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30-9-2008 - I\'ve HAD IT

My mood while writing this blog: P*SSED

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Oh. My. God.

I've had it with my mother in law. I tried writing this blog yesterday, except they decided to show up with 8 (I timed it) minutes' notice yesterday, and not only did I spend the day being caterer again, but I ended up doing their washing, too.

The baggage between her and Jay is so palpable that the whole house is tense all the time, and Slevin is picking up on it. For the last 2 days he's been so insecure that he won't leave my side, must be carried as much as possible, and refuses to sleep in his bed by himself anymore... will only sleep on me. Needless to say, I'm now sleep deprived again... Sleeping in a rocker with a baby makes things very difficult. Then on top of it they stay ALL DAY, and leave at 10:30 at night??? When are we supposed to get US time? It's been so rough that it's even caused friction between Jay and I and we ended up having a blow out on the balcony the other night... the only good thing about it is they left at 7pm for a change because things got awkward.

So I thought we had a moment to ourselves for two days now when we gave them the car last night and a mapbook and it was decided they'd go up North today and see Newgrange and the Giant's Causeway, and would take a night out at a B&B and come back tomorrow... needless to say the house has been much calmer and Slevin is now in his 2nd hour of a nap in his own bed by himself... then we get the text message on Jay's phone 5 minutes ago. They're not in the North, they're in Avoca, which is an hour from here... in other words.. see you for dinner. ARGH....

That's excluding the bomb they dropped on us last night that they want this to happen once a year... for two weeks at a "mutually agreeable" destination in Europe. nevermind that maybe one of Slevin's other TWO sets of grandparents may want to see him, or that I only get 3 weeks of leave a year, or that we're saving to move at the moment. It's all so easy for them when they come out here and we pay their accommodation for 2 weeks, which is over EUR1000, and that they've not had to spend a cent since they got here because we end up paying everything, including the fuel in the car... I actually had to just go and sit in the nursery with Slevin and then go out onto the balcony, because it was going to get ugly.

I don't know why this woman, who was never a mother to her own son, suddenly thinks that because her grandson is here we're going to become this tight knit, close family unit... she can bite me. But we're both sitting here with our jaws on the floor because they said they would be north and wouldn't see us until tomorrow... our one special day together is ruined. I told Jay to text her back and say "Enjoy Avoca... send us a postcard and see you tomorrow"... Silly b*tch.... my one friend even said to me that he's never known anyone to get under my skin like this woman, I'm usually so laid back and like everyone... and he's right.

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2 Comments on I\'ve HAD IT


brown-eyes - Friday, 3 Oct
hunny seems like u r doing good lol! sorry to hear that!my advice visit them n do them thing to them!

mommyxs3 - Tuesday, 30 Sep
I don't understand my husbands family either sometimes. It's such a hard thing when you love him so much and look at him like..."how did you come out so normal?" LOL. His mom watches our baby right now while I work. She lives in our basement apartment and insists that she needs a grandparent crib, changing table, and accessory bag for her apartment. I mean really, the childs things are right up stairs!! It's rather frustrating but we won't be spending the money on these things. If she wants them..she can buy them. I'm sorry you're having such a terrible time and poor Slevin. These things are so hard on babies. He'll probably sleep for a week when they leave. I hope things start to look up for you. :)