Really, I am a person
I understand that my family is going through a ton of emotional crap right now. Really, I do. BUT when I have offered two couches for my brother SINCE OCTOBER, and no one has come to get them....well, I assume it is not a high priority. So, when my mother calls me today to see if it is a "good day" to come and get them, well, I feel like I can tell her No - it's really not a good day for that. You see, I have been awake since yesterday, Ian (the three year old cousin) drank 1/3 of a bottle of Robitussin this morning (Poison Control call and vomiting ensued), he is also sick and this is an awfully stressful day. Add to that....my car is royally screwed up. I had to change two fuses SIX times yesterday and was just happy that I have heat and a spedometer (forget the radio and clock that are out of order). This bodes for a much more major electrical problem which I really don't want to pay for. It's a piece of crap car, anyway. I am also stressed about my terminally ill brother, my father coming into town this week, changes in our routine as Sara starts her first week of work and, did I mention, LACK OF SLEEP??
So, I tell my mother that now is not a good time. Her response - Oh, they are on the way. WTF? It seems it is the ONLY day that they can come get them. Really? Since October? TODAY was the only day? Why the hell did you even call to get my opinion???? To wake me up from my 1.5 hr nap I was getting when Ian was taking his (thank God he's okay). Because your FIVE phone calls and THREE texts did indeed just that.
I called her on it. I am so pissed off that I can't see straight and it is another in a long line of just walking right over me. She told me that she was pissed off too. I couldn't help it...I told her flat out, in a very sarcastic voice, that I could see how it was such an inconveniece to HER!!!! As she sits in her home, and sends her husband and son-in-law. "It will only take ten minutes" EXCEPT that since one of the couches is still in the playroom, it leaves me and Sara to rearrange furniture when she gets home. I am sure she really wants to do that after her 2nd day of work. But then the REAL comment came out - "Why didn't you have Dave bring them up while he was here?" EXCUSE ME????? I am GIVING the couches to my brother...how the hell does that make it MY responsibility to arrange for delivery??????? I hung up.
Again, I know she is stressed and that she truly has a control freak tendency. But give me a break and open your eyes. She is not the only one dealing with things. She is retired. I am still working and dealing with two young children. Sorry, Mom. Get off your f-ing high horse. And PLEASE FINALLY REALIZE THAT I AM A PERSON TOO!
So, I tell my mother that now is not a good time. Her response - Oh, they are on the way. WTF? It seems it is the ONLY day that they can come get them. Really? Since October? TODAY was the only day? Why the hell did you even call to get my opinion???? To wake me up from my 1.5 hr nap I was getting when Ian was taking his (thank God he's okay). Because your FIVE phone calls and THREE texts did indeed just that.
I called her on it. I am so pissed off that I can't see straight and it is another in a long line of just walking right over me. She told me that she was pissed off too. I couldn't help it...I told her flat out, in a very sarcastic voice, that I could see how it was such an inconveniece to HER!!!! As she sits in her home, and sends her husband and son-in-law. "It will only take ten minutes" EXCEPT that since one of the couches is still in the playroom, it leaves me and Sara to rearrange furniture when she gets home. I am sure she really wants to do that after her 2nd day of work. But then the REAL comment came out - "Why didn't you have Dave bring them up while he was here?" EXCUSE ME????? I am GIVING the couches to my brother...how the hell does that make it MY responsibility to arrange for delivery??????? I hung up.
Again, I know she is stressed and that she truly has a control freak tendency. But give me a break and open your eyes. She is not the only one dealing with things. She is retired. I am still working and dealing with two young children. Sorry, Mom. Get off your f-ing high horse. And PLEASE FINALLY REALIZE THAT I AM A PERSON TOO!