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Vent!
I know that we have talked about people's messy houses before on here. But I'm bringing it up again.
DH got a call from BIL that one of his regular customer's gave him suite tickets for the Thanksgiving Cowboys game. So it looks like we will be spending Thanksgiving in Dallas this year.
There really is only one problem. I really dislike staying at BIL and SIL's house. Their definitition of clean doesn't quite match up to mine. When I mean doesn't quite match up I mean last time we stayed there my niece was walking around with a cup of cheerios and they were everywhere on the floor. An hour later they were still there. (I'm not talking about a few cheerios there were a lot). DH finally said something to BIL that maybe we should clean them up before M woke up from her nap so she wouldn't eat them off the floor. Who knows how long they would have stayed there if DH didn't say something to BIL.
We will most likely stay at a hotel, but I dread staying at one with M since she never really sleeps well while we are in the room with her (girl needs her own space I guess). I know it would really upset them if we didn't go but I am seriously not looking forward to this Thanksgiving. I guess I just feel like my anxiety level is going to be up the whole time. I have been feeling bad knowing that I'm being selfish about it since it is family and a family holiday, but I was looking forward to just staying here in town and not really doing much in my clean house.
Re: Vent!
I haven't lived close enough to my immediate family to spend Thanksgiving with them for the past 8 years. I'm jealous.
You don't have to spend the whole weekend there. Just go for Thanksgiving and come back the next day. You make family happy by seeing them and you still get several days of relaxation at home with just your immediate family.
Cheerios on the floor? Meh
Bodily fluids/visible piles of bodily parts (like balls of hair)/big globs of gooey substances on the floor? Yuck!
I have friends that are like this--messy everything, sticky counters, hair in the bathroom, toothpaste in the sink...I understand where you're coming from. I would definitely get a hotel room in order to keep my sanity.
One time, my friend hosted a home party and her towel in the guest bathroom was covered in toothpaste stains and crusty spots. SO FREAKING GROSS. I had to get a new hand towel to put out from her cabinet and I threw the current one in her laundry PILE (it was huge) in the hallway.