Week's Wrap-up

It's been a long week. It's going to be interesting to start from scratch again tomorrow, so to speak. I've had a week of vacation without the "vacation" part. The flu, or whatever it was that had me down kept me down till Thursday. And, I'd have probably stayed down Thursday, too, except that daughter Lyn was coming into town. She had her wisdom teeth pulled on Friday, and she wanted her mommy to take care of her just like I had with the other two when they got it done. She arrived on Thursday night and we made ourselves go to bed at a decent time - but it was certainly nice to have my daughter for a change without having to fit everything around the grandbabies!

She did very well with the surgery. By the time she left yesterday, she hadn't started bruising or anything, but she mournfully looked in the mirror and said, "I look like Maria Shriver." LOL! Saturday afternoon we went out for a few hours and goofed around a little. We looked at three potential places for them to buy; with luck they'll be moving back here by the end of October. I can't wait to have them back. The babies are growing up much too fast! And Grandma hasn't gotten to see them often enough since they've been out of state!

Friday afternoon was a bit of a bummer, though. While Lyn was sleeping off the drugs, I spent a little time online, catching up on email. I messaged one of my best friends to let her know that Lyn was doing well, and suddenly found myself on the receiving end of criticism from her...about MY son.

See, my son Kirk (Lyn's twin, btw), moved back home on Friday, too...from the opposite direction. He was living in Lincoln, NE. And, he's moved back partly because it's time, and partly because he's fallen for a girl here...and she's part of a group of people I run around with. So, my friend asks me if I'm going to go to a regularly scheduled monthly craft circle on Sunday or if I'm moving boxes. Well, I hadn't heard anything about moving boxes, so I questioned her about it, thinking she'd typo'd and perhaps had meant 'making boxes'...some sort of project for craft circle. Turned out she'd been asked by Kirk's girl to come help her move things to the new apartment, and assumed there'd be a group of us, including Mom, to help. When I didn't know anything about it, she jumped down my throat and told me that I needed to develop better communication skills with my son! Excuse me???? I have one of the best relationships one could possibly have with an adult male child. And, I certainly didn't need her "advice"!

Now...the side note to this is that while she asked me about moving boxes on Sunday (today), the same day as craft circle, the reality of it all was that she was supposed to help move boxes YESTERDAY - which she did. So, she created the ruckus and blew up at me...and it wasn't even the right fucking day! I am extremely angry, because though I tried to talk to her about it and get things smoothed over the day it happened, she refused to talk to me about it. And, because that is her right, I simply said, "Fine, remember I love you." and I signed off. I haven't spoken to her since. I hope she's painfully aware that she's fucked up with me big time. She's been online on the chats - and I can almost feel her waiting for me to contact her. Ain't going to happen. I like to think I'm one of the most easy-going people around. And, I like to get things out in the open if there's a problem, although that's not always been the case in my life, it is now. Her refusal to communicate over the issue is nothing but a control issue for her. And, I'm not playing that game. We'll see how it plays out over the next few days. I have a meeting on Thursday night that we will probably both be at, so I'm certain the week won't be dull! LOL

Upcoming week:
Monday - work, potentially teach Monday nite
Tuesday - work
Wednesday - work, potentially teach Wed. nite, Lyn and Jared and kids here to house hunt
Thursday - work, kids here, but leaving late in day, IPAN meeting in evening
Friday - day off
Sat/Sun - work both days

So, it's busy, but not dreadfully so at this point. I"m sure other stuff will crop up.