This is a place where I can vent about certain frustrations. And occasionally, there may be a happy story. B/c life IS good.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Holiday Weekend


Over the Memorial Day weekend, Dan and I got up to my mom's cabin in the Poconos. It's been in the family for years, since my grandparents built it. I want to say very early 70's, but I'm not sure of the exact year. But now my mother is the owner and my brother has done a lot of work to it to make it a bit more updated and comfy. It was beautiful up there. But, just my luck, I got sick. I was sneezing and coughing the whole time. It figures- it was my first Memorial Day weekend in ten years that I didn't have to work at all. We did get to see a family of bald eagles, which was nice. There's a family that's been growing for the past few years at the local lake, and it's a big attraction for all of the nature lovers up there. One time last year we got to see one of them eating his/her lunch not too far from us. Very cool! Hopefully we can take the baby up for a weekend this fall before we have to close the place up. I always loved going up there when I was a kid, and I know our kids will too.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Crazy SIL

So, I told you about the SIL who didn't talk to me at Easter, right? Well, we saw them again on Mother's Day, still didn't really talk at all. So, imagine my surprise when she texted me a couple of days ago, asking me to lunch. Why on earth would I want to go out with a girl who obviously isn't interested enough in me to speak to me? I don't! So, I ask her, first of all, if this was her idea, or her hubby's. (He and Dan had spoken since the long silence, and came to an agreement to make more of an effort, even though Dan HAS made the effort lately, and not him.) She says it's her idea, why? And, just so you know, she talks to me like I am an idiot or something, and I was just trying to hide my anger. But, I then asked a valid question. "I'm just curious. We don't really ever talk, so I'm wondering where this is coming from." So, she flew off the handle and said, "never mind. I was just trying to be nice." Well, I guess the fact that she went on the defensive answered my question. She's probably just trying to win points with either her hubby, or the in-laws by "making an effort." And I know damn well that if we did go out to lunch, the next time we were all together, she'd go back to pretending that I don't exist. NO THANKS!

Here's the best part, though. After her last comment, I just said, "pardon me for speaking the truth." To which she replied, "You want truth? Where should I start? Oh yeah, back to before you and Dan got married." WHAT?! I have no clue what she's talking about, but you have to understand that a lot of crap happened when Dan and I were dating. What it came down to was that nobody wanted to accept any girlfriend of Dan's, and nobody gave me a chance. It's really amazing that I hung in there, to tell you the truth. Dan's worth it, though : ). This girl has said many things to me that have hurt my feelings, or just made me feel like an idiot, and I am so bummed that I am related to her. I have never really stood up for myself, and now, when I do, I get this crap. I don't need the stress. And I'm not going to just perk up when she finally TEXTS me that we should go to lunch, like everything is hunky dorey. Pick up the phone, idiot! How do you get that mad at someone over a text message before you stop and say, "wait a minute, maybe we should TALK about this."


My response, by the way, was that "I don't know what the hell you're talking about, or why you're being like this, but you have issues." She wrote back, "you have issues." LOL! My last response- "good one!" At least I got a laugh out of it all.

Anyone want to be my pretend sister-in-law?