I don’t believe it….

Laurie FINALLY got her powerchair today. That, I believe.

Earlier, my mother and little sister Joyce got into a disagreement, which I felt I accidentally precipitated. Then I got depressed and told my mother I felt like if I don’t move away, her husband’s attitude of bitching, nagging hatred is going to drive me to suicide. She stopped me cold in my tracks by saying that since she’d lived across the street from me, she’d learned to deal with Wayne better, by following suggestions I made and actions I did.

You coulda knocked me over with a feather! Here I was stressing about my mother "getting in trouble" every move I made (or even DIDN’T make), and NOW she tells me I’ve taught her a better way to deal with him? Wanna know what it was?

It’s not as simple as this, really, but my overall attitude when it comes to family stuff, if Laurie wants to object JUST to be a bitch (no serious objections)…I just say, "Well, fuck her, she’s wrong, and I’m right. She’ll get over it." And I do what seems right. As I said, it’s not always so easy. There are times, even now, when she won’t tell me her REAL reason for an objection for a long time, and then I’m all like, "Goddamn! NOW you tell me?!!!!" Damage could have been prevented, but she still has this THING where she thinks I should be psychic, no matter how many times I tell her I can’t read her flippin’ mind!

But anyway….it startled me when Mama said she’s been learning from me. I never in a million years would have thought I could help her make things better. She’s learning to treat Wayne like the big baby he acts like. If a baby cries for no reason for long enough, what do we do? Leave the room and let them cry, before we do something stupid. If we make sure our spouses are physically ok and as mentally ok as we can, but they still bitch and gripe, too bad for them. Bye for now, Baby! lol

Laurie and I have mostly been getting along very well since this last stay in the hospital. Damn pills have come between us a little, as usual, but I’m working on it. She’s sleeping SOOOOO much now, but she totally denies any pill-popping. Liar.

Anyway….we’ll live, I guess.