Last night Renee tells me that she made sure to straighten the entire store just like I like it (shouldn't it always be like that) because she had a feeling that the "tall man" was coming the next day.
Who shows up at my store this morning? The "tall man" aka my boss. My visit was a lot better than the last one I had where he stormed out without talking to anyone. He left me a much shorter list this time. YAY!
I had a little old lady today bring some cat food up to the counter. She said it was supposed to be buy one get one. It actually wasn't on sale this week probably last. Just when she is about to walk out, one of my usual customers saw the cat food and asked me if she was going to buy that. I told him no because she thought it was on sale, but it wasn't. He looks over at the little old lady and says, "Young lady, young lady come here for a minute. Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?" She says, "Of course, I do." He says, "Well young lady I am a brother in Christ and all the credit goes to him." He laid down a 20 dollar bill to pay for it. She said, "Oh please will you let me pay for half of it, I was going to planning on paying half." He said, "No ma'am you don't worry about a thing. Our animals need to food too. I choked back the tears. I can't even think about it without tearing up. The lady looked at me and said, "I just can't believe this happened. I can't believe he did this for me."
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Boring Post
We have decided to put off the house search until next year.
I want to get a credit score, so it will be a little easier on us, so I now have a secured credit card. Whoot whoot.
One of my shift supervisors is leaving, so I get to train someone. I have mixed feelings about this. I have noticed that more people at my store have really been telling me their opinions about her, and the consensus is that most people will be glad that she is gone. I know my boss won't be sad to hear that she is leaving.
I rented my husband a game on the way home. He hasn't stopped playing it 3 hours later.
I have successfully gotten rid of caffeine again. YAY! I did drink some the other day when I pulled a double, but I could justify it.
I am seriously considering not getting my car fixed from where that guy hit it in the parking lot. The money is far more enticing. I figure when I do sell it, I will sell it to some teenager that just needs a cheap car. I don't intend on doing that for a very long time. I seriously think either Jack or I will drive it until the wheels fall off or someone totals it out which is what I was hoping for with the door.
I want to get a credit score, so it will be a little easier on us, so I now have a secured credit card. Whoot whoot.
One of my shift supervisors is leaving, so I get to train someone. I have mixed feelings about this. I have noticed that more people at my store have really been telling me their opinions about her, and the consensus is that most people will be glad that she is gone. I know my boss won't be sad to hear that she is leaving.
I rented my husband a game on the way home. He hasn't stopped playing it 3 hours later.
I have successfully gotten rid of caffeine again. YAY! I did drink some the other day when I pulled a double, but I could justify it.
I am seriously considering not getting my car fixed from where that guy hit it in the parking lot. The money is far more enticing. I figure when I do sell it, I will sell it to some teenager that just needs a cheap car. I don't intend on doing that for a very long time. I seriously think either Jack or I will drive it until the wheels fall off or someone totals it out which is what I was hoping for with the door.
Old Forge, NY additions!
I just realized that I totally forgot to say that
1. I went to Niagara Falls! How the hell did I forget to mention that? That was the best part of my trip! It really is beautiful. I totally want to get my passport, so I can go over to Canada and see it from that angle! I also want to take someone that can walk more that my mother in law because there is so much to do and see there, and I didn't get to do any of it! Erg.
2. My mother in law would have bought me any and everything I could have ever wanted while we were on this trip. I would have never let her, but if I even remotely said that I liked something she would try to buy it for me.
3. I totally opened my store an hour and a half late the Monday after my vacation.
4. Another one of the questions she kept asking me, "Do you not drive with the radio on?" "Well we were talking, I don't generally like to try to talk over the radio." <--If I were alone, I have constant radio/music companionship.
5. I had no cell reception whatsoever. I should have brought my laptop to hook into the wi-fi that they did have.
6. I kick myself everytime I think about the fact that I should have just gotten a damn motel room!
7. I know there is more. I'll keep you posted.
1. I went to Niagara Falls! How the hell did I forget to mention that? That was the best part of my trip! It really is beautiful. I totally want to get my passport, so I can go over to Canada and see it from that angle! I also want to take someone that can walk more that my mother in law because there is so much to do and see there, and I didn't get to do any of it! Erg.
