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Post by usedtobeneat on Jul 24, 2010 17:14:48 GMT -5
Well, today is shot to h*ll. I can't be mad about it though. My husband said that it was just too hot and he was too tired to go over there and get started on the house today. I do understand somewhat because for the past few weeks he's been dealing with his mother and her health problems and at her house doing for her (where three of my kids, my sons gf and their baby are as well, but she wants him there too) and she is extremely demanding and doesn't understand anything you tell her. He's also had to deal with my son's gf who caused a huge rift in the family by lying and her paranoia because I criticised something she did (she's been a friend of my kids for years and I've always talked to her like one of my own kids but I suppose she's got the post partum hormones going and is even more paranoid and touchy than normal - plus she's bipolar and refuses treatment) and the argument with me about it, and working in the heat and worrying about financial things and has been busy doing for everyone and wants to just sit down in a cool, quiet place today, so I suppose I understand. He wants to go over early in the morning and get started on it and I'm all for that, as long as he actually does get up and do it. He has high blood pressure that he won't see a doctor about, and has stopped taking his meds for it and won't go back for a refill. He does need some down time. He gets along with my mother better than I do and they are sitting here watching tv and talking and having a good time. He's said several times that today is the nicest day he's had in he doesn't know how long, so I can't begrudge him this. Even at the lake house where his mother lives, where it's beautiful and clean and neat and she has a big house full of nice things, and a jet ski and a boat and a dock, he has to constantly get up and help her to the bathroom or listen to her complain about something, or explain something to her or hear her yell about the kids or the thermostat. The kids are having fun swimming and are old enough that he doesn't have to be down there with them (you can see the dock from the livingroom and the water near the dock is only about 5 - 6 feet deep and they can swim like fishes, and only go there in pairs or groups, but he's still got to keep an eye on them. My son and his gf give him the baby to watch while they go to the water, and he enjoys that but he doesn't have a minutes rest. He has to wake up several times during the night because his mom gets up to go to the bathroom and sometimes she doesn't wake him up and falls, so he hasn't gotten much rest at all. I hope that he has a good day here and a good nights rest and we can get busy with the house tomorrow. He does deserve a rest. It is funny that he gets along so good with his mother in law. She likes him better than she likes me  They watch ESPN, they watch the same movies and tv shows and have a good time talking. It's a shame that he can't have as nice a time at his own mothers house. Anyway, just wanted to update everybody. I feel so l*zy and useless right now though because there is so much to be done over there and I need his help to get started and move some stuff for me. One more day won't hurt anything though, and this gives me a quiet day to sit on the computer guilt free, because everything at my Mom's house is done until dinner time, when I'm making chili dogs. Mary |
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