Personal Post: Mom, Vacation

[tabloidscully]

Being home has been largely easier than I thought. That isn't to say this trip has been without emotions; far from it. I feel an interesting mix of sadness, nostalgia, gratitude and an odd dose of loneliness. Getting lost while driving today didn't distress me as it usually does (due to my dyscalculia, I frequently get lost and generally rely on my

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[seraphprowess]

This sorta reminds me of how many times my sister has changed her ph#, and her exbf still figures out how to get it bc people don't think they need to keep their mouths shut.
I believe you have every right to set your mom's # to silent, and disregard her "plans" for you.

[tabloidscully]

The thing is, she's just so freaking selfish. As I said, she called me at 10 a.m. She obviously had no idea that I was up until nearly 4 a.m., (and when you're in your third trimester of pregnancy, sleeping less than seven hours is exhausting) but what bugged me is she obviously had woken me up, asked if she had woken me up, and didn't even apologize for it. And, to add insult to injury, she didn't even know for sure that she had Tuesday off, but was still demanding that I commit to seeing her that day anyway.

Even better, she pulls nails to make me commit to seeing her tomorrow, but isn't willing to inconvenience herself to take me just 10 minutes away from our destination so that I can borrow a car from my dad in order to make it to my commitments later that day. Awesome, huh?

Some people Just Don't Get It. She happens to be one of them.