usmcsis's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- never ever, i mean it... Life's #1 Rule to Keeping Your Sanity:
even if she "technically" isn't your mother-in-law, don't do it. take it from me, i know. we've always gotten along in the past, but then, jeff and i were just coming over and staying for a few hours or maybe for the day. never for a friggin' MONTH! there is a list of chores on the fridge. two lists actually, one of weekly chores and one of daily chores. no big deal right? i have to initial each chore as i complete it. and, to top it all off, if i don't complete something, i get to have a "talk" with roger when he comes home on the weekend. it's cool here, it really is. but i just need to vent. we weren't asked to give up our house and move in here. we were told that we were moving in here and jeff's uncles were moving into our house. jeff's dad did soften things a bit by saying stuff like, mom really does need help around the house because there are things she can't do. well someone needs to tell her that she can't do them. she just had surgery a few weeks ago and she was supposed to be in bed for like 6 weeks. i can't get her out of my way for 6 minutes. anyway, she keeps lists on the fridge also of money that everyone owes her. her brothers, tara, and jeff and me. she itemizes all the lists so that there are no questions later on about why do i owe that 20 bucks. anyway, so i was cleaning the microwave the other day and just happened to look up on me and jeff's list and what do i see? $150 for march rent. what? no one mentioned anything to us about paying $150 a month for rent. yeah, i would expect to pay something. and i don't really feel that $150 is unreasonable. but that is not the point. the point is that it would have been nice if someone had sat down with us and discussed it. the whole family is so totally inconsiderate of everyone else. it's sad really, but jeff is most certainly the most normal and most sane one of the bunch. so enough of that, just heed my words girls. NEVER, and i do mean never, move in with your mother-in-law if you can at all help it. of course, i didn't have much choice and i can sit here and bitch or i can realize that if we weren't here we would be on the street. still, it's a huge pain in the you-know-what. so jeff decided recently that he wanted to cut his hair. all of it. off. well, we didn't shave it bald or anything. but when tara and i measured his pony-tail last night it was just over 11 inches long. so we scalped him and jeff and i decided to send it to locks of love. tara did a good job on the cut and then when we got home i got the clippers out and trimmed up the sides and back and it looks really good. he looks younger somehow. but it is going to take some getting used to. i'm getting 2 new tires on my car today. yay for me! and i'll have a spare tire for the first time in a year. and monday night, roger helped jeff and i change the brake pads and yesterday jeff changed the oil, flushed the engine, and washed and detailed the inside of the car. so now, when it gets repossed, it'll have 2 new tires, brand new brake pads, good oil, and be clean as a whistle on the inside. yay for the bank. gotta go, my chore list is calling. toodles. 11:10 am - 27 Mar 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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