A Mom Attitude

[susandennis]

My Mom and I exchanged several emails this weekend about when I was arriving. She said she had it down on her calendar but I have seen her calendar and know that Tuesdays can look like Thursdays and November could be October or December ...

So I told her my arrival time just to make sure - 9:40 a.m. Saturday. She acted as if she was kind of annoyed since she said she knew when it was. So I dropped it.

Then last night I mentioned that Friday was going to be a busy day ending with the fight. This morning I get a note saying 'flight? where are you going on Friday? did I miss some information?' So I told her that I was leaving at 10:20 p.m. Friday to get to Charleston at 9:40 a.m. on Saturday. She allowed as how she was ever so surprised to hear I was taking the red eye. How in the fuck else could I get there at 10 a.m.?????? It's going to be a long long week.

And clearly I need to spend some quality time between now and then developing a new and improved attitude.

Comments

[edbook.livejournal.com]

it's been my experience a few times to arrive on the east coast in the morning with out it being a redeye flight... I had red eyes but the flight started the morning before... I hate trying to use air miles and have to fly all over to get somewhere.... when my wife flys to Utah to visit some of her children, she has to fly with a layover in Texas and gets to Utah a couple hours before she would if we had driven.... The last time I booked a flight for her, I asked if there was some other route (meaning shorter) to get there and was told that she could go via San Francisco or Los Angeles but would have a stopover in Chicago...

Have a good trip and hope you get to take a nap on the plane...
Peace

[susandennis]

Actually the red eye really suits me better. Mom should not be driving at all, but if I can keep her from driving at night at least I think I've maybe saved a few more lives. Plus, at night she gets lost.

I can sleep on the plane or when I get there or whenver. That part's no biggie. Life at the 'home' ain't exactly in the fast lane.