)
ABOUT ONE WEEK AND SOME YELLING LATER (I WAS STILL UNEMPLOYED AT THIS TIME YOU UNDERSTAND). WELL, IT WAS THE SAME OLD PROBLEM. MONEY! SUSAN WAS YELLING HER HEAD OFF AGAIN WHEN I SAID: "WHAT YOUR TRYING TO SAY IS? YOU WISH WE WERE NOT MARRIED AT THIS TIME?" :"YES" SHE SAID.
WITH THAT I WALKED OUT OF THE APARTMENT (I DON'T KNOW. WHAT SUSAN WAS THINKING). I WALKED DOWN TO HER CAR (THE MUSTANG). OPEN THE GLOVE BOX. AND TOOK THE MARRIAGE FORMS OUT (YOU SEE WE HADN'T FILED THEM YET). I WALKED BACK UP TO THE APARTMENT. THEN I SAID: "YOU DON'T WANT TO BE MARRIED TO ME RIGHT NOW?" "YES" SHE SAID. I THEN TORE UP THE MARRIAGE FORMS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER FACE. "THERE" I SAID: "NO MORE MARRIAGE".
WE HAD A SMALL PARTING OF THE WAYS AS IT WERE. AND SUSAN MOVED OUT OF THE APARTMENT AND INTO A TRAILER OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. THE TRAILER WAS PARKED BEHIND A HOUSE. SHE DIDN'T TELL ME WHERE SHE HAD MOVED TO. BUT, I FOUND OUT WHERE AND I WENT FOR A VISIT (A MAN IN LOVE HAS TO DO. WHAT A MAN IN LOVE HAS GOT TO DO).
SUSAN HAD STARTED TO DATE OTHER MEN BY THIS TIME. WHEN SHE SAW ME. SHE GAVE ME A HUG AND SAID: I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU. SHE TOLD ME ABOUT SOME OF HER PROBLEMS SHE WAS HAVING WITH SOME OF THESE MEN SHE HAD DATED (AND OH! WHAT ANOTHER NIGHT WE HAD). SUSAN HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE MOST RESENT MAN THAT SHE HAD DATED. HOW HE ALWAYS (WELLLL! YOU KNOW). SUSAN WAS A GREAT LOOKING WOMAN (THE BODY WAS JUST RIGHT, THE FACE WAS GREAT AND YOUNG LOOKING, AND SHE ALWAYS HAD ON A GREAT SMILE ON HER FACE).
BUT! SHE WAS NOT A JUMP IN BED THE FIRST NIGHT OR, A ONE NIGHT STAND. I TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD EXPECT A LOT MORE FROM HIM. LATE ONE NIGHT SUSAN AND I WERE IN BED WHEN HE CAME TO THE FRONT DOOR (HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THERE. NOBODY KNEW). SUSAN GOT UP AND ANSWERED THE DOOR (I TOLD HER NOT TO BECAUSE HE WOULD GET INTO THE HOUSE SOMEHOW. SHE SAID: "WHY WOULD HE". I SAID: "BECAUSE HE KNOWS YOU ARE ALREADY IN BED". BUT SHE WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME....GO FIGURE!).
WHEN SHE ANSWERED THE DOOR. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE HAD A FEW TO DRINK (AT LEASE TO ME. AND I WAS IN THE NEXT ROOM.{YOU KNOW HOW QUIET. TRAILERS ARE ROOM TO ROOM}). HE WANTED TO COME IN. SUSAN SAID: "NO NO IT'S TOO LATE AND I'M IN BED" (THAT'S WHY HE WAS THERE!). THEN HE CAME UP THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE WORLD (I BET YOU CAN'T GUESS WHAT THAT WAS. HEY THAT'S NOT FAIR. YOU GUESSED!!).
"CAN I JUST USE THE BATHROOM. AND THEN I'LL LEAVE" (YEAH RIGHT!). WELL AS PREDICTED. HE GOT INTO THE HOUSE (OOPS THERE GOES ANOTHER NAIL). AFTER HE FINISHED IN THE BATHROOM. HE ENDED UP IN THE LIVING ROOM FOR A WHILE. OUR CHILD WOKE UP AND BECAUSE OF THAT. SUSAN FINALLY GOT HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE (SAVED BY THE BELL.- WELL!! SORT OF).
