yasuern
08-20-2009, 09:50 AM
So we leave tomorrow on our long awaited well deserved trip - its been overwhelming these past 18 months.
Okay so we are brining our 8y/o nephew his FIRST trip:thumbsup2 and he is soo excited:cool1:
So he was supposed to arrive at our house later this afternoon BUT yesterday his Mom decides I'm going to bring him today - I all but tell her no because we(DD and me) need to get the house ready for the pet sitter pack and numerous other little things that I don't want to wait to the last minute to do.
I strongly suggest to stick w/ the original plans as Ian will be very bored and we will have NO time to go to the arcade, ice cream etc - but seeing this is a losing battle he arrives yesterday afternoon in the midst pretrip hell.
Okay calm down :) - So 1st thing he wants to do is go in the pool - I tell him not now I need to get things done for the trip - and he blurts out "but Mommy said I could go in the pool when we got here" Okay when I explained to Mom that I was VERY busy I also told her to tell Ian that there would be a very good chance he would NOT be going in the pool today.
Okay so when they walked in I had a table FULL of little toys that WOULD have been packed and given to DNephew one each day(used to do this w/DD when she was younger - SAVED lots of money) So of course he sees them and begins to open some and demanding them NOW - so I say They are for your trip and MOM states whats the difference if he gets them now:headache:
Okay moving on - also on the table are 4 prs of new shorts 5 new tops and a bathing suit - and MOM ask "Whats this?" Oh I say just a few things I picked up for Ian for the trip when asked why I just told her DD has a few new tops so I wanted Ian to have some too.
Oh thats nice but I packed the clothes he's wearing and the new clothes disappeared into a Kohls bag and off MOM and BF went.
So decided to check Ian suitcase - 1st everything smelled bad 2nd only 3 matching outfits of which 2 have staining on them one old pr of flip flops and a pr of sneakers that are VERY worn that a few small holes have formed near the toes :sad2:
I don't understand WHY she would take the clothes if she KNEW what was packed:confused3
Better ? WHY DID I LET HER! Guess I kinda felt like I had insulted her by purchasing the clothes which REALLY was not my intent,
Well No matter we leave tomorrow and if I so please I will stop at the Bealls outlet near the Prime outlets(because its 15%off fridays for those 49 and younger) PLUS I am hoping to see already discounted prices and buy a couple of outfits!
Okay so if anyone made it this far thanks for letting me vent - I will attempt to do a daily blurb trip report and I KNOW there needs to be food porn or everyone will turn on me.
Sue:goodvibes
Okay so we are brining our 8y/o nephew his FIRST trip:thumbsup2 and he is soo excited:cool1:
So he was supposed to arrive at our house later this afternoon BUT yesterday his Mom decides I'm going to bring him today - I all but tell her no because we(DD and me) need to get the house ready for the pet sitter pack and numerous other little things that I don't want to wait to the last minute to do.
I strongly suggest to stick w/ the original plans as Ian will be very bored and we will have NO time to go to the arcade, ice cream etc - but seeing this is a losing battle he arrives yesterday afternoon in the midst pretrip hell.
Okay calm down :) - So 1st thing he wants to do is go in the pool - I tell him not now I need to get things done for the trip - and he blurts out "but Mommy said I could go in the pool when we got here" Okay when I explained to Mom that I was VERY busy I also told her to tell Ian that there would be a very good chance he would NOT be going in the pool today.
Okay so when they walked in I had a table FULL of little toys that WOULD have been packed and given to DNephew one each day(used to do this w/DD when she was younger - SAVED lots of money) So of course he sees them and begins to open some and demanding them NOW - so I say They are for your trip and MOM states whats the difference if he gets them now:headache:
Okay moving on - also on the table are 4 prs of new shorts 5 new tops and a bathing suit - and MOM ask "Whats this?" Oh I say just a few things I picked up for Ian for the trip when asked why I just told her DD has a few new tops so I wanted Ian to have some too.
Oh thats nice but I packed the clothes he's wearing and the new clothes disappeared into a Kohls bag and off MOM and BF went.
So decided to check Ian suitcase - 1st everything smelled bad 2nd only 3 matching outfits of which 2 have staining on them one old pr of flip flops and a pr of sneakers that are VERY worn that a few small holes have formed near the toes :sad2:
I don't understand WHY she would take the clothes if she KNEW what was packed:confused3
Better ? WHY DID I LET HER! Guess I kinda felt like I had insulted her by purchasing the clothes which REALLY was not my intent,
Well No matter we leave tomorrow and if I so please I will stop at the Bealls outlet near the Prime outlets(because its 15%off fridays for those 49 and younger) PLUS I am hoping to see already discounted prices and buy a couple of outfits!
Okay so if anyone made it this far thanks for letting me vent - I will attempt to do a daily blurb trip report and I KNOW there needs to be food porn or everyone will turn on me.
Sue:goodvibes