ingridwrites's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunshine days of summer We have high plans to go to the lake before soccer this evening. But, you know what? I need a down day. I'm so sick of people thinking I don't do anything when the reality is, I'm seldom home. When I laid in Mini's bed last night and we discussed what we'd do today, I said, "Its just going to be you & me, swimming." She cheered. I feel bad because her & I haven't had much 'us' time. In thinking about the past 3 weeks, there have been no days where we just lay around - not even the weekends! Just lazy days of summer when nothing gets done and we are content with that. I hate to say this, but I haven't even had the time to enjoy my new patio. Every day it is something. Yesterday it was my mother inlaw's latest day surgery and, let me tell you, I'm so over the doctor and doctor visits. I can't imagine how she must feel. On Monday it was flea bombing the house and grocery shopping. Tuesday was bill paying, house cleaning and soccer. Sunday was company. Saturday was waiting for company that never came (irritating!). Friday was a company day into the night and all the days before that were grandpa, dog and before that jury duty. - But please don't forget that I also do other things in my day, because everyone else seems not to remember and I feel like a giant harpy saying, "I DO TO DO THINGS!" Mister reminded me about my Aunt (fuck-off) who likes to tell me how to live/do things. She told me no less than 4 times how she keeps her house flea free. She vacuums. A lot. I had to tell her that I vacuum too! We had a large breed, hairy dog in the house and Mister is ALLERGIC, so I obviously vacuum. But apparently that didn't keep the fleas out of everything (cat sleeps with Mini, cat jumps on furniture, etc). Aunt F-O was adamant that vacuuming would solve everything. Or, how she wanted to help me in the kitchen the other day and started telling me in my own house how to put things away, do the dishes, etc. She is only 5 years older than me so there isn't a ton of life experience she has that I don't have. Mister laughed when I shared this with him and asked how I didn't remember that is why I originally stopped speaking with her, because she was always telling me what to do without knowing the first thing about what she was talking about (ie, she does not have children and would tell me how to parent). I honestly did not remember it until he started telling me stories of the past. I need to keep her at arms length, I guess. So, today is a lazy day and tomorrow is another. I officially LOVE summer (now)! 12:17 p.m. - 2009-07-02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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