WHEN SUSAN CAME BACK INTO THE BEDROOM. SHE DECIDED TO EXERCISE HER Mason JAR METHOD OF POTTY TRAINING (SHE WAS TIRED OF OUR CHILD'S BED WETTING. LATER I SET UP AN ELECTRONIC BED-WETTING ALARM). SHE STOOD THE CHILD UP AND STUCK THE JAR YOU KNOW WHERE (POOR KID).
(WHAT'S NEXT. DID YOU SAY?); WELL THINGS WERE GOING ALONG OK. WHEN ONE NIGHT. SUSAN'S OLD BOYFRIEND CAME-A-KNOCKING ON THE FRONT DOOR (OK!...I'M GETTING TIRED OF EVERYBODY TRYING TO OUT DO ME WITH THE "SURPRISE AT THE FRONT DOOR GIG."----ANY GUESSES ON HOW HE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS. THE FIRST THING THAT POP'S INTO MY MIND IS "DADDY").
YOU REMEMBER HIM. HE WAS ONE OF GENERAL "DADDY'S" TROOPS AT THE BATTLE OF SUSAN. WELL THEY TALKED FOR A LITTLE BIT. THEN SUSAN CAME INTO THE BEDROOM AND WHISPERED: "HE WANTS TO SEE THE TRAILER" (I BET HE DOSE I THOUGHT. DO YOU KNOW THAT OLD SAYING. "IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED. TRY - TRY AGAIN").
I SAID: "SHOW HIM IN". SHE PICKED UP OUR CHILD AND WENT BACK INTO THE LIVING ROOM. THEY CAME IN A FEW MONTHS LATER. I COULD ALMOST HEAR SUSAN'S SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN SHE DIDN'T SEE ME (I HID IN THE CLOSET. I HAD TO HIDE IN THAT CLOSET MORE THAN ONCE. BECAUSE OF OTHERS. YOU KNOW MOM & DAD, BROTHER, SISTER, OLD BOYFRIENDS, AND ASSORTED OTHER VISITORS. AS I SAID BEFORE. "A MAN IN LOVE HAS TO DO. WHAT A MAN IN LOVE HAS GOT TO DO).
WHEN THEY WENT BACK INTO THE LIVING ROOM. SUSAN HAD PUT OUR CHILD ON THE LITTLE KID TRAINING POTTY. THE KID WAS MAKING FACES WHILE TRYING TO GO. (NO!!! I WASN'T PEEKING. NOR AM I PSYCHIC. I WAS ON THE BED AT THE TIME). I KNOW THIS BECAUSE, SUSAN'S OLD BOYFRIEND HAD SAID: "DON'T PUSH SO HARD. YOU MIGHT CAUSE HEMORRHOID" (SUSAN AND ME HAD LAUGHED ABOUT THAT ONE. AFTER HE HAD LEFT).
HE LATER SAID TO SUSAN. THAT HE CAME OVER TO SEE IF SUSAN & HE COULD TALK ABOUT GETTING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN (AH HA! AND THE PLOT THICKENS). WELL I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT. SUSAN MADE IT APPARENT TO HIM. THAT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE. NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT. HE LEFT.
SUSAN HAD FOUND A NEW JOB NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT. SHE ALSO FOUND A NEW APARTMENT. IT WAS A LOT BETTER THAN THE TRAILER. IT WAS A TWO-BEDROOM DUPLEX, WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE. OUR CHILD WAS GETTING OLDER. WE DIDN'T WANT TO START THE KID'S SEX EDUCATION CLASS THAT SOON.
I STILL WASN'T DOING TO WELL IN THE JOB MARKET MYSELF.
A LITTLE LATER I DECIDED TO RE-ENTER THE ARMY. I WENT THROUGH WHAT THE ARMY CALLED. "MINUTE MAN BASIC TRAINING" IT WAS FOR THOSE WHO HAD BEEN OUT OF THE SERVICE FOR SOMETIME. A REFRESHER COURSE, IF YOU WILL (IT HAD BEEN SIX YEARS BY THIS TIME. "MY WORD" {SCRATCH-SCRATCH} HOW TIME FLIES WHEN YOUR HAVING SO MUCH FUN!).
THEN FROM THERE ON TO ADVANCE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING [ AIT ]. I DIDN'T NEED IT BECAUSE. I WAS GOING BACK TO MY OLD JOB I HAD IN THE ARMY THE LAST TIME. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE ARMY WANTED. SO THAT'S WHAT THE ARMY GOT. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF AIT WE WERE
