So, I talked about how she made plans to go with her BFF to her old friend's house and how she screamed "NO!" when Christmas asked if I was going to go with.  And then when I said no, I wasn't going, she had a bit of a panic attack, freaking out and trying to guilt me, saying "Oh!  I thought we were going to go together and have some fun!"  She didn't want me to go with, she needed me to, as she has anxiety when she goes places with other people driving that she's not used to.  

So, then she wanted to bring my kids back to the lady's house so they could pick out some stuff.  Remember, I am paying for it all, which would be fine if it was my boys' idea.  But it's not.  She'll be running around picking shit out for them without their permission, and forcing me to keep telling her no.  

So she wanted to go on Friday (this was Tuesday).  I said "No, I can't leave my dog home alone, he will destroy the house".  My black lab has dementia and he rips apart doors all the time when he starts having doggy panic attacks.  So I said we'll go this weekend.  She called her friend and told her this and she said it was fine.  So today is Friday, and at 8am my son comes in and says "Can grandma and I take my brother (I am not using names here) over to that lady's house at 10?"  I said "Huh?  No.  We had plans for the weekend to go."  "Well, grandma keeps saying she has to call her."  I said "No she doesn't.  She already talked to her and they agreed on the weekend."  He was confused because my mother led him to believe that they had plans for today. 

Message one that I wasn't wanted on this trip. 

Then I go into the living room with my oldest son and we're chatting and my mother starts talking from the kitchen all about how I shouldn't go with because there will be nothing I will like and blah blah blah and she's making up shit and going on about it.  Hmmm...the lady doth protest too much, methinks.  Message two.  I wonder what's up her sleeve this time?  I wonder if she wants my son to take her places she's not allowed to go to?  Or maybe she wants the freedom to take what she wants from this lady's house without me saying no.  See, she cant take the items and put me in the position to HAVE to pay her later, because what I am going to do, return it?  Yeah.  She's not getting away with that.  I am going with and we're going to have a VERY low spending limit.  She's already spent $10 that I owe the woman.  Especially considering I am buying my son a bed tomorrow AND paying for a license plate sticker for our car (it's expired, oops!).  She won't be happy, but there is nothing I can do about that.  She LOVES to overspend on stuff, so I have to be there to stop her.  One time?  She took my husband to Home Depot and came home with a fucking chainsaw.  The old woman can't even stand up without holding onto something and she thought she could handle a chainsaw! LOL  What in the absolute potato head was she thinking?  She doesn't think.  Which is why I am her caretaker.  

Sigh.  

So much fun.  Yay.  Going where I am not wanted.  

And I won't pretend it doesn't bother me a little, to be rejected by her like this.  To know I am only a tool in her arsenal of bullshit.  But then again, so is everyone else.  

Ugh.  I'll let you know how it goes.  

Oh, also, I forgot to add, she asked before leaving with Christmas and her husband (they picked her up) if Christmas could have two dozen of my eggs.  Um, huh?  Yeah, I said no.  Dat bitch don't get shit from me.  She's two-faced AND those chickens are mine, and what comes out of them are also mine to give away, not hers.  She kept promising my eggs to her friends, as though she had any say so.  One time Christmas showed up with an 18-pack empty carton to fill up and my chickens weren't even laying yet.  I really hate that, but it makes me giggle to keep saying no.  Sorry!  #notyourstogiveaway