The Boston trip, and my stupid family
Recently my mom came up for a visit. We had a great time just hanging out, doing stuff with the kids; plus my mom brought her sewing machine with her so we went and picked out some nice new fabric and Mom made me some nice new kichen curtains. I really like them - they're happy and bright, and all the colors I wanted. Anyway, when Mom and the kids and I were having a quick lunch out to eat, she said she was thinking of a nice gift for my graduation...and then she said she wanted to take me, and my sister, on a trip.
"Where would you like to go?" she asked.
I thought about it a minute. "Um....the Loire Valley?" (The one in France, of course.)
She laughed. "No, really - where else would you like to go?"
"Okay, then how about the south of France?"
She laughed again. "Not France," she said.
I figured I had one last shot. "Paris, then. That's not a region of France, it's a city."
"Paris, Texas?" she shot back.
"Um, no, Paris, France...."
Mom sighed. "I mean, somewhere in the continental US?"
Well, then, if only she'd said that to begin with! I thought about it. I've been to New York and San Francisco already. I don't want to go to Washington DC without the kids, but I am sort of a low-level history buff....
"How about Philadelphia?" I said. "Or Boston."
After mom went home she talked to a friend who suggested there's not a lot to do in Philadelphia, but Boston has plenty to offer. So Boston it is!
After quite a bit of schedule negotiations, we have the dates, but I don't know how it's all going to work out after all because now my sister is having a hissy fit. Apparently, she had thought that this would be a trip where we would spend "a couple days here, a couple days there," and she most emphatically does NOT want to spend "an entire week in Boston." Um, but I thought this was a trip for my graduation, so I thought I might get to pick where to go?....possibly?....
Apparently, though, my sister is very upset about - who knows what, but something - and she said she would go on the trip but she "might cut it short" by leaving a couple days early.
I think this whole thing is kind of weird. Maybe I'm wrong but I kind of thought my mom was paying for the whole trip. If she's not, and if my sister is paying her part, I'm still not sure why she'd be so huffy about it, because, again, this trip was offered to me as a graduation gift, so I would assume that if my sister were invited she would not expect to be the one to decide where to go or how long to stay there! And if our mom IS paying for my sister's part as well as mine, my sister doesn't have much room to get all bitchy about it.
I do understand that my sister had to wait a week for my mom and me to get our schedules organized, which was annoying for my sister, who wanted to make summer plans to visit a friend but could not do so until the Boston trip was worked out. Furthermore I understand that by waiting one extra week my sister will have to pay $100 more for the trip she wants to take later in the summer. That is kind of frustrating. I just appreciate her being so pissy to me.
I don't even know why she has to come, to be honest, except that it was probably my mom's idea to have my sister come with us. Also, when my sister graduated from college she and my mom took a trip to Bermuda - and although they invited me and Memaw to join them, neither Memaw nor I went. I opted out. Maybe my sister should opt out of this one, since it doesn't seem to suit her taste.
Trip dates that will be firmed up as the reservations are made: June 29th through July 5th.
I expect to see a few of you people there!
"Where would you like to go?" she asked.
I thought about it a minute. "Um....the Loire Valley?" (The one in France, of course.)
She laughed. "No, really - where else would you like to go?"
"Okay, then how about the south of France?"
She laughed again. "Not France," she said.
I figured I had one last shot. "Paris, then. That's not a region of France, it's a city."
"Paris, Texas?" she shot back.
"Um, no, Paris, France...."
Mom sighed. "I mean, somewhere in the continental US?"
Well, then, if only she'd said that to begin with! I thought about it. I've been to New York and San Francisco already. I don't want to go to Washington DC without the kids, but I am sort of a low-level history buff....
"How about Philadelphia?" I said. "Or Boston."
After mom went home she talked to a friend who suggested there's not a lot to do in Philadelphia, but Boston has plenty to offer. So Boston it is!
After quite a bit of schedule negotiations, we have the dates, but I don't know how it's all going to work out after all because now my sister is having a hissy fit. Apparently, she had thought that this would be a trip where we would spend "a couple days here, a couple days there," and she most emphatically does NOT want to spend "an entire week in Boston." Um, but I thought this was a trip for my graduation, so I thought I might get to pick where to go?....possibly?....
Apparently, though, my sister is very upset about - who knows what, but something - and she said she would go on the trip but she "might cut it short" by leaving a couple days early.
I think this whole thing is kind of weird. Maybe I'm wrong but I kind of thought my mom was paying for the whole trip. If she's not, and if my sister is paying her part, I'm still not sure why she'd be so huffy about it, because, again, this trip was offered to me as a graduation gift, so I would assume that if my sister were invited she would not expect to be the one to decide where to go or how long to stay there! And if our mom IS paying for my sister's part as well as mine, my sister doesn't have much room to get all bitchy about it.
I do understand that my sister had to wait a week for my mom and me to get our schedules organized, which was annoying for my sister, who wanted to make summer plans to visit a friend but could not do so until the Boston trip was worked out. Furthermore I understand that by waiting one extra week my sister will have to pay $100 more for the trip she wants to take later in the summer. That is kind of frustrating. I just appreciate her being so pissy to me.
I don't even know why she has to come, to be honest, except that it was probably my mom's idea to have my sister come with us. Also, when my sister graduated from college she and my mom took a trip to Bermuda - and although they invited me and Memaw to join them, neither Memaw nor I went. I opted out. Maybe my sister should opt out of this one, since it doesn't seem to suit her taste.
Trip dates that will be firmed up as the reservations are made: June 29th through July 5th.
I expect to see a few of you people there!