ya...kudos on the great job with handling the hotel issues!!
ya...i like Carol's idea to just let the control freak have control....and let her own family deal with her need for constant attention.
And perhaps the ship might have some of those old GIANT headphones you can just wrap around your head and at least then you can 'pretend' to not be able to hear her (even if you don't have music playing lol).
And besides remembering to do lots of deep breathing and meditation excersizes....i really like Live's warning/idea about not pushing the creature overboard when no one's looking LOL !!!
Seriously, next time you feel drawn to just sock her in the mouth...instead, just look downward, close your eyes for a second, and play out your own little fantasy by visualizing how AWSOME it would be to watch her go screaming through the air as some "had-enough-bystander" reaches over and simply pushes her off the boat. LOL
Let yourself smile to yourself about how absolutely wonderful it would feel to see her being MADE to stop talking and controlling and then have no way she can do anything about it. It would be only be half as much torture to her as what she is putting you all through....but the mental picture of her off in her own little plastic boat in the middle of the ocean with no one around for miles OR the picture of her hands tied behind her back and her mouth taped solidly shut......well.....those 2 images definetly make ME SMILE!!!!
Am i bad? lol
Sending you much well wishes and prayers that she totally loses any and all ability to ruin the trip for you or anyone else. This is YOUR trip just as much as it is hers!!!!
HUGS,
Jenna