2. My mother in law would have bought me any and everything I could have ever wanted while we were on this trip. I would have never let her, but if I even remotely said that I liked something she would try to buy it for me.
3. I totally opened my store an hour and a half late the Monday after my vacation.
4. Another one of the questions she kept asking me, "Do you not drive with the radio on?" "Well we were talking, I don't generally like to try to talk over the radio." <--If I were alone, I have constant radio/music companionship.
5. I had no cell reception whatsoever. I should have brought my laptop to hook into the wi-fi that they did have.
6. I kick myself everytime I think about the fact that I should have just gotten a damn motel room!
7. I know there is more. I'll keep you posted.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Old Forge Trip take 4
By Wednesday, I was ready to leave. I was hoping that we would leave that afternoon. I wish I would have stayed at motel. I would have had a much better time. Mo told Pat that we were going to leave on Friday, and I told her that I really wanted to be able to spend the weekend with Jack and I would prefer to leave Thursday so that was the new plan.
That morning someone finally came and looked at the brakes on the truck. I woke up to some old man yelling, "Don't be a pussy. Get that thing in there." They were changing the brake pad without taking the rotor off even though Paul specifically said to do that.
I took a site seeing cruise of 4 of the lakes.
When I got back everyone (minus Carol) was there to spread Cathy's and June's ashes. Y'all if I get cremated and someone spreads my ashes, I hope it is not as loveless as this was. No one really cared. Nothing was said. They just dumped the ashes. I think it would have been better if it had just been Mo and Pat. OH! I forgot to mention! When we picked up June's ashes from the funeral home. It was soooo heavy. I put her in the truck and told her. "Well all of this time you commented on people's weight and now it is your turn to be heavy." Mo just laughed. I am going to go to hell for that.
It was our last night. We were in the trailer with Pat and Jason just watching TV. Mo had looked for her mother's stuff several times during the course of our time there. She had PJ put two tables in the truck that were supposed to go home with us. She also grabbed a clock that Pat said, "No one would miss".
All of the sudden Carol is outside the door yelling, "I don't mind if you take your mom's stuff, but you could at least ask before you take mine." Mo had no idea what she was talking about. Pat asked her like 5 times, "What are you talking about?" She spouted off some more stuff. "I was gone for 2 hours and my house has been ransacked." Blah blah blah.
Tangent---I forgot to tell you but there marriage is a loveless marriage. They don't talk to each other at all, and they are just staying together until PJ is 18. PJ has already said he would stay with his dad, and trust me Pat wouldn't want/need any money from her to help support the kids. She doesn't help anyway. PJ works 70 hours a week. He make 600 bucks a week because he hates being at home so much that he would rather work. All of the kids work at least 2 jobs. They all seemed so miserable.
Carol finally leaves. Jason looks over at us and says, "My mom is crazy!" Pat says, "What did you take?" Mo tells him. He says, "I was kidding about the clock." Mo thought it was her mom's. She said, "I was just going to give it to one of the kids. I didn't want it." She tells Jason to go get the clock out of the truck and give it back to her and tell her she was sorry. Carol also said that there was 60 dollars missing that she had put in one of the tables. Luckily, Pat and Jason had opened the drawer looking for something else earlier in the day and knew it was not in there. Obviously a long conversation takes place about how nuts she is. During that time Carole begins to sling things into the camper that she thinks Mo might want. Finally someone actually begins to show her where her mother's stuff is even if it was in a terrible way.
Anyway. We finally left the next day. YAY! We had to find a grocery store before we officially hit the road. There are absolutely no fast food places or grocery stores in 99% of the towns we drove through. We found one grabbed the italian sausage that she just had to get and hopped back on the road. We drove and drove and drove and talked and talked. We stopped to eat in PA. She wanted to sit down and eat. I just wanted to grab some fast food and stay on the road. We drove straight through after that. I passed out once we got home. Mo pretty much slept the whole way, so when she got home she was wide awake. She didn't understand why she couldn't sleep when she got home. Hmmmmm I wonder.
