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garsyt -> RE: November PPS Chat (11/30/2008 9:01:04 PM)
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Hey all back after a CRAZY weekend!
Please tell me why I put myself through this torture 3 or 4 times a year and remind me of that the next time I say we are going to visit inlaws in the Southern part of the state? Please forgive me if this gets long. And don't read if you have a weak stomach or don't want to hear about folks losing their Thanksgiving feast, thanks to the stomach flu. I've warned you! I also warn you not to read if . . . . . . Well all I can say is read at your own risk. You have been warned
We left Wednesday about 7 PM for a 5 hour trip! Stupid I know, but we wanted to get down there before Thanksgiving day dinner. We only had to turn around and go back home once this time. We almost forgot the pumpkin pie Aryn made. We get there and promptly crash til about 9 AM at my In-Laws. At this point I will also mention that my husband's grandmother lives with them. These 3 people are NOT meant to live together. It is a seriously TOXIC environment, full of tension and arguments and a old lady (grandma) that has some serious health issues and is stubborn and manipulative beyond compare and an old man that is as equally stubborn and hard headed and ALWAYS has to be right and has a tendency to pick fights. And then there's Brian's Mom. I tell her all the time that she is more then welcome to pack her bags and come live with me any day, to get away from it all.
We had Thanksgiving dinner that afternoon at Brian's Aunt and Uncles. All is well. Oh getting ready to leave Zoe climbs into the back seat of Grandpa's pickup and promptly steps on the foil covered, freshly baked pecan pie. Little size 11 shoe print in the middle of the pie. She was so scared that she was going to be in trouble! She cried and cried! We brought it with us anyway and called it Zoe's footprint pie! It was a big hit and Zoe didn't feel quite so bad after that. Great meal cooked mostly by Brian's aunt and uncle with contributions from everyone. After dinner and a movie and some good old fashioned hanging out, we get back to the house and the bickering starts, as usual about grandma's meds and what she should and should not be eating (she has heart disease, she's on dialysis three times a week for her kidneys, and is a diabetic and is on numerous special diets that don't always agree). Her dialysis is beginning to affect her mind as is her age (she's in her 80's). Zoe ends up getting scared and comes to me crying. She thinks her grandpa doesn't love her great grandma any more and that's really sad and scary to her. Poor thing! I finally convince grandpa to turn of the TV and get the kids to bed all over their beds in the living room couch and chairs. It's late again.
Friday - I don't sleep well at all and am up 7 am with major diarrhea. I then learn that Brian's mom found Ty on the floor of the bathroom at 6 AM sick. He had vomited and made a tremendous mess of things. She and Brian cleaned up as every time I looked at the mess I wanted to toss my own cookies into the pile. Ty ended up spending as much time as me in the bathroom that day, as I started with the aforementioned stuff and moved on to vomiting. It was NOT a good day. I spent more time sleeping and in the bathroom then anything else on Friday. Ty and I had a super bad case of what Zoe had last Tuesday. By the time the night was up we both had fevers too. Back to bed that night after spoon in some broth from the soup Brian's mom made. Great grandma and Brian's dad bickered some more. Grandma complained that no one ever came and got her for dinner when I KNOW Brian went in her room and told her it was ready and on the table and so did Ethan. She claimed that neither of them had even come to her room let alone told her anything about supper. She even went as far as to call Brian a liar. [>:] that he never said anything about supper at all.
Brian went over to his uncles again to look through some more photos and to watch a movie with his Aunt and Uncle and talk some about what's going on with Grandma, Grandpa in the nursing home and his parents. I had the boys and myself in bed and asleep before he and the girls got back. And the good thing is is that we all slept all night long!
Saturday came and went - pretty much the same bickering and the same results only this time Grandma had to go to dialysis and was gone most of the day. Brian and his Dad fixed her recliner while she was gone. She thanked Brian, but totally avoided talking to Brian's dad. It was sad really. Ethan even noticed. When she got back from dialysis she had presents for the kids that she wanted them to open so we allowed it. It was more for her then them anyway. I was REALLY glad that she let Brian's aunt and uncle do the shopping as the gifts were much more appropriate then if she did the shopping, especially for Aryn and Ty. Then Brian's dad went to his room and Grandma went to her's and we spent a quiet evening with Mom. I told her that she should do this more often - meaning that she should send them to their rooms more often, so she could have quiet evenings alone![:D] [sm=thumbsup.gif].
Then home today - I'm SO glad to be here! I'm so glad that the girls and Brian stayed healthy while we were there. We never did get over to see Brian's grandfather in the nursing home - well I think Brian went - but we also didn't want to go around spreading sick person germs all over a nursing home. Nasty stuff that stomach flu was!
Anyway weekend rant over ----- - ----- -
On to better stuff.
Kids back to school tomorrow. We might have a delay with the fog that has settled over the area. We also have a good amount of snow on the ground. Nothing major but it looks like it is sticking.
And the best news of the day - My parents are coming down before Christmas!!! They will be here from early on the 18th of December and leave likely around the 21st! They are going to bring us our new dog and they will be here for Aryn's Choir concert!
Hope everyone else had a joyous and blessed Thanksgiving!
Blessings,
Garsy
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