Cranky Cathy
I'm cranky. Blah. I'm probably going to vent, just a fair warning. Even though I usually vent at least once in every post :)
Today my mom, Lee's mom, Lee's mom's friend, Mary and I went to shop for dresses for my mom and Lee's mom to wear to the wedding. Before we left my house, a commercial for Jon & Kate Plus 8 came on tv and Lee's mom's friend (who was perfectly nice) felt the need to say how much she hated her. I thought, oh boy, she is not going to like me. Plus, I really don't say that I hate people unless they have done something to make me feel that, because hate is a really mean word I think. It just put me off, you know?
Yes, I knew that it wasn't going to be my favorite day, but I was looking forward to finding them both dresses so that no one would have to worry about that anymore. I was really happy that we found a dress for Lee's mom that everyone loved! She looked great in it and I was surprised at how easy it was. Pretty much the first dress we picked out. While I would love to go into the details of the morning, I will spare you. The long and short of it was that I felt the following emotions all in the course of about 45 minutes: tired, annoyed, determined, sad, frustrated, happy, and embarrassed. Nothing like spending a day with you mother and mother in law to make you feel the entire gamut of emotions in less time than it takes to watch Desperate Housewives. I also find it funny and annoying that people who have known me forever act surprised by the things I say/do. I know that I have my faults, but I will absolutely admit to them all, and I have never hidden them or pretended that I didn't have them. I don't need anyone to point them out and judge/criticize me for it. I have zero patience. Everyone that knows me knows that. It doesn't make me a bad person. I'm not mean to anyone unnecessarily and I was not mean to anyone today. If I need to be straight forward and to the point to get things done, then that's what I do. Because, for God's sake, if you like a dress, try it on, and if you like a pair of shoes, get them. We don't need stare at a dress for an hour to decide if we want to try it on and we don't need to dwell on the fact that the bottom of womens' dress shoes are slippery on the bottom for thirty minutes. Get them or don't I don't care, but we're not standing around forever, especially when I've told you that I can take care of the slipperiness. My job today was to be a facilitator and that's what I was.
Tonight I was supposed to make a roasted chicken. I have done this once or twice before, it wasn't particularly difficult. Tonight was a different story. I took the chicken out of the freezer on Thursday to thaw, and this morning it still felt a little frozen so I left it out for a little while. Well, after I pulled it out of the oven and let it rest, I pulled the string that was holding the legs together and all of this blood poured out! I have never had that happen before and it was gross. Well it must have still been frozen when I put it in the oven, because it was not cooked all the way through. Boo. I just threw it out because I had already started to carve it and I didn't know if it would still be good if I just put it back in the oven. :(
It's just been a bad week and I hope that next week is much better. I would like a vacation for a couple of days.
Today my mom, Lee's mom, Lee's mom's friend, Mary and I went to shop for dresses for my mom and Lee's mom to wear to the wedding. Before we left my house, a commercial for Jon & Kate Plus 8 came on tv and Lee's mom's friend (who was perfectly nice) felt the need to say how much she hated her. I thought, oh boy, she is not going to like me. Plus, I really don't say that I hate people unless they have done something to make me feel that, because hate is a really mean word I think. It just put me off, you know?
Yes, I knew that it wasn't going to be my favorite day, but I was looking forward to finding them both dresses so that no one would have to worry about that anymore. I was really happy that we found a dress for Lee's mom that everyone loved! She looked great in it and I was surprised at how easy it was. Pretty much the first dress we picked out. While I would love to go into the details of the morning, I will spare you. The long and short of it was that I felt the following emotions all in the course of about 45 minutes: tired, annoyed, determined, sad, frustrated, happy, and embarrassed. Nothing like spending a day with you mother and mother in law to make you feel the entire gamut of emotions in less time than it takes to watch Desperate Housewives. I also find it funny and annoying that people who have known me forever act surprised by the things I say/do. I know that I have my faults, but I will absolutely admit to them all, and I have never hidden them or pretended that I didn't have them. I don't need anyone to point them out and judge/criticize me for it. I have zero patience. Everyone that knows me knows that. It doesn't make me a bad person. I'm not mean to anyone unnecessarily and I was not mean to anyone today. If I need to be straight forward and to the point to get things done, then that's what I do. Because, for God's sake, if you like a dress, try it on, and if you like a pair of shoes, get them. We don't need stare at a dress for an hour to decide if we want to try it on and we don't need to dwell on the fact that the bottom of womens' dress shoes are slippery on the bottom for thirty minutes. Get them or don't I don't care, but we're not standing around forever, especially when I've told you that I can take care of the slipperiness. My job today was to be a facilitator and that's what I was.
Tonight I was supposed to make a roasted chicken. I have done this once or twice before, it wasn't particularly difficult. Tonight was a different story. I took the chicken out of the freezer on Thursday to thaw, and this morning it still felt a little frozen so I left it out for a little while. Well, after I pulled it out of the oven and let it rest, I pulled the string that was holding the legs together and all of this blood poured out! I have never had that happen before and it was gross. Well it must have still been frozen when I put it in the oven, because it was not cooked all the way through. Boo. I just threw it out because I had already started to carve it and I didn't know if it would still be good if I just put it back in the oven. :(
It's just been a bad week and I hope that next week is much better. I would like a vacation for a couple of days.
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