I was so thankful to see Jack that afternoon. I was so ready to just go home and take a shower.
That morning someone finally came and looked at the brakes on the truck. I woke up to some old man yelling, "Don't be a pussy. Get that thing in there." They were changing the brake pad without taking the rotor off even though Paul specifically said to do that.
I took a site seeing cruise of 4 of the lakes.
When I got back everyone (minus Carol) was there to spread Cathy's and June's ashes. Y'all if I get cremated and someone spreads my ashes, I hope it is not as loveless as this was. No one really cared. Nothing was said. They just dumped the ashes. I think it would have been better if it had just been Mo and Pat. OH! I forgot to mention! When we picked up June's ashes from the funeral home. It was soooo heavy. I put her in the truck and told her. "Well all of this time you commented on people's weight and now it is your turn to be heavy." Mo just laughed. I am going to go to hell for that.
It was our last night. We were in the trailer with Pat and Jason just watching TV. Mo had looked for her mother's stuff several times during the course of our time there. She had PJ put two tables in the truck that were supposed to go home with us. She also grabbed a clock that Pat said, "No one would miss".
All of the sudden Carol is outside the door yelling, "I don't mind if you take your mom's stuff, but you could at least ask before you take mine." Mo had no idea what she was talking about. Pat asked her like 5 times, "What are you talking about?" She spouted off some more stuff. "I was gone for 2 hours and my house has been ransacked." Blah blah blah.
Tangent---I forgot to tell you but there marriage is a loveless marriage. They don't talk to each other at all, and they are just staying together until PJ is 18. PJ has already said he would stay with his dad, and trust me Pat wouldn't want/need any money from her to help support the kids. She doesn't help anyway. PJ works 70 hours a week. He make 600 bucks a week because he hates being at home so much that he would rather work. All of the kids work at least 2 jobs. They all seemed so miserable.
Carol finally leaves. Jason looks over at us and says, "My mom is crazy!" Pat says, "What did you take?" Mo tells him. He says, "I was kidding about the clock." Mo thought it was her mom's. She said, "I was just going to give it to one of the kids. I didn't want it." She tells Jason to go get the clock out of the truck and give it back to her and tell her she was sorry. Carol also said that there was 60 dollars missing that she had put in one of the tables. Luckily, Pat and Jason had opened the drawer looking for something else earlier in the day and knew it was not in there. Obviously a long conversation takes place about how nuts she is. During that time Carole begins to sling things into the camper that she thinks Mo might want. Finally someone actually begins to show her where her mother's stuff is even if it was in a terrible way.
Anyway. We finally left the next day. YAY! We had to find a grocery store before we officially hit the road. There are absolutely no fast food places or grocery stores in 99% of the towns we drove through. We found one grabbed the italian sausage that she just had to get and hopped back on the road. We drove and drove and drove and talked and talked. We stopped to eat in PA. She wanted to sit down and eat. I just wanted to grab some fast food and stay on the road. We drove straight through after that. I passed out once we got home. Mo pretty much slept the whole way, so when she got home she was wide awake. She didn't understand why she couldn't sleep when she got home. Hmmmmm I wonder.
I was so thankful to see Jack that afternoon. I was so ready to just go home and take a shower.
Old Forge Trip Take 3
The next morning I woke up to Mo trying to get out of the camper. She was freaking out. She could not get the door open. I guess I was successful on getting it completely shut. I tried to open it, and I couldn't get it. She was searching for another way out. I mean she was freaking out. I, on the other hand, was trying to think of some I had that I could use as a flat head screw driver. I opened up my make up bag (I knew I brought that bag for something) and pulled out a skin tool that I have. I proceeded to unscrew the door knob thing. I pulled the piece off and found the actual ugly lever for the door, and I opened that baby up! That is right! I MacGuyvered us out of there! Mo was so relieved, and we now have a good inside joke.
