Almost There....
So, the cousin made it in - about 3 hours late - but he's here with us now and seems to be enjoying himself.
:)
Sunday went considerably better than I could have EVER expected. My parents are DEMANDING to pay for EVERYTHING. They really like the place we picked and, to my amazement, my mother didn't expect me to kiss her ass after she put the deposit down. We'll see if this trend continues, but for now I'm not going to complain - I'll just be happy that it's working out better than I'd anticipated. The strangest thing she said to me was that she REALLY wants to go dress shopping with me. I look back at last time around and she and I were fighting so much at that point that I went dress shopping with my best friend and bought it myself. Last time they demanded that my step-father walk me down the aisle - something I'm still opposed to. This time they are 110% o.k. with my request that my brother walk me. Come to think of it, the last time EVERYTHING was an argument with her and NOTHING was pleasant. I guess things have changed...I'm just suspicious as to why. I've been hurt and scared by these people too many times to not tread lightly and wonder when they are not acting the way I know they typically would.
Huh.
At any rate....
Today is supposed to be my last day working this week - and MAN is it shaping up to be a hell of a day ! ! ! !
I'm supposed to work from home today.
Not gonna happen.
I have class at 8 am and I then have to trudge to work to take care of some unfinished buisness from yesterday that HAS to get done today. Once all that's worked out I'll drive home and work from there.
Yesterday was CHAOS in the office and I have a VERY long list of "To Dos" for today to make it possible for me to relax and enjoy my next 5 days off....
The price of taking vacation time, I suppose.
Tomorrow we're supposed to go chop down a tree to bring home, set up and decorate. That should be fun !
And on Friday we're taking cousin to the City on a grand adventure.
I think it scares him a bit - the way things work up here as opposed to down South - but I guess we'll see how everything turns out and what decision he goes with.
For his sake, I really hope he does choose to move up here. He desperately needs to get the hell out of the "Small Town South" way of life seeing as how he wants more and he wants a career and he wants to be successful. This is a great opportunity for him and J and I would LOVE to be able to help him get set up and established. I know his biggest hang up is our Grandmother - he feels he'd be abandoning her as he's been her primary caregiver for YEARS and lives with her - and I completely understand where he's coming from. However, he has to give himself permission to do this for him...and understand that there is a whole family unit still down there that can take care of her.
I don't know.
I just really hope that whatever he chooses that he doesn't have regrets.
O.k.
Must run and get ready for the "exciting" world of SCHOOL ! ! !
whoo hoo.
(I am NOT enthused)
Let's get this day going and over with, shall we????
:)
Sunday went considerably better than I could have EVER expected. My parents are DEMANDING to pay for EVERYTHING. They really like the place we picked and, to my amazement, my mother didn't expect me to kiss her ass after she put the deposit down. We'll see if this trend continues, but for now I'm not going to complain - I'll just be happy that it's working out better than I'd anticipated. The strangest thing she said to me was that she REALLY wants to go dress shopping with me. I look back at last time around and she and I were fighting so much at that point that I went dress shopping with my best friend and bought it myself. Last time they demanded that my step-father walk me down the aisle - something I'm still opposed to. This time they are 110% o.k. with my request that my brother walk me. Come to think of it, the last time EVERYTHING was an argument with her and NOTHING was pleasant. I guess things have changed...I'm just suspicious as to why. I've been hurt and scared by these people too many times to not tread lightly and wonder when they are not acting the way I know they typically would.
Huh.
At any rate....
Today is supposed to be my last day working this week - and MAN is it shaping up to be a hell of a day ! ! ! !
I'm supposed to work from home today.
Not gonna happen.
I have class at 8 am and I then have to trudge to work to take care of some unfinished buisness from yesterday that HAS to get done today. Once all that's worked out I'll drive home and work from there.
Yesterday was CHAOS in the office and I have a VERY long list of "To Dos" for today to make it possible for me to relax and enjoy my next 5 days off....
The price of taking vacation time, I suppose.
Tomorrow we're supposed to go chop down a tree to bring home, set up and decorate. That should be fun !
And on Friday we're taking cousin to the City on a grand adventure.
I think it scares him a bit - the way things work up here as opposed to down South - but I guess we'll see how everything turns out and what decision he goes with.
For his sake, I really hope he does choose to move up here. He desperately needs to get the hell out of the "Small Town South" way of life seeing as how he wants more and he wants a career and he wants to be successful. This is a great opportunity for him and J and I would LOVE to be able to help him get set up and established. I know his biggest hang up is our Grandmother - he feels he'd be abandoning her as he's been her primary caregiver for YEARS and lives with her - and I completely understand where he's coming from. However, he has to give himself permission to do this for him...and understand that there is a whole family unit still down there that can take care of her.
I don't know.
I just really hope that whatever he chooses that he doesn't have regrets.
O.k.
Must run and get ready for the "exciting" world of SCHOOL ! ! !
whoo hoo.
(I am NOT enthused)
Let's get this day going and over with, shall we????
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