A few weeks had gone by since Roxy and I last talked. She had instructed me not to bother her because she was busy with work in La Hoya. Anyways, I received a phone call last night and when I looked down to check my caller ID - it was her - "How are things going?" I say. Before I can utter another word, she says, "Jethro, tell me you're not living on the streets again. I just finished reading one of your stupid blog posts and you indicated you were on the streets. Is that true?"
I then explained to her how I got caught in the in-between and had to move out of my apartment earlier than anticipated and how it was taking longer than I had hoped to find a new place - "No big deal. I will be in a new spot soon," I conclude. She wasn't happy about things and let me know it in no uncertain terms, "Jethro, I thought your days of being a homeless fucking bum were over! How is it that you can get me free rooms at the hottest, most expensive place in Las Vegas one week and than your stupid ass is living on the streets the next?" I interupt and begin explaining my situation again. Unfortunately, she wasn't listening - "Shut the fuck up when I am talking to you!" She yells. "You want to know something dumb shit? It was one thing when you blogged about the two of us being together to all your friends. 'That's just Jethro being Jethro,' I told myself. But now you are living on the streets again. And to top it all off you are blogging about some dream sequence you're having with some fantasy slut. Do you know how stupid you look?"
I tried once again to explain the situation, but was only able to get five words out before she flared up again, "I told you to shut the fuck up when I am talking to you! You are a thoughtless bastard! I, being the fool that I am, thought there was a future for the two of us. Jesus, how stupid can a girl be? You want to know something else asshole? When I was driving to work today I saw a homeless guy standing on the corner panhandling. I immediately thought of you. It made my stomach turn thinking -'God, you slept with a guy just like the one on the corner.' - I want you to get this through to that stupid head of yours! And I mean it this time! You and I are history!"
She then cools for a moment and I tell her this - "I am sorry. I didn't think it was a big deal. I promise it's just a temporary thing - Please don't dump me. As for the girl in the fantasy sequence, I was having some fun. Don't take things so serious." It turned out no amount of begging or apologizing was going to change her mind. "Jethro," she says in an irreverent tone, "I have known all sorts of people in my life. But I am telling you, without a doubt. You are the weirdest freak I have ever met in my life!"
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