We went out walking around the town. But first my mother in law had to have her morning beer. Yeah. Crazy I know, but even crazier was when she took the beer can, put it into my styrofoam cup, and drank it that way. One of the places we stopped was a museum that has a changing exhibit. Mo didn't understand the changing exhibit thing. She wanted to know why they didn't have any pictures of her father and grandfather in there (they were bigshots in town). They were doing an exhibit on the mail boat. She left, and I continued to look around.
When we got back to the house, Mo had to contact the funeral home about her mother's ashes. Apparently no one knew where they were. That was the whole reason for being there. The funeral home said that no one had contacted them to pick up the ashes. They had no idea where they were. It took them like 3 hours to find them. They had put them in storage. We could meet them at the funeral home in Old Forge that afternoon to get them. FINALLY!
We hung out at the house (outside never inside) that day for a little while. Mandy had on a ring. It was a ring that Mo's mother had given to Mo and then 40 years later asked for it back to give to Mandy. Yeah. Indian giver. This wasn't a ring that Mo never wore. It was one that she wore every day. She reluctantly sent it to her mother who gave it to Mandy. The last time Mo was up there Mandy was not wearing it, and Mo asked her about it. She had no idea what Mo was talking about, but mysteriously this time she knew all about it. She even told the us whose ring it had been and blah blah blah. She knew the whole story. Mo was so pissed. She just knew that Carol told Mandy to put the ring on and make sure to wear it around her. I would like to iterate that I only saw Carol like 2 or 3 times the whole time I was there, and she was in no way friendly.
We went out walking around the town. But first my mother in law had to have her morning beer. Yeah. Crazy I know, but even crazier was when she took the beer can, put it into my styrofoam cup, and drank it that way. One of the places we stopped was a museum that has a changing exhibit. Mo didn't understand the changing exhibit thing. She wanted to know why they didn't have any pictures of her father and grandfather in there (they were bigshots in town). They were doing an exhibit on the mail boat. She left, and I continued to look around.
When we got back to the house, Mo had to contact the funeral home about her mother's ashes. Apparently no one knew where they were. That was the whole reason for being there. The funeral home said that no one had contacted them to pick up the ashes. They had no idea where they were. It took them like 3 hours to find them. They had put them in storage. We could meet them at the funeral home in Old Forge that afternoon to get them. FINALLY!
We hung out at the house (outside never inside) that day for a little while. Mandy had on a ring. It was a ring that Mo's mother had given to Mo and then 40 years later asked for it back to give to Mandy. Yeah. Indian giver. This wasn't a ring that Mo never wore. It was one that she wore every day. She reluctantly sent it to her mother who gave it to Mandy. The last time Mo was up there Mandy was not wearing it, and Mo asked her about it. She had no idea what Mo was talking about, but mysteriously this time she knew all about it. She even told the us whose ring it had been and blah blah blah. She knew the whole story. Mo was so pissed. She just knew that Carol told Mandy to put the ring on and make sure to wear it around her. I would like to iterate that I only saw Carol like 2 or 3 times the whole time I was there, and she was in no way friendly.
NY trip Take 2
We got to Pat's house (that is Mo's brother). I was introduced to him and his daughter Mandy. They seemed pretty nice. Pat's wife (Carol) came down, and I was introduced to her. I said, "Hi" she just looked at me and went back to what she was doing. Can you see where this is going?
At some point the two sons came home, and I was introduced to them. Pat told Mandy to take me on a canoe ride, and he was going to get dinner. What kind of canoe ride would it be if someone didn't almost tip the canoe over ::points at self::? Getting in and getting out. It was an ok time I guess. I was just trying to get a conversation going. I was kind of successful.
When we got back, we ate. Mo and I decided to drive around town, so I could see everything. At this point we realize that the truck is making a sound. I just know that it is the brakes. (Someone supposedly looked at the truck to make sure everything was in good working order) We drove back to the house and spoke to Pat about it. The auto shop in town was closed for two weeks. Jason (one of the sons) said he knew someone that would come and look at it.
