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Monday Randoms...
I took SS to see Cowboys and Aliens last night, just the two of us. It was good. SS really enjoyed it.
Next week he's off to orientation for HS. Coopersville HS gives all its student a laptop to use over the course of the 4 years. I thought that was pretty cool
Re: Monday Randoms...
That is very cool. It is awesome to hear that everything is working out with him and school. I hope he enjoys his time there!!
Oh no!
What does she feel she is entitled to?
This is giving me bad flashbacks. I am sorry you have to even have a conversation about this with her.
I think stress levels reach an all time high in the last few weeks of pregnancy for the parents and grandparents. My MIL added so much stress and behaved awfully. It was beyond ridiculous.
Things really calmed down after Henry was born, though. I think the anticipation really wound her up. Of course, she was still annoying, but it was mostly just excited grandma trying hard to connect with her grandson. I can't be too upset about her loving my child!! Hopefully the same will happen for you guys.
I hope that you and your DH can find some peaceful time in this last few weeks (if even that much time!) Mike and I started saying to each other, "This too shall pass" in kind of a joking way when dealing with his mom. It always lightened our moods and helped us deal with her crazy.
Well she called MIL yesterday to basically say that she's going to be the FIRST one to see/hold the baby, and when she came over yesterday she's all talking about all these plans of us calling her to make sure she can be first. Now my MIL thinks she's crazy. And she's been saying that she'll give us a week of adjusting to baby and then she'll practically be banging down the door to spend time with her granddaughter. I don't know if she's joking or what. She's never been this overbearing, but every since she found I'm pg, she's gone crazy with the whole grandma thing. She has it in her head that she'll be over weekly to pretty much take the baby. Um....nope. Sorry lady, you had your kids, this one's ours. If we need help or need a babysitter we'll call, but don't go making all these crazy plans, especially in the first few weeks.
She always told me she never wants to be known as the crazy grandma/MIL, because I guess my grandma was that way with her when we were babies. Well I don't know if she sees it, but she's well on her way. It needs to stop ASAP before things get out of hand.
I saw Lincoln Lawyer this weekend and loved it!
Has anyone see the Conspirator? It's about the death of Lincoln, etc? If so, what do you think? I am not a real history buff but I have been told it's good?
For your sake, I hope this is just her way of showing you her interest and excitement, and that she doesn't actually ACT like this when baby comes.
Last night we returned from our up north vacation. We had such a great time. One of the highlights was getting out the map, and deciding to track down the cottage that my parents took us once a summer from when I was a baby until I was 6 or so. With only a state map and my memory, we found the place on Manistee Lake. We got out, and walked around it and took some photos. It was sweet to see my 5 year old daughter on the grounds that I played on at her age.
OUr first weekend away with James turned out to be a major fail.
As some of you know I have been dealing with some anxiety since James' birth, and this weekend did nothing to help with that.
-My Aunt was there and was sicker then a dog. Like downing nyquil sick. I was so panicked about James catching anything. Of course she kept saying it was probably just allergies, I've never heard anyone have such a nasty cough with just allergies. Either way, I didn't let James near her.
-Saturday morning, Scott gets a message from his boss. He needs to be in Cleveland Sunday night. So there goes half our weekend. (We originally planned to stay up there till Monday, now we had to leave early Sunday). Also Scott is there till Wed.
-Gracie had another collapsing episode. So its probably is not the heartworm preventative meds that caused this.
-Gracie got skunked. OMG. It was horrible. Made all of us get sick. And poor Gracie, she has no idea what happened to her. I swear I will be tasting skunk for the rest of my life.
Ok enough of my griping.
I'm so sorry to hear this! None of that sounds like fun at all. Especially Scott's crappy boss and another frightening Gracie episode. I really hope you can get to the bottom of things with Gracie soon.
Sorry if it's been asked before or you've addressed this already, but have you spoken with your doctor about the anxiety matter?
I will at my appt at the end of the month. I have dealt with anxiety since I was little, however my methods for coping don't seem to work as well now.
I understand. Hopefully he/she has some new options that will work better for you. That can't be fun at all.
Wop, I'm sorry to hear that your mom is still stressing you out. That sounds really frustrating.
Charity, I also enjoyed Lincoln Lawyer. I haven't seen The Conspirator but it sounds interesting. We went to see 30 Minutes or Less over the weekend. It was a good movie, and I really enjoyed seeing the GR landmarks. That was pretty cool.
GRSP, glad to hear you had a great weekend! I can't belive you were able to find your family's old cottage. That seems very impressive.
Mira, I'm sorry to hear that your weekend didn't go well. What a bummer that your aunt was sick and your H had to go back to work. And Gracie... poor puppy (and you!). So the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her? I hope your doctor is able to help you with your anxiety and you feel better soon.