Comments | aibhinn: Less than 24 hours!

aibhinn

Less than 24 hours!

Mar 22, 2009 10:18

24 hours from right now I'll be in the airport, bags checked and ready to go. Whee! Though, honestly, I'd be happier about that if my bags were packed. Still, it's in the works; laundry is going and I'm gathering other stuff together (toiletries, etc.) Had a dream last night in which I started with "I forgot my shampoo/conditioner", realised "I ( Read more... )

england, pity party, family

Comments 19

joesther March 22 2009, 17:37:14 UTC

I'm home if you need a pep talk.

I'm excited for your trip and I know you can, and will, make it a very fun time.

aibhinn March 22 2009, 18:22:24 UTC

Thank you hon. I called my sister (finally) and things are much better now--all the air's been cleared. :)

joesther March 22 2009, 18:23:31 UTC

Good. Glad to hear it. Enjoy your trip!

wildcelticrose March 22 2009, 17:55:38 UTC

I think that you should enjoy this trip and spend as much time as you can AWAY from family and with friends (you have a lot of friends over there if I remember correctly)

And as far as your brother in law (or any other family member that acts like that.

FUCK THEM!

That kind of behavior has NOTHING to do with YOU and has everything to do with the fact that a person who would behave that way (especially in front of children) is a RAVING ASSHOLE who is not worthy of your concern.

Sorry about the potty mouth, but sometimes that kind of language is the only thing that conveys the emotion properly.

Someone seriously needs to pull your brother in law's head out of his ass.

aibhinn March 22 2009, 18:24:26 UTC

***hug***

Thank you, Lisa--I needed to hear that. :)

I did call my sister and ask about last night, and we cleared the air. Turns out part of it was a big misunderstanding on my part, part of it was my niece not being clear, and part of it was my niece being, well, young and stupid. (Part of it was hormones, too, I think.)

You're absolutely right about BIL, though. I think he's an asshole too.

***hugs***

We STILL need to get together for margaritas!

wildcelticrose March 22 2009, 18:29:43 UTC

THIS is for your BIL

( ... )

garpu March 22 2009, 19:06:00 UTC

Yah what they said about your family.

flyingcarpet March 22 2009, 17:57:52 UTC

Have a fantastic time, sweetie! You deserve it. :D

*love and hugs*

aibhinn March 22 2009, 18:24:53 UTC

Thanks, sweetie! I talked to my sister and the air has been cleared, so I'm much, MUCH happier now.

*love and hugs*

principia March 22 2009, 18:05:53 UTC

Oh, screw your family. Just because they're blood relations doesn't render them any less full of sh*t than anyone else.

Your BiL sounds like he's in a class by himself. *eyeroll*

roxyk630 March 22 2009, 18:24:02 UTC

I agree with this.

God, if he ever said anything insulting to me... I'd so call him on it. I'm one of those people tho. And your sister? Maybe she needs to buck up and take some of that on herself. It's not like you're responsible for anything in HER life. So honestly? If you're never wrong, which is never the case, everyone's wrong at least once, she just needs to deal with her own shit. Blaming you for... WHATEVER she's blaming you for in life (can't be wrong-etc) is just stupid. Ignore it.

They're probably just afraid you show confidence and independence to move on with your life despite their obvious rude protests. You don't NEED people like that in your life.

aibhinn March 22 2009, 18:27:06 UTC

Actually, sis is pretty all right--I called her and the air got cleared. A lot of my post above was pure depression. Not the BiL stuff, mind you, and not all of her stuff, but some of it. She did apologize for her crap, and explained the stuff with my niece (most of which was pure Young And Stupid, Doesn't Realize How This Sounds stuff).

***hug*** thank you so much for the support! God, we've got to meet up some time. Seriously.

roxyk630 March 23 2009, 01:27:44 UTC

That's good, I'm glad you guys can talk that stuff out. I know my mom and her sisters hold this GRUDGE MATCH that can last months. My brother and I? I think we're just too far apart to get concerned anymore? I'm 6 years older, so.. I just told him to come talk to me if he's ever uncomfy going to mom. XD;

***hughug*** Gladly! :D And of course, I'm a giant geek though... and a but nutty. XD; Keep up with the UK trips or jobs? It may not be an issue! :D The hubby and I are looking at moving back (he's british and has family there) in the next couple years. We're also looking at the cali area... which, according to swankkat, isn't... TOO ridiculously far from you (unless we're in SoCal) XD;

Thread 6

sherylyn March 22 2009, 18:43:04 UTC

For big/important trips, I get out some sort of notebook/notepad and write down everything I think of (even put it by your bed w/a booklight if those thoughts are waking you up -- wake up, write it down, forget it ;-)). Although, I will say... at least you're not going to an uncharted planet -- if you forget much, you can always shop a bit instead ;-) (This is from the one who's monthly cycle hit the day we went to Windsor -- totally out of sync w/"normal", of course! -- and the 1st thing we had to do when we got off the train was find a Boots store shop for the necessary items. Yeesh! And this was pre-HP days, so who knows what sort of store Dad asked directions to ;-))

Glad the air's been cleared a bit, and I hope you have a GREAT time! One of our friends from here is over there this coming week, too -- I'm so sure you'll bump in to each other! LOL!!