My Trip Home
My trip home to MI was actually very good. Everyone got along (no real fights and in my family this is akin to a small miracle) and there was a lot of shopping. But there was one day...so my friend M had driven back to MI with his dog-they stopped while we were shopping at DSW and we (my Mom, sister and I) had a nice visit. He was headed up north, so I didn't think I'd see him again. And my fried D was in town for a family funeral and she was headed up north for week. I hadn't heard from her but knew it was difficult so I thought if I heard from her it would be good but otherwise we would just talk later.
Friday night M called and said he would be at my parents house in 90 minutes and could he spend the night? My Mom loves M (and D as well) so of course it was okay-she even made him his favorite dinner. He arrived at 11:30PM and we went to sleep around 1:00 or so. So when my phone rang at 9:00, I was confused. And it was D, telling me this was the only time she could see me and to come pick her up-and I "didn't have to be pretty", which was good because I was NOT. I didn't shower, I washed my face, put on some powder and eyeliner (and two pimples, thank you very much), did something to my hair, got dressed and went to get her. And apparently her week had been difficult. Her Mom had been difficult, there had been much eating of ice cream (not in a good way) and they were now going to spend another week togther in a big cottage on Lake Michigan (which is usually good but not in this case). It was lovely to see her, as it always is, but she was NOT happy. Her imitation of her Mom was pretty funny though (a cross between a rooster and the teacher on the Charlie Brown specials). So we went for a bit of shopping and then we went to my parents house to say hi (M had gotten up and gone roller-blading), then I took her home and visited a bit with her sister and the nieces and nephews. They left and I went home to see M eating all cereal, it was a good thing there were two boxes of it. We talked for awhile and then fell asleep on the patio furniture-and then he left. And my sister came over so we could get our nails done.We came back and I thought I could clean up then-but Mom had made dinner so we had to sit down and eat-so I spent the whole day dirty and gross, with my two pimples-it wasn't pretty.
However, I wouldn't change anything. It was busy and fun and it was great that I got to see both M and D-this was just a more extreme version of what they do to me on the phone, when one calls and then the other calls and then the other calls while I'm talking to the other one-it was like that, only in person.
Friday night M called and said he would be at my parents house in 90 minutes and could he spend the night? My Mom loves M (and D as well) so of course it was okay-she even made him his favorite dinner. He arrived at 11:30PM and we went to sleep around 1:00 or so. So when my phone rang at 9:00, I was confused. And it was D, telling me this was the only time she could see me and to come pick her up-and I "didn't have to be pretty", which was good because I was NOT. I didn't shower, I washed my face, put on some powder and eyeliner (and two pimples, thank you very much), did something to my hair, got dressed and went to get her. And apparently her week had been difficult. Her Mom had been difficult, there had been much eating of ice cream (not in a good way) and they were now going to spend another week togther in a big cottage on Lake Michigan (which is usually good but not in this case). It was lovely to see her, as it always is, but she was NOT happy. Her imitation of her Mom was pretty funny though (a cross between a rooster and the teacher on the Charlie Brown specials). So we went for a bit of shopping and then we went to my parents house to say hi (M had gotten up and gone roller-blading), then I took her home and visited a bit with her sister and the nieces and nephews. They left and I went home to see M eating all cereal, it was a good thing there were two boxes of it. We talked for awhile and then fell asleep on the patio furniture-and then he left. And my sister came over so we could get our nails done.We came back and I thought I could clean up then-but Mom had made dinner so we had to sit down and eat-so I spent the whole day dirty and gross, with my two pimples-it wasn't pretty.
However, I wouldn't change anything. It was busy and fun and it was great that I got to see both M and D-this was just a more extreme version of what they do to me on the phone, when one calls and then the other calls and then the other calls while I'm talking to the other one-it was like that, only in person.
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