Monday, February 7, 2005

Mother-in-law

Today is the day I have been dreading.  My mother-in-law's sister is in town (both widows) and they want to go to St. Pete to the Salvador Dali Museum.  She called and asked me to drive them.  I love her, I do, I really do, but.....where to begin.....she sort-of drives me bonkers!!!  She is a talker, wait, that is quite an understatement; she never shuts up!  She repeats the same stories of my husbands' family over and over and each time she adds a little more. (my husband says that the stories have been altered so much that they don't resemble the truth anymore!)  Every one of her 15 grandchildren take after someone from her side of the family, and we have to hear about each one. I get no credit for my blond-haired, green-eyed daughter who looks just like me and acts like my grandmother. No, my m-i-l says that she is exactly like her great-aunt on her mother's side.  It's insane.   Her sister is great.  She is really sarcastic and she's a millionaire which pretty much  means she doesn't care who she ticks-off.  If she likes you, (she does like me), then you are in-like-flynn, but if she doesn't.....then you don't exist.   She doesn't like a couple of my sister-in-laws, (she doesn't even remember their names!) which is why I am driving them.  She drinks Jack Daniel's and water all day long and never even gets tipsy.  For me coming from a strict Baptist background her excentricities are hilarious.  Anyway, I must start getting ready.  Pray for me y'all!!

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