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no uhm ...solitude, for the wicked
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no uhm ...solitude, for the wicked Well ...I now have a bit of help with the irascible maternal unit; Mom's younger sister decided to come down and stay for a while after attending the funeral of a cousin just a little ways north of here. I absolutely LOVE my Aunt E (hmm AuntiE maybe?); it will be great to have her around for a while, and a little help with the madre is always welcome. She and Mom are somewhat close and she has a TON of patience ...so we'll see. The weekend after Mom had her fall was supposed to be a "Canus-weekend" ...my sister and her husband were set to take Mom out of town with them for a weekend just to give me some "me-time" and let me decompress a little bit "Mom-free." I don't drink around Mom (don't drink much anyway), but on a Mom-free weekend I might just overindulge a little bit for a night or two and break out a<b> marathon </font></b>of movies I'd never watch with Mom in the house (maybe even stuff that's rated R! ...gasp!). The last time I had a "me-weekend" was last fall, and that was me going camping (I should write a blog about that weekend some time ...it was, uhm ...interesting) But anyway, Mom ...in complete contempt for my schedule, decided that falling and breaking bones (without giving me advance notice or anything) was more important than me time ...in fact, it may have been a "double-down" on it since we've been together 24-7 for three weeks today. Of course, falling and breaking bones to avoid a weekend with my sister and her hubby might not be as much of a stretch as you might think. So anyway ...they tried to throw out the idea of taking Mom and AuntiE out of town this weekend, and Mom shot down that idea. Initially under the idea that AuntiE has been travelling and probably wasn't going to be in much of a mood to do anything but rest for the first weekend, but I kind of suspect it might be a bit closer to "I just don't wanna go" (maybe even "my hand hurts and I don't want to be stuck in a car two hours two times over three days" but I suspect it goes a bit deeper than that). When they asked me ...I said I didn't think Mom would be down for it, but the ultimate arbiter of that question needed to be AuntiE; if I need to wait a few more weeks for some down time, that's okay with me (sheesh ...it's been nearly six months, what's a couple more weeks?). One thing with Mom ...trying to push an idea too hard is a really bad idea. My sister understands that, *I* understand that ...I'm not quite sure what it is that gives my brother-in-law such difficulty with the concept (he's been married to my sister for how long?!). He was the one to pick up AuntiE, and he really pushed the idea to her about going with them for the weekend; AuntiE was fine with the idea. When they got here to the house, my BIL announced to me that the weekend was "settled" ...AuntiE and Mom were coming with them for the weekend (notice the bolded word ...I should increase the font and add some glowing lights to highlight it). Feeling secure in his assessment of my mother's compliance with what AuntiE said (since he had that bolded word and all), he remarked at the dinner table about how much fun they were going to have this weekend. ...aaaand Mom said ...uhm ...no. (huge shocker here for anyone who has known her for ...well ...BIL should have known better). I mentioned to AuntiE later that she shouldn't worry about it if Mom didn't want to go, and AuntiE said that she had planned to "work on her a little bit" about the idea, but after that emphatic of a NO, there wasn't much use at this point (it's almost like she knows my mother or something). So anyway ...at least I can zoom out this afternoon and go have lunch with a buddy of mine for the first time in three weeks. Even that part is worth quite a bit! |
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