School Starts !
Sep. 1st, 2005 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zestfiveA went off to his first day of 8th grade. I charged the batteries for the digital camera as I didn't have film in the regular camera. He was very excited to wear his shirt that read "I'm so excited to be here". This was the first year my mother didn't make sure she came over to take his picture too. I wonder if she'll realize that.
Speaking of my mother....last weekend, my sister, A, myself and my mother went to visit my older sister in Iowa. My mother decided that she'd rather drive down on Saturday morning instead of leaving Friday night after work like the rest of us. Driving down wasn't too bad, my sister was fine...except she did get pretty snippy when we were there. My point is that there was an agreement about my mother meeting us up at this coffee shop in the morning. Apparently there was some sort of miscommunication (It didn't help that the coffee shop changed locations-and they didn't put up a sign indicating such) my mother didn't see us and waited at the house for 3 hours which probably wasn't very good on our part(I was on vacation and I wasn't going to worry about it). When we got back, my mother left a nastygram saying she felt that we were trying to "kick her out of the family"! She also decided to leave and go back home(4 hours to MN)! My older sister was pissed (rightfully so IMHO) I was also very happy that my sister was the one to respond so I didn't have to. She sent a couple of emails, a voicemail indicating such and I paged her just in case. My sister is/was worried that she was being manic. This behavior/communication coming from a social worker! Eventually we calmed down enough to go and enjoy the rest of the day. After coming home again, my mother eventually calls(she apparently drove 60 miles and decided to come back) my sister and mom talk...I frankly don't care, I'm a little surprised at her behavior but am not comfortable to have any expectations or closure on her behavior which I find a bit weird. It really isn't brought up again after that. I can tell that my younger sister is still upset about it but doesn't talk about it directly, she just makes snide remarks to my mom. We all attended my sister's house dedication, a donor fronted all the money for materials to build a house in her honor, very impressive. We also talked about how we might help take care of her while we expect she will be the kidney donor for my Dad.
I'm now working 3 different jobs. This will go on indefinately...The range of my driving his 85 miles. Luckily, I live in the middle but I'm tired of this but I can't focus on it too much because I'll just get cranky about it. Again, I'm all out of sorts with regards to the job front but I did have a guy that I work with offer to help me present myself better. I trust his judgement as he's participated in many a hiring committee.
This weekend, A goes to his Dad's, I've got to work a few hours on Saturday but otherwise my schedule is completely open. I think I'll clean my house...even though I don't want to(cleaning is never fun!) but I know having a cleaner house will help me feel better. My focus will be my office, bedroom and the basement. If I'm lucky I might even clean my car...including carwash. Or, if I'm lucky, I'll find a distraction and get none of it done. I don't really feel like I want to drive anywhere because of the frickin expensive gas.
I probably really should go to work now... I don't want to, I want to lie in bed and read. I want to have my house be completely clean without me doing any of the work. I want some sense of peace. I want to ride my bike in a cool morning. I don't want to be around people as they often disappoint me.
What do you want?
Speaking of my mother....last weekend, my sister, A, myself and my mother went to visit my older sister in Iowa. My mother decided that she'd rather drive down on Saturday morning instead of leaving Friday night after work like the rest of us. Driving down wasn't too bad, my sister was fine...except she did get pretty snippy when we were there. My point is that there was an agreement about my mother meeting us up at this coffee shop in the morning. Apparently there was some sort of miscommunication (It didn't help that the coffee shop changed locations-and they didn't put up a sign indicating such) my mother didn't see us and waited at the house for 3 hours which probably wasn't very good on our part(I was on vacation and I wasn't going to worry about it). When we got back, my mother left a nastygram saying she felt that we were trying to "kick her out of the family"! She also decided to leave and go back home(4 hours to MN)! My older sister was pissed (rightfully so IMHO) I was also very happy that my sister was the one to respond so I didn't have to. She sent a couple of emails, a voicemail indicating such and I paged her just in case. My sister is/was worried that she was being manic. This behavior/communication coming from a social worker! Eventually we calmed down enough to go and enjoy the rest of the day. After coming home again, my mother eventually calls(she apparently drove 60 miles and decided to come back) my sister and mom talk...I frankly don't care, I'm a little surprised at her behavior but am not comfortable to have any expectations or closure on her behavior which I find a bit weird. It really isn't brought up again after that. I can tell that my younger sister is still upset about it but doesn't talk about it directly, she just makes snide remarks to my mom. We all attended my sister's house dedication, a donor fronted all the money for materials to build a house in her honor, very impressive. We also talked about how we might help take care of her while we expect she will be the kidney donor for my Dad.
I'm now working 3 different jobs. This will go on indefinately...The range of my driving his 85 miles. Luckily, I live in the middle but I'm tired of this but I can't focus on it too much because I'll just get cranky about it. Again, I'm all out of sorts with regards to the job front but I did have a guy that I work with offer to help me present myself better. I trust his judgement as he's participated in many a hiring committee.
This weekend, A goes to his Dad's, I've got to work a few hours on Saturday but otherwise my schedule is completely open. I think I'll clean my house...even though I don't want to(cleaning is never fun!) but I know having a cleaner house will help me feel better. My focus will be my office, bedroom and the basement. If I'm lucky I might even clean my car...including carwash. Or, if I'm lucky, I'll find a distraction and get none of it done. I don't really feel like I want to drive anywhere because of the frickin expensive gas.
I probably really should go to work now... I don't want to, I want to lie in bed and read. I want to have my house be completely clean without me doing any of the work. I want some sense of peace. I want to ride my bike in a cool morning. I don't want to be around people as they often disappoint me.
What do you want?
