They're good for something..
Going out to dinner with the grandparentals is good for something at least.. It's good for a story to share with all y'all! I think in the first 5 minutes, they called my parents wellies, which we most certainly are not. This stemmed from a comparison of the class of my parents to the class of other people at a private inn they just went to last weekend (my christmas gift to them, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!). My dad was telling them about some of the down points.. such as no working televisions..and my grandpa started in on how you have to treat those people (in reference to staff). "You really gotta lay into them when something goes wrong, show them who's boss!! And if they show even the least bit resistance, you tell their manager they are the worst worker you have EVER come across in hopes of getting them fired." I wonder if he knows that I'm going to be "staff" this summer? Then, they turned around and told me how much better I looked with all the weight I lost..how much more elegant I looked.. I smiled and screamed internally, then left the room. My grandma brought it up again at dinner, and I replied "I'm not 'fit', I'm starved." See, the fact of the matter is that I have been really sick this year.. like, a month ago, and I really didn't eat for 2 weeks, except for a few crackers and cups of tea. I was starting to gain back what I'd lost when I got sick again this week.. and so, I'm afraid, once again, eating is not a top priority. Anyway, to the starved comment I got "Good! That's good though.. a young girl shouldn't like food that much.." Omg.. are they even human? On the evening went.. and then, my hair was on trial. My grandma told me that she "just hated" my pink hair and was so glad I'd decided to put it back to normal.. to which my reply was something to the effect of "the only reason I changed my hair was for a job interview otherwise I would still have pink hair and in fact, I can't wait for fall when I can cut and dye my hair again." This was met with disgust. I did an internal high five. Finally, might I just say.. they're retarded.