8.16.2006

I Do Love Her, I Do.

I survived four days under one roof with my MIL, FIL and my mother.
More on that when I find sanity.

My friend sanity has left for vacation.
Only one week left and I don’t know that I’ll make it.

EVERY little thing she does is driving me to scream. I can’t believe I made it this long. It is amazing what the human brain is capable of.

Her cute/annoying tendencies are always exacerbated when her husband is around. I am under tremendous pressure with work and the fact that I had to take off three days to entertain does not alleviate work loads, nor stress.

The minute I walk in the door she’s telling me, in detail, what she washed. That’s great, do you want applause? Then she asks me to do some laundry while they are gone. Ummm did you not notice my absence the last, oh 12 hours? Its called work, too, ya know.

Then she proceeds to tell me that I have to pack my husband’s suit case for the vacation they are going on while I stay here and work.

She then proceeds to tell me what I will be eating the next three days. It is in one way out of love that they are concerned about my well-being while they are gone. Truth be told, she is more concerned that food will be wasted. These thoughts consume her; it’s quite sad in so many ways.

I throw trash away and she pulls it out (cat poop as a matter of fact) and tells me that I am throwing the trash wrong.

I seriously have visions of running far away and of gauging my eyes out. I had to literally bite my tongue in a meeting today because I was afraid that if I opened my mouth, I would start screaming and never stop. I am sick. Let’s hope this is temporary delirium.

10 Comments:

At 12:49 AM, Blogger J Lev said...

You know, reading through your posts, i keep thinking:

How to spoil a perfectly harmonious and civil relationship? Grossly overstay your welcome. :P

You've been pushed beyond human endurance. I hope you treat majorly yourself when the ordeal is over.

 
At 12:49 AM, Blogger J Lev said...

err... "majorly" goes before treat :P

 
At 12:58 AM, Blogger Baji said...

Thanks for listening!

 
At 12:15 PM, Blogger pixie said...

Well, hopefully it will go quickly. I think it was Ben Franklin that said guest are like fish and are only good for three days.

 
At 5:55 PM, Blogger Aisha said...

{{{{{{hug}}}}}}}

Hang in there sweetie. I am praying for you. I can feel the hurt and the exhaustion miles away from you. I pray things get better once its over. You are amazing to be so patient and kind despite it all.

If you feel that venting on a blog is too open for you, please feel free to email me and let it out. I feel your pain.

 
At 7:55 PM, Blogger Surviving said...

Perhaps their vacation is the time to rid the house of all the junk she has been collecting. Call me if you need to talk.

 
At 10:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hope you get your house in order while she's gone and then make an effort to block her attempts to re-garbage the place..no eating out...put a hold on your mail for the last week ha ha..hang in there..you are almost finished and have done a great job of keeping your cool!

 
At 12:23 PM, Blogger The DP said...

Good job. I feel your pain. I am tired of people who labor under the delusion--and seem quite convinced--that this "work" thing I speak of must involve a trip to the spa or a manicure or something, and at any rate, I am "just a secretary" so how busy can I be.

I SO feel your pain. I so especially feel your pain if you come home from work and people expect you to cook dinner for other people who have most definitely sat on their behind all day.

 
At 3:58 PM, Blogger Tara said...

You poor thing!! ((Hugs)) I know exactly how you feel. Been there done that and these are the reasons that I haven't been able to leave with my MIL here in Pak. I give you so much credit!!!

Take care of yourself!

 
At 4:00 PM, Blogger Tara said...

excuse me - I mean LIVE with my MIL - not LEAVE!! ha ha

 

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