trying to get better...
I'm trying my damnest to get better about updating this beast. Although I don't know why, because life isn't very exciting this week. Today I am waiting for the Sears delivery men to drop off our washer-dryer and assemble it. Then I will walk Jasmine around the neighborhoods (which I have discovered, are quite extensive...they all connect and there are trails in the woods behind the houses that I can't wait to discover). I think I'll go to the gym tonight, too. What the hell. All I know is that it feels nice having the nights to myself again without having to worry about mother-in-laws and I'm soaking it up as best as possible.
Speaking of the mother-in-law, she is in Toledo for 2 weeks....but she still managed to call me again yesterday because she forgot to pack 2 t-shirts and apparently has an immediate need for them, so would like me to pack them up for her. In case you haven't noticed by now, MIL has a co-dependency issue that needs to be worked on. I have refrained from bitching about it in my journal, but I will refrain no more. I like her, but she is making it difficult.
Here are the numerous ways MIL has intruded upon our privacy and/or annoyed us over the course of the past 2 months:
-invites herself out to breakfast with us and when we make it clear we want to be alone, shows up anyway
-shows up at our house (with other people) unannounced to show them around, even though we are not home and have unpacked boxes laying around everywhere -- as well as other personal items in our bedroom.
-insists and insists and insists that we give her a house key when we never offered. Bob doesn't even have a house key yet -- and we've only lived there for a week now.
-gets mad at us for going out with our friends because we are not hanging out with her (?!?)
-tries to invite herself to New England with me when I mention I am going home to visit MY family and friends this summer sometime and when I politely tell her that I will not have time to be a tour guide, she tries to make me plan another trip to New England in September...because sure, I've got plenty of vacation to spend on being a tour guide! Perhaps I'll start a service!
-Gets upset when we don't put her needs before hers in general.
-Calls one of us at least once a day to say hi and/or to see if we're interested in hanging out with her.
Honestly, the list is exhaustive and I could go on and on like Erykah Badu about how MIL is driving us nuts, but I won't. I just hope that it'll wear down some once we've established our territory. Although it looks like the only sure way to establish our territory is gonna be to piss on our front yard and mark that shit up, because we've got a clinger on our nose, folks. Anyway, that is enough of my venting, but it sure does feel good to get it out! If anything, I hope someone found this entry mildly entertaining....because I sure did (and I guess that's what makes journals therapeutic, right?).
Speaking of the mother-in-law, she is in Toledo for 2 weeks....but she still managed to call me again yesterday because she forgot to pack 2 t-shirts and apparently has an immediate need for them, so would like me to pack them up for her. In case you haven't noticed by now, MIL has a co-dependency issue that needs to be worked on. I have refrained from bitching about it in my journal, but I will refrain no more. I like her, but she is making it difficult.
Here are the numerous ways MIL has intruded upon our privacy and/or annoyed us over the course of the past 2 months:
-invites herself out to breakfast with us and when we make it clear we want to be alone, shows up anyway
-shows up at our house (with other people) unannounced to show them around, even though we are not home and have unpacked boxes laying around everywhere -- as well as other personal items in our bedroom.
-insists and insists and insists that we give her a house key when we never offered. Bob doesn't even have a house key yet -- and we've only lived there for a week now.
-gets mad at us for going out with our friends because we are not hanging out with her (?!?)
-tries to invite herself to New England with me when I mention I am going home to visit MY family and friends this summer sometime and when I politely tell her that I will not have time to be a tour guide, she tries to make me plan another trip to New England in September...because sure, I've got plenty of vacation to spend on being a tour guide! Perhaps I'll start a service!
-Gets upset when we don't put her needs before hers in general.
-Calls one of us at least once a day to say hi and/or to see if we're interested in hanging out with her.
Honestly, the list is exhaustive and I could go on and on like Erykah Badu about how MIL is driving us nuts, but I won't. I just hope that it'll wear down some once we've established our territory. Although it looks like the only sure way to establish our territory is gonna be to piss on our front yard and mark that shit up, because we've got a clinger on our nose, folks. Anyway, that is enough of my venting, but it sure does feel good to get it out! If anything, I hope someone found this entry mildly entertaining....because I sure did (and I guess that's what makes journals therapeutic, right?).