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okay, so this mother's day will go down in the books as "the one that took the most unsuspected turn for the worse."
madison and i made french toast and bacon, and i used my food artistry to craft a beautiful looking dish. really, it was "breakfast brunch at a nice place" pretty. so... mom loved breakfast and the gifts.. which none of us were in on this year, dad took care of it all... which is annoying, i would like to know what my mother is going to open up and then thank me for. so we sit around and talk and then dad goes to meet with a client and were supposed to be getting ready to go to my aunt's house and have family time.
mom and madison watch mighty ducks 3 and mom falls asleep after she puts sophie down for a nap. we had planned on leaving at 12:30, but that is when mom woke up. she came downstairs and started cleaning the kitchen...here is how that one played out:
Me: Mom, I plan on doing that, since I cooked in there. I'm sorry it's taken me a while, but I'm almost done fixing Madison's hair. (really, that is what i said)
Mom:
(5 minutes of silence go by, punctured randomly by plates hitting each other and whatever else)
Me: Mom, I'm almost done getting Madison and Grace ready if you want to start getting ready and I'll finish the kitchen...
Mom:
So I finish getting the girls ready and decide to go fix my hair and then I will be completely finished. Mom comes into her room where I am using her bathroom mirror and I hear her sighing. I go into her room and she is sitting on the floor FOLDING LAUNDRY!!!!!!!!! I ask her:
Me: Mom, aren't you going to get ready?
Mom: I'm not going.
Me: Mom, it is mothers day and we are getting together in honor of mothers. Why don't you want to go?
[she starts crying]
Mom: I just have too much to do.
Me: But we have been planning on going out there...
Mom: You guys go, they are expecting you.
Me: They are expecting you too!!! This is not fair..
Mom: I didn't ask you if it was fair.
Me: Mom, what have we done to upset you-
Mom: I'm not upset.
Me: Why are you mad?
Mom: I'm not I just have a lot to do...
Me: Well, if laundry is going to keep you here then I am not going. I will stay here and do laundry, how can i help you?
Mom: You can't do anything, just go...
Me: FINE.
I wait for dad to come home and as soon as I tell him the story he goes and gets the phonebook. He finds the number for their, mind you THEIR, favorite restaurant- Ruggles. He calls and makes a reservation for TWO PEOPLE. As if a candlelight dinner is going to make everything better. I tell him I need to go if I actually want to say hi to any of my family out in conroe before I have to come back home.
So Madison, Grace, and I leave. It starts raining and 45N is SHUT DOWN....... from I-10 to 6-10. So I take the detour and the traffic is horrible. I call my dad and tell him it might be hard for us to get back to Pearland in time for them to go to dinner, so he tells me to come home... So for the second time I called my Aunt to tell her this time no one would be coming to her house from our family.
I had parked my car directly behind the van and I had my keys with me. When I came home, my car was in the same spot, but the van was gone. This is another classic move by my mother, she used to do this more often, I had almost forgotten about it. So she left and didn't bother to tell my dad where she was going and when she would be back. They are not fighting and have not been, so it is not a personal attack on my dad. She is worrying Madison, who has called her several times and left messages. I know her password for her voicemail and I found out that she has gotten the messages, but has not returned any calls.
So. Happy Mother's Day.
madison and i made french toast and bacon, and i used my food artistry to craft a beautiful looking dish. really, it was "breakfast brunch at a nice place" pretty. so... mom loved breakfast and the gifts.. which none of us were in on this year, dad took care of it all... which is annoying, i would like to know what my mother is going to open up and then thank me for. so we sit around and talk and then dad goes to meet with a client and were supposed to be getting ready to go to my aunt's house and have family time.
mom and madison watch mighty ducks 3 and mom falls asleep after she puts sophie down for a nap. we had planned on leaving at 12:30, but that is when mom woke up. she came downstairs and started cleaning the kitchen...here is how that one played out:
Me: Mom, I plan on doing that, since I cooked in there. I'm sorry it's taken me a while, but I'm almost done fixing Madison's hair. (really, that is what i said)
Mom:
(5 minutes of silence go by, punctured randomly by plates hitting each other and whatever else)
Me: Mom, I'm almost done getting Madison and Grace ready if you want to start getting ready and I'll finish the kitchen...
Mom:
So I finish getting the girls ready and decide to go fix my hair and then I will be completely finished. Mom comes into her room where I am using her bathroom mirror and I hear her sighing. I go into her room and she is sitting on the floor FOLDING LAUNDRY!!!!!!!!! I ask her:
Me: Mom, aren't you going to get ready?
Mom: I'm not going.
Me: Mom, it is mothers day and we are getting together in honor of mothers. Why don't you want to go?
[she starts crying]
Mom: I just have too much to do.
Me: But we have been planning on going out there...
Mom: You guys go, they are expecting you.
Me: They are expecting you too!!! This is not fair..
Mom: I didn't ask you if it was fair.
Me: Mom, what have we done to upset you-
Mom: I'm not upset.
Me: Why are you mad?
Mom: I'm not I just have a lot to do...
Me: Well, if laundry is going to keep you here then I am not going. I will stay here and do laundry, how can i help you?
Mom: You can't do anything, just go...
Me: FINE.
I wait for dad to come home and as soon as I tell him the story he goes and gets the phonebook. He finds the number for their, mind you THEIR, favorite restaurant- Ruggles. He calls and makes a reservation for TWO PEOPLE. As if a candlelight dinner is going to make everything better. I tell him I need to go if I actually want to say hi to any of my family out in conroe before I have to come back home.
So Madison, Grace, and I leave. It starts raining and 45N is SHUT DOWN....... from I-10 to 6-10. So I take the detour and the traffic is horrible. I call my dad and tell him it might be hard for us to get back to Pearland in time for them to go to dinner, so he tells me to come home... So for the second time I called my Aunt to tell her this time no one would be coming to her house from our family.
I had parked my car directly behind the van and I had my keys with me. When I came home, my car was in the same spot, but the van was gone. This is another classic move by my mother, she used to do this more often, I had almost forgotten about it. So she left and didn't bother to tell my dad where she was going and when she would be back. They are not fighting and have not been, so it is not a personal attack on my dad. She is worrying Madison, who has called her several times and left messages. I know her password for her voicemail and I found out that she has gotten the messages, but has not returned any calls.
So. Happy Mother's Day.