Sorry gang - if you had your popcorn at the ready and was all snuggled in for a nice in-law chat I'm afraid you're going to be a bit disappointed. No major bomb shells, no major upsets it was all sunshine and roses. Well mostly.
Of course I slept in - of course I had to wake Bubba to get him off the West Coast Time clock, of course my entire morning was behind... let's document the day shall we?
Aunt Ing up and moving, the usual puppy morning routine, showered dressed and waking Bubba.
Iced the cake baked the previous night, got her hor'de-vours together, get some more prep work done... ran the newly repaired vacuum cleaner.
Bubba up, moving, and CRANKY, first he asked if I had indeed ran the vacuum, then he came up from the family room to inform me that I had to throw away HALF the books I own. As I stood in the kitchen hands wet, busy and occupied, I carefully put down the knife I reminded myself that his Mama was on her way and Cranky Bubba has come out to play. What sparked this? I had 3 books sitting behind where I sit on the couch and I had "books laying everywhere and I've destroyed the office" You will note the complete lack of logic, rational thought or consideration to what was being said... knowing this... my pithy comment? "Do you really want to fight about this now?"
He really had no come back because well, all that dribble written above, about his mama coming - kicked in and I said "of course you do." Met emotion of cranky and unhappy with logic and defined things that had happened and he stomped off to do - whatever non-helpful thing he felt was vitally important to do at that moment. Please note the words "Non-helpful" which is also equal to go off and hide to pout or rant - I have no idea what he does when he disappears and frankly yesterday morning I wasn't all that concerned. As long as he wasn't in the kitchen bitchin' at me.
Of course they arrived on time, and well, we had a good chat with the mom-in-law (whom I will now call J.) everyone at home is well... bla bla bla dinner went off without much of a hitch.
Two things from the day that stood out... three actually ....
First the discussion of how much time my non-prego-actually-with-a-future niece is spending with the new baby and the like; she needs to be going away to school. I'm going to have step into it and write her a letter. Oh yeah that will piss off her mama but hey - it needs to be said - get out go away to school get that 4 year degree the money will be there - DO NOT stay home and she really doesn't need to be up there... No I didn't say a word about that to mum-in-law, I asked if she was talking still about going away to school. J didn't know.
Second I found it interesting that J kept talking about niece Ay and how she's cooking (or calling J for advice) to figure out how to do this, and how good Mr. Guy is to baby Joe and how happy is niece Ay and baby J. Of course all we heard was great things about the previous guy who now we hear is a bit idiot who won't sign the divorce papers. Apparently he's mad at niece Ay for taking baby Joe to PA. So that is all screwed up, and J said something about needing a judge and bla bla bla... read (big complicated, expensive mess)
Third is darling Bubba, he and his father spent a great deal of time outside talking, J and I were inside talking as I kept working. And he didn't say much for the rest of the day... never a good sign. Of course it could be work too... but my gut tells me there was not good news forthcoming from dear old Dad and he ain't sharing... probably because he KNOWS I would share with others too... but if he does tell me not talk about it I generally do... unless it's really stupid - but usually I don't. How long do you think it will take me to get it out of him (get your minds out of the gutter...) we'll see.
So let's sum up - good visit, very mellow, Bubba is a butthead and they left early. Great day in my book.
And lastly.... big brother corporate IT has given me back my Pittsburgh Sports Radio - apparently the bucket of chicken, the rum and the prayers worked. (see the movie Major League for that reference.)
Thank you gods of Big Brother Corporate IT.... my life is zennnn
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