Send LOTS of booze!

[drloretta]

MIL was scheduled to come tomorrow to spend the weekend with us for DD's birthday.

Her one and only friend who can drive her to the train station doesn't drive in snow, and they're supposed to get some tomorrow. So MIL rescheduled her trip to come today. Yay, another day with her here  *-)

Her friend just called and said she forgot to pick up MIL due to the change in schedule. So MIL drove herself to the train station, in fog and slick roads. Now no one is sure if MIL will make her train, or if she'll have to get a later one.

I am going to spend an even longer period of time with this woman who will recount to me her flakey friend, the traffic conditions, and the race to the train ad nauseum.

I am SO glad I bought beer last weekend.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I'm so sorry. Godspeed, drloretta.

[bostonmichelle]

I think you may need to pick up some more booze on the way home from work tonight just to be safe.

[cgpm]

Oh geez. I got nuthin' else to say.

[caligirl22]

Good luck!

[drloretta]

Update: she made the train. And learned that she can drive her own damn self to the podunk train station.

DH figures he'll let her tell the story once or twice, then distract her with DD

[donthasslethehoff]

There's not enough booze in the world.

[zeewifeandmama]

Huge hugs! Glad she made the train but UGH for the rest!

[lizlemon19]

your post just made me realize-- my IL's are moving to CA. I hope that doesn't mean they will stay at our house!!!

[drloretta]

I am drinking for dinner as MIL talks about Chinese women who move to the US to give birth to kids with dual citizenship. And gives her opinion on the Tsarnaev trial. God help me.

[drloretta]

If she ever puts a dish in the sink instead of leaving it in front of her on the table, I will die of shock

[drloretta]

Mar 5, 2015 13:30:58 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Mar 5, 2015 11:12:20 GMT -5 drloretta said:

If she ever puts a dish in the sink instead of leaving it in front of her on the table, I will die of shock

Uh, isn't this something your parents teach you as a kid?

She did it for the first half of our marriage, but no more. So weird

[caligirl22]

My mil doesn't clear her plate either! So weird.

[dougthedogsmom]

Hopefully your daughter will keep her occupied and her stories will be limited. Posts like this make me so thankful my MIL is relatively normal and mild.

[drloretta]

OMG, her hometown had 8" of snow, so she literally kept herself up all night worried that her furnace vent might be blocked by snow. The landscaper called today and said it was clear, and she's been talking about it ever since. But just mentioned offhand that her middle sister has COPD (!) Followed by, "I don't think I have it."

2 more days, 2 more days