My TG DAY rant...


MAN!! Ok, since I'm a WAHM, I don't get out much. And even though my family lives within 15 min. away from me, they basically never come over. I also don't have any friends that live in the state. LOL That means Lauren pretty much only sees me or D- mostly me.

Therefore, imagine she's taken to my aunt's house, and surrounded by a zillion people she's only seen a couple of times before, but back when she was an infant. She doesn't know them, recognize them, etc.. and they are NOT her mommy!! UGH.. It seemed like she cried most of the time she was there. My grandma took her for a few minutes, then an uncle. Well, she didn't care for him much, so she reached out for my grandma. Then she sees me and starts really wailing. She was ok on my mom's lap for about 15 minutes (hee hee she puked on her! LOL ), played on the floor off and on with her toys, and even had fun playing peek-a-boo with one of my aunts. However, in one of her few "quiet" moments, she got trampled by my 4 yr. old cousin who is Autistic- he pretty much didn't see her.. just her toys (lemme tell ya- D was THIS close to going off on his parents about it, too).

At one point, I figured Lauren needed a nap. It had been 3 hours or so before the last one, and she was definately cranky. However, every damn time I told someone that I was going to calm her down (a.k.a. nurse her to sleep), they either wanted to stick around to watch, or said "Oh, she's ok. Let me have her!" My mom took her away from me twice, all because she wanted me to go play some stupid UpWords game.

I think I have Lauren just about nursed to sleep on my aunt's bed, when she decides she doesn't want to be there (the problem was that she was over exhausted, and being forced to sleep in a wierd place. Let's not forget that she's just cut a tooth- quite literally, as she chewed on something, the tooth cut all the way thru the gums, and she started bleeding). I went to put her down on her tummy, then she gets up and starts screaming bloody murder! Next thing you know, my aunt tells me she's going to come over twice a week to help out! I kept saying "she's just over tired. No big deal. This isn't typical". Then she says "it's ok to ask for help". All because my kid is tired!!! GRRRRRR.

She asked me if I had a car... I said we had one- D uses it to drive to work. I never need it, cuz I work at home (which she seemed to forget). Then suddenly she gets the impression that I'm stuck home alone all day, and that D is a control freak who never lets me out of the house! (She starts telling me how sexy it is for men to let their women "relax", or for them to do the dishes. D does the dishes way more than I do, and Sheesh- this chick is SOOOOOOO mean to her husband- she tells him what to do all the damn time! But to say she's coming to clean my house for me!! And go thru my fridge to make sure I have food to eat!! Since I'm "house bound and D never lets me out"!!!!! UGH!!!

Right now I'm eating my dessert from last night. My aunt told us to be at her house by 2:30 yesterday afternoon. We wanted to leave by 8pm. Guess what time we ate dinner? EIGHT O'CLOCK!!! 9:30 rolls around, and dessert is just starting to come out. Lauren's screaming and tired, so DH just takes her out to the car while I take some pie to go. I never did get to eat a full plate of dinner last night, either. Good thing I already made a turkey on Tuesday. And I'm going to another aunt's house tonight for some more.

Sigh...

I'm also a bit disappointed in 2 other relatives. I haven't seen one of my cousins since he took me to see his dad's body at the mortuary (a year ago). He's never seen the baby, and I'd like to get together with him before I move. He lives in Riverside, going to college there. His mom told me a week or so ago that he planned to call me this morning before he headed back to school- he's got a class this afternoon at 3pm. It's 10:30 here, and not a word. And another aunt (one who I've been trying to contact FOREVER) told me on the phone a couple weeks ago, that she didn't know if she'd come down from Sacramento or not for the holiday. If she did, she would call me. Well, she's been in town since yesterday morning, and not a word. I'm wondering if my dad has anything to do with it. I'm beginning to think he's telling people this crap that D is controlling and is very much into "manly and womanly roles"- some shit my aunt told me last night.. that D is putting me in my place or some crap. LOL Where they get this, I have no idea. We dont' see people enough for them to get that impression. And it's not even true. And people wonder why the hell I want to move from here???