Wow, who would have thought it- I found someone I loath more and respect less than George W. Bush. Even worse? The person's somewhat related to me. If anyone hasn't guessed yet, I am of course referring to my m-i-l. Here I am, happily going along in my little Ebay bliss cocoon, enjoying having the hubbby back from his trip and the munchkin behaving again, getting ready to have a baby, and here comes my [too many expletives to include] mother-in-law-shaped needle. Her latest? Since she works with my mom, the office wasn't going to let them both be off work when I have the baby, and my mom was going to get the time off. (I really could care less if the Drexel whore gets the time off- I wasn't too keen on her being at the hospital to begin with, and I don't want her watching my son while I'm in labor.) Drexie's solution? She complains that my mom's been missing so much work that it's making her job harder. (Background: mom's missed 6 days in as many months, 1/3 of them from getting sick from the m-i-l while training. She was out sick tuesday. It was bad, and I'll spare the details.) This from the woman who spends 95% of her time at work talking to various lovers and scheduling what are technically illegal haircuts. The result is that now if mom misses another day, she's fired. Including taking off when I have the baby.
I should have known something was up when the bitch talked to Tom this morning to find out when we'd have to go to the hospital, because it sounded like she was planning to take off, and she'd already said she couldn't. Not that it'll do her any good. Unless I hear something convincing (ie, slightly more reliable than god speaking directly to me) that she didn't really complain, she won't have to worry about watching my son or meeting my daughter. My mom and I may have our rocky patches, but... Well, the point should be clear enough.
PS- Nick, you're a brat and a jinx. Why'd you have to make that premonition crack?
Posted by Jenn at September 22, 2005 07:16 PMBecause I'm jinxing myself on Clackami.