Hi All,
Well, I've experienced a series of crazed days. My stepson came last Thursday to visit and his girlfriend came on Friday to join him. He stayed Thursday thru Sunday and she stayed thru Saturday night. Needless to say, I had my hands full. I had only met the girl once before for about 40 minutes total, but the ex-wife, was quite kind enough to tell her enough nasty stuff to give her a real earful. She apparently was a real "silver spoon" baby which completely drove both my husband and I crazy all weekend. She never once bothered to offer to help with anything and constantly spoke in babytalk. It was unnerving to not be able to say anything at all. My stepson is growing up in some ways, yet in others, he has a long way to go. I think that in this case, he has a case of the raging hormones, or let's just say, he can't keep his zipper shut. There really isn't anything special to write home about this girl but it was the only real relationship he had from high school that he has hung on to and both my husband and I think that it would be best if he just let it go and moved on. He is wasting good opportunities having himself tied to this girl and neither of us, think for a minute that she is pining away for him at her dorm for him at the art school in Savannah. But while my stepson was here this time, he was constantly asking how much some of our things cost, like how much our house was, how much our greyhound puppy cost, etc. And then, probably goes back and tells his Mom as well. But it has always been like that. We are pretty careful to sidestep these issues but honestly at his age, he shouldn't be asking them as they are really rude questions. Another thing that happened that really bothered me is that we had just purchased brand new living room furniture that I had custom ordered and they had taken off the pillows and were laying on them and playing with them on the floor. I was pretty well fit to be tied. I've only had the furniture for 2 months, it is the nicest stuff I've ever had, and I'll probably never get anything like it again. It was a struggle to get it, and I had just told them the story about all the trouble I had because the pattern and style had been discontiued so I couldn't believe that they would be so thoughtless to take the new cushions and lay on them. Mind you, these are young adults, 20 and 21 years of age! Not babies!
We took them out to eat twice for dinner, and I cooked every other meal in the house. My stepson's girlfriend never once even offered to help clean up. I guess she must have thought I was the maid. I must have forgotten to put my uniform on that day.
And then, my stepson, purposely doesn't bring any cash so that we had to pay for all expenses. Next time, I will be smart and take him right to the ATM. Then to add insult to injury, the medication that the Dr. prescribed for the spider bites, well as it turned out, I was allergic to it and had a reaction. I called the doctor's office and they were insistent that I finish the medicine and use cortisone for the allergy. The cortisone didn't work either. I had to go back when my regular doctor was in, and she said, you're allergic to it and they shouldn't have made you keep taking it. Also, I got bit by a tick on the back of the leg and had to get tested for lyme disease. I am on antibiotics for that and have more testing for the next several months. Saturday we went to a Mayfest and my husband parked the car next to a fire ant mount, and when we were loading up some purchases in the trunk, disturbed the mound. I had fire ants all over my shoes, legs, arms, etc. So, I got bit even more!
Both of my hands are swollen up from the allergic reactions and sunburn. It's painful and itchy. I don't know what's worse. And I can't sleep with it. I am pretty self-conscious about how my hands look and don't want anyone to see them.
Hope the rest of you have a great Mother's Day. I don't expect to celebrate as my stepkids don't recognize the day for me.
Enjoy yourself as I know you are all doing a job that is extremely difficult.
Regards,
Sweetie