Mo wanted to go to the casino that night. Her brother said we could take his truck, since ours was acting up. This was when he informed us that my way of driving there was quicker because that was the way to the casino. We went to the casino. I decided to valet the truck, so that we could just walk straight into the casino vs. searching for a parking spot. Mo did not understand how valets work. She thought they were going to steal the truck. Then she thought they were going to park it, and we wouldn't know where they parked it. Y'all my mother in law does not get out much. I FINALLY convinced her to let me valet it. Just trust me.
Mo lost way too much money. I would like to state for the record that I told her to stop. I lost some money too, but not near as much as her. We went outside and get this! We could not remember if the truck we were in had a camper or not and stood there like idiots for 5 minutes waiting on a truck that was 100 feet away. Thankfully we had used the valet because we really would have never found the truck.
When we got back, we got settled in for the night in the camper that they have. We chit chatted about Mo getting some of her mother's stuff. We also talked about Carol and that she was the reason Mo wanted to stay in the camper this time vs. in the house.
Trust me in no way did I feel welcome at this house. I had to ask where the bathroom was. There were no towels and no one ever offered any. I reeked of smoke and all I wanted to do was take a shower and go to sleep.
I shut the front door of the camper, turned the TV on that thankfully had cable hooked up to it, and fell asleep.
At some point the two sons came home, and I was introduced to them. Pat told Mandy to take me on a canoe ride, and he was going to get dinner. What kind of canoe ride would it be if someone didn't almost tip the canoe over ::points at self::? Getting in and getting out. It was an ok time I guess. I was just trying to get a conversation going. I was kind of successful.
When we got back, we ate. Mo and I decided to drive around town, so I could see everything. At this point we realize that the truck is making a sound. I just know that it is the brakes. (Someone supposedly looked at the truck to make sure everything was in good working order) We drove back to the house and spoke to Pat about it. The auto shop in town was closed for two weeks. Jason (one of the sons) said he knew someone that would come and look at it.
Mo wanted to go to the casino that night. Her brother said we could take his truck, since ours was acting up. This was when he informed us that my way of driving there was quicker because that was the way to the casino. We went to the casino. I decided to valet the truck, so that we could just walk straight into the casino vs. searching for a parking spot. Mo did not understand how valets work. She thought they were going to steal the truck. Then she thought they were going to park it, and we wouldn't know where they parked it. Y'all my mother in law does not get out much. I FINALLY convinced her to let me valet it. Just trust me.
Mo lost way too much money. I would like to state for the record that I told her to stop. I lost some money too, but not near as much as her. We went outside and get this! We could not remember if the truck we were in had a camper or not and stood there like idiots for 5 minutes waiting on a truck that was 100 feet away. Thankfully we had used the valet because we really would have never found the truck.
When we got back, we got settled in for the night in the camper that they have. We chit chatted about Mo getting some of her mother's stuff. We also talked about Carol and that she was the reason Mo wanted to stay in the camper this time vs. in the house.
Trust me in no way did I feel welcome at this house. I had to ask where the bathroom was. There were no towels and no one ever offered any. I reeked of smoke and all I wanted to do was take a shower and go to sleep.
I shut the front door of the camper, turned the TV on that thankfully had cable hooked up to it, and fell asleep.
NY Trip Take 1
I am forcing myself to blog before catching up on any of y'alls' blogs. It will be my reward.
Let's go back a month to mycrazy ass trip to Old Forge, NY.
The day I was supposed to leave for my trip I worked all day! This of course means that I had a customer who would not freakin' leave my store. I had my cashier bug the crap out of them to get them out of the store. It was so bad that we turned the lights out on her. Yeah.
I got home finished getting the rest of my stuff that I needed. I had packed everything else that morning before I went to work, and Jack and I left to go to his mom's house. We got there, and his mom was not even ready to go. She was just starting to put what she was taking into the truck. She took so much crap! She had like 3 bags for her clothes. She also had a bag and a cooler that had a ton of food in it that I knew that we would never eat because A. there was way too much B. I don't eat too much while travelling and C. She made sandwiches that I hate. Egg Salad sandwich?! No thank you!
