SHUT UP SHUP UP SHUT UP (or, this is the time when I'd normally start drinking...)
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: OHIO
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SHUT UP SHUP UP SHUT UP (or, this is the time when I'd normally start drinking...)
I'm not and I won't, don't worry.
My parents are here -- they have been here since Saturday -- and I love them. They are great. My mom cleaned my whole house, my dad is working on my car. They clean up after themselves, they adore my daughter, etc.
But.
I need alone time. I need quiet time. I am so tired of small talk -- what the temperature in the house is, what the gas price here is compared to back home, etc. We just got back from the grocery store (a madhouse on Christmas Eve, of course) and I managed to lose them twice. And since my dad insists on pushing the cart, I had to stop shopping and track them down so I could put my groceries in the cart. ARG! It's insanely petty to even let this bother me but OMG. It does.
This is the point in their visits that I typically crack open that first beer (and end up obliterated by the end of the night, of course.) I get to the point when I just need quiet and I don't have a good enough excuse to get them to leave me alone so I drink to tune it all out. But I'm not going to do it today. I don't even have alcohol in the house, so I can't do it today. I can make it 24 hours. I might go a little crazy but I'll stay sober.
*dramatic sigh*
My parents are here -- they have been here since Saturday -- and I love them. They are great. My mom cleaned my whole house, my dad is working on my car. They clean up after themselves, they adore my daughter, etc.
But.
I need alone time. I need quiet time. I am so tired of small talk -- what the temperature in the house is, what the gas price here is compared to back home, etc. We just got back from the grocery store (a madhouse on Christmas Eve, of course) and I managed to lose them twice. And since my dad insists on pushing the cart, I had to stop shopping and track them down so I could put my groceries in the cart. ARG! It's insanely petty to even let this bother me but OMG. It does.
This is the point in their visits that I typically crack open that first beer (and end up obliterated by the end of the night, of course.) I get to the point when I just need quiet and I don't have a good enough excuse to get them to leave me alone so I drink to tune it all out. But I'm not going to do it today. I don't even have alcohol in the house, so I can't do it today. I can make it 24 hours. I might go a little crazy but I'll stay sober.
*dramatic sigh*
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Excuse yourself to your bedroom and just tell them you need a few momnets alone. I'm sure they'll understand. Take a deep breath. Come back out and enjoy the rest of the visit. They will be gone before long and you'll have memories to cherish and sobriety to boot.
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