The longest weekend ever
Thursday was the Avett Brothers concert in Huntington, WV. A-freaking-mazing, per usual. I am so in love with these guys, it's not even funny. Their opening act was Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea. They were really great, too. Here's a song of Nicole Atkins that Seth Avett sings. beautiful.
They played several of my favorite songs--At the Beach, Kickdrum Heart, Slight Figure of Speech, Distraction #74. I got so excited when they played At the Beach that I punch Ben in the arm and made him squeal like a little girl. he-he. He can't handle my excitement. All in all, it was a great experience. Me and Ben drove back that night and didn't get in until around 2 in the morning. I am starting to love the late night drives and conversations that accompany our concerts. I"m going to be really bummed out for the next several months as we've not got anything planned at this time. The Avetts are playing at the Merle Fest in NC in May and I think we're going to try to go. That's supposed to be a really great festival. I hope we go.
So, the concert and hanging out with me was amazing, then we got home and my wayward sister and her snot-nosed little brats were there. Not fun. Not fun at all. As a matter of fact, it was worse than not fun. She totally acted like nothing happened. Like we didn't exchange the words that we did in August. LIke her husband didn't tell me that I was a loser that he didn't want his children to be around. It really rubs me the wrong way. She is such a manipulater and she's the only person who can make me feel like I'm two inches tall. I am sick unto death of her "Saint Amanda" act. I'm just done. So I said something to her and she started saying that i didn't like her, that I'm selfish, mean, and lazy. That I expect to get things when I want them. Total, complete and utter bullshit. She started to bring up stuff from high school and college. That's not what I'm even concerned about. I mean,seriously, my beef is the way she treats Mommy and Daddy now. It's like she has to is deflecting. I just don't get it. It's like we're talking, but we're not in the same conversation. And I realized, talking to her face to face for the first time in a year, that she totally believes the stuff she's saying about me. Clearly there is a communication problem, but she doesn't seem to want to do anything about it. I've come to the conclusion that there's nothing else I can do about it. So I've decided to try to ignore her the best I can and stay away from her as much as I can. Unfortunately, I think this means I'm going to have to step back from my family a little bit, since Mommy seems to be favoring Amanda in this. I know it's because the kids, but it makes me angry and annoyed. I feel that Mommy needs to stop being Amanda's doormat and stop crying about all this stuff and not doing anything about it. It's so annoying that she crys and waves her arms around and complains about AManda, but she had 3 whole days to pull her aside and talk to her and she didn't. She neatly made it so that i would say something, and then seems angry with me that I said something. I mean, really, It's just ridiculous and I'm over it.
They played several of my favorite songs--At the Beach, Kickdrum Heart, Slight Figure of Speech, Distraction #74. I got so excited when they played At the Beach that I punch Ben in the arm and made him squeal like a little girl. he-he. He can't handle my excitement. All in all, it was a great experience. Me and Ben drove back that night and didn't get in until around 2 in the morning. I am starting to love the late night drives and conversations that accompany our concerts. I"m going to be really bummed out for the next several months as we've not got anything planned at this time. The Avetts are playing at the Merle Fest in NC in May and I think we're going to try to go. That's supposed to be a really great festival. I hope we go.
So, the concert and hanging out with me was amazing, then we got home and my wayward sister and her snot-nosed little brats were there. Not fun. Not fun at all. As a matter of fact, it was worse than not fun. She totally acted like nothing happened. Like we didn't exchange the words that we did in August. LIke her husband didn't tell me that I was a loser that he didn't want his children to be around. It really rubs me the wrong way. She is such a manipulater and she's the only person who can make me feel like I'm two inches tall. I am sick unto death of her "Saint Amanda" act. I'm just done. So I said something to her and she started saying that i didn't like her, that I'm selfish, mean, and lazy. That I expect to get things when I want them. Total, complete and utter bullshit. She started to bring up stuff from high school and college. That's not what I'm even concerned about. I mean,seriously, my beef is the way she treats Mommy and Daddy now. It's like she has to is deflecting. I just don't get it. It's like we're talking, but we're not in the same conversation. And I realized, talking to her face to face for the first time in a year, that she totally believes the stuff she's saying about me. Clearly there is a communication problem, but she doesn't seem to want to do anything about it. I've come to the conclusion that there's nothing else I can do about it. So I've decided to try to ignore her the best I can and stay away from her as much as I can. Unfortunately, I think this means I'm going to have to step back from my family a little bit, since Mommy seems to be favoring Amanda in this. I know it's because the kids, but it makes me angry and annoyed. I feel that Mommy needs to stop being Amanda's doormat and stop crying about all this stuff and not doing anything about it. It's so annoying that she crys and waves her arms around and complains about AManda, but she had 3 whole days to pull her aside and talk to her and she didn't. She neatly made it so that i would say something, and then seems angry with me that I said something. I mean, really, It's just ridiculous and I'm over it.