Jack was so emotional before we left. He didn't want us to go. He wishes that we would have flown. blah blah blah. He left before we did. We finally left around 8. We drove and drove and talked and talked. My mother in law flipped out everytime a tractor trailer drove remotely close to us. She had to have the window down the ENTIRE FREAKIN' time we were in the truck. FYI: I hate having a window down on the interstate. Oh and the chain smoking oh how I hate cigarette smoke! We drove through TN and KY without stopping pretty much. We did stop when I accidentally went the wrong direction at the bridge from KY over to OH. We wound up in IN for a second. Just long enough for us to do the bathroom thing and for my mother-in-law to buy scratch off tickets. She, of course, didn't realize that she had won until we were already in OH.
A couple of the conversations we had in the car... Her being sick because my sister in law (yep the one who puts her kid off on everyone else) dropped off Rio at the house and told her that he would only be there for 2 hours and instead wound up being there for 12. That's quite a difference. She was so pissed because Paul was sick and her sister was over there and the obvious. Apparently my BIL's mom was supposed to come and get him, but when she got there she told Mo that she had told my SIL and BIL that she had things to do and that she could not watch Rio that day. This comes as no surprise to me that they lied to get someone to watch their kid. My BIL's mom said that, "People are talking because they never have their kid with them." Really?! Who woulda thought?
Another conversation was her talking about trying weed. Yep. My mother in law tried the ganja, and she liked it. She told me that it was the best she had felt in a long time. This whole time she has sworn up and down that she had never tried it. She was scared to because her brother tried it once and was allergic to it. Blah blah. She tried it and I thought it was hilarious.
Oh and the conversations consisted of questions, I am sure, because that woman asks WAY too many questions. She asked me several times if I was sure we were going the right way. I had to repeat several times. Yes, this is the way Google Maps said to go. What does lane shift mean? <---This is number 225 of why I would not let that woman drive.
Ok, so back to driving. We got into OH. We drove until Columbus and decided to find a hotel to stay in. This was a bad idea. We stopped at probably 10 hotels/motels (whatever) every one was booked. Well except for one. This creepy fat guy said they had rooms, but it would be 170 dollars?! Um no thanks, we
would only be there for maybe 5 hours. OH AND! We stopped at a Motel 6. The lady at the counter says that have no vacancies. THEN! She pulls Mo to the side and says, "If you have cash, we have maintenance rooms." Mo says, "What is a maintenance room?" "Oh you know. It could have bugs or other maintenance problems." Mo said, "No that's ok." Needless to say after all of this craziness we decided to keep driving. I wound up getting extremely tired and just pulled off at a rest area. I was thinking roll the windows up keep the truck on, and go to sleep. Hahaha. Yeah right. My mother in law rolled her window down ALL the way because she "couldn't breath" (maybe if you wouldn't chain smoke you could). I could barely sleep out of the paranoia of someone trying to take something or worse. When it got light outside, we got moving again.
I love driving on the thruway in New York. It was fantastic! It is a toll road, so you get your ticket at the beginning, and you just drive. There are AWESOME rest areas along the way. 1. They are huge 2. There is always a gas station. 3. There is at least 2 restaurants. 4. Drum roll please!.....The bathrooms are spotless! They are so well taken care of!
We finally get off of the exit that Google Maps is telling me to get off of, and Mo proceeds to asks me continuously, "Why are we going this way? This is the long way. We should have gone ...... it would have been faster." I just kept saying, "It is saying this way is faster." Fast forward to the future really quickly and her brother agreed with me.
We FINALLY got there! YAY! Old Forge, NY and Adirondack Mountains I was finally there, but where the hell were the mountains?! I have no idea. I don't know what everyone was talking about. It didn't look very mountainous to me but whatever.
Let's go back a month to my
The day I was supposed to leave for my trip I worked all day! This of course means that I had a customer who would not freakin' leave my store. I had my cashier bug the crap out of them to get them out of the store. It was so bad that we turned the lights out on her. Yeah.
