Not enough time to really panic
Jul. 7th, 2009 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joflasherMy Aunt Vicki called Sunday night to ask if I was going to be around. She wanted to surprise my grandma by bringing her up here to visit me. Grandma used to travel A LOT. She'd just pick up and go. Take bus trips, cruises, whatever, all on a moment's notice. I used to tease her whenever I came home from college about needing to set up an appointment to see her, otherwise she'd be off and running. But Grandma is slowing down. She doesn't travel much and she got herself a little lap dog, which gives her an excuse to stay at home. But she's been saying for three years now that she wanted to visit me in Boston. Apparently the stars all aligned and the right people have the weekend off to watch the house and puppy sit, so Gram and Aunt Vick and Vicki's daughter Peanut* are coming up.
Which is great. I used to spend at least a week or two every summer traveling with them. We'd go to the ocean, to the Smokey Mountains, out to Phili or Pittsburgh. They are wonderful traveling companions and all of them are history buffs, so Boston will be right up their alley.
No, the panic part comes from the fact that Mom is coming too. My mother is ... my mother. You know how argumentative and stubborn I can be? The neat streak that goes a mile wide? I came by all of those honestly and it wasn't from my dad, let me tell you.
So yeah, now I need to scour the house spotless, clean the fridge, the whole nine yards. Because my mom is visiting. And I have two days to do it. Eeep.
*Peanut's real name is Audrey. She got the nickname from when she was a baby and vastly undersized for her age. She has food allergies and, back in the early 70s, if you were allergic to wheat, dairy and nuts, then you were just SOL. Basically she was raised on ginger ale and vitamin supplements for the first year or so.
Which is great. I used to spend at least a week or two every summer traveling with them. We'd go to the ocean, to the Smokey Mountains, out to Phili or Pittsburgh. They are wonderful traveling companions and all of them are history buffs, so Boston will be right up their alley.
No, the panic part comes from the fact that Mom is coming too. My mother is ... my mother. You know how argumentative and stubborn I can be? The neat streak that goes a mile wide? I came by all of those honestly and it wasn't from my dad, let me tell you.
So yeah, now I need to scour the house spotless, clean the fridge, the whole nine yards. Because my mom is visiting. And I have two days to do it. Eeep.
*Peanut's real name is Audrey. She got the nickname from when she was a baby and vastly undersized for her age. She has food allergies and, back in the early 70s, if you were allergic to wheat, dairy and nuts, then you were just SOL. Basically she was raised on ginger ale and vitamin supplements for the first year or so.
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