I got home finished getting the rest of my stuff that I needed. I had packed everything else that morning before I went to work, and Jack and I left to go to his mom's house. We got there, and his mom was not even ready to go. She was just starting to put what she was taking into the truck. She took so much crap! She had like 3 bags for her clothes. She also had a bag and a cooler that had a ton of food in it that I knew that we would never eat because A. there was way too much B. I don't eat too much while travelling and C. She made sandwiches that I hate. Egg Salad sandwich?! No thank you!
Jack was so emotional before we left. He didn't want us to go. He wishes that we would have flown. blah blah blah. He left before we did. We finally left around 8. We drove and drove and talked and talked. My mother in law flipped out everytime a tractor trailer drove remotely close to us. She had to have the window down the ENTIRE FREAKIN' time we were in the truck. FYI: I hate having a window down on the interstate. Oh and the chain smoking oh how I hate cigarette smoke! We drove through TN and KY without stopping pretty much. We did stop when I accidentally went the wrong direction at the bridge from KY over to OH. We wound up in IN for a second. Just long enough for us to do the bathroom thing and for my mother-in-law to buy scratch off tickets. She, of course, didn't realize that she had won until we were already in OH.
A couple of the conversations we had in the car... Her being sick because my sister in law (yep the one who puts her kid off on everyone else) dropped off Rio at the house and told her that he would only be there for 2 hours and instead wound up being there for 12. That's quite a difference. She was so pissed because Paul was sick and her sister was over there and the obvious. Apparently my BIL's mom was supposed to come and get him, but when she got there she told Mo that she had told my SIL and BIL that she had things to do and that she could not watch Rio that day. This comes as no surprise to me that they lied to get someone to watch their kid. My BIL's mom said that, "People are talking because they never have their kid with them." Really?! Who woulda thought?
Another conversation was her talking about trying weed. Yep. My mother in law tried the ganja, and she liked it. She told me that it was the best she had felt in a long time. This whole time she has sworn up and down that she had never tried it. She was scared to because her brother tried it once and was allergic to it. Blah blah. She tried it and I thought it was hilarious.
Oh and the conversations consisted of questions, I am sure, because that woman asks WAY too many questions. She asked me several times if I was sure we were going the right way. I had to repeat several times. Yes, this is the way Google Maps said to go. What does lane shift mean? <---This is number 225 of why I would not let that woman drive.
Ok, so back to driving. We got into OH. We drove until Columbus and decided to find a hotel to stay in. This was a bad idea. We stopped at probably 10 hotels/motels (whatever) every one was booked. Well except for one. This creepy fat guy said they had rooms, but it would be 170 dollars?! Um no thanks, we
would only be there for maybe 5 hours. OH AND! We stopped at a Motel 6. The lady at the counter says that have no vacancies. THEN! She pulls Mo to the side and says, "If you have cash, we have maintenance rooms." Mo says, "What is a maintenance room?" "Oh you know. It could have bugs or other maintenance problems." Mo said, "No that's ok." Needless to say after all of this craziness we decided to keep driving. I wound up getting extremely tired and just pulled off at a rest area. I was thinking roll the windows up keep the truck on, and go to sleep. Hahaha. Yeah right. My mother in law rolled her window down ALL the way because she "couldn't breath" (maybe if you wouldn't chain smoke you could). I could barely sleep out of the paranoia of someone trying to take something or worse. When it got light outside, we got moving again.
I love driving on the thruway in New York. It was fantastic! It is a toll road, so you get your ticket at the beginning, and you just drive. There are AWESOME rest areas along the way. 1. They are huge 2. There is always a gas station. 3. There is at least 2 restaurants. 4. Drum roll please!.....The bathrooms are spotless! They are so well taken care of!
We finally get off of the exit that Google Maps is telling me to get off of, and Mo proceeds to asks me continuously, "Why are we going this way? This is the long way. We should have gone ...... it would have been faster." I just kept saying, "It is saying this way is faster." Fast forward to the future really quickly and her brother agreed with me.
We FINALLY got there! YAY! Old Forge, NY and Adirondack Mountains I was finally there, but where the hell were the mountains?! I have no idea. I don't know what everyone was talking about. It didn't look very mountainous to me but whatever.
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