When the kids get angry
My Mikey, I love you
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Elisabeth came home yesterday.
She really enjoyed her stay with my sister, and I could EASILY tell how disappointed she was to be home again. I guess I can understand. My sister has a much nicer house, a much more ordered family life, etc. We’re harpies who constantly scream at each other, and our house is a piece of crap, much as I hate to admit it.
Elisabeth was really hurt and angry that her mother did not get out of bed and greet her. She even acknowledged to me later that it would still have been okay if her mother had greeted her, even FROM THE BED. As long as she made it known that she realized Elisabeth was here, and that she was happy to see her. But it didn’t happen that way.
We went to Stacy’s last night. It did not go well at all. Stacy made a crack at My Mikey, saying he was going to be put into a nursing home soon, if people didn’t see any effort on Mikey’s part to get better. I don’t know why she said that, but that’s how Stacy is. Mikey got all bent out of shape about it, but I had to remind him that this is the same girl who once told me she’d hang me off a bridge, cut my throat, and see how long it took me to drip dry! And he got upset about a nursing home? I’d take the nursing home anyday!
She didn’t mean either comment, and I knew it. Mikey was already in victim mode, though, so he blew it out of proportion and started wheeling himself down Herring Avenue in his wheelchair. I swear! So I caught up with him and brought him to Stacy’s again.
Elisabeth asked if we were just gonna leave her there. Then she asked me if I was mad at her, which, at that point, I kinda was, but when she asked it, she had a kinda shocked and surprised look on her face, and the anger went away.
I told her I didn’t know if I should be or not.
We got home, and I forced my family to TALK. Lots got aired. Maybe a few things that were brought to light will get resolved soon. One never knows, does one?
Anyway, the upshot is that Elisabeth is very angry with us, but primarily with her mother, Mikey.
It gets ugly when the kids get angry.
I’ll try to explain a little further in a future entry. Right now, I’m very tired. I just remembered that I took an entire sleeping pill last night, and that’s WHY I keep nodding off. Every time I take a whole pill, if I can’t devote a full night to sleep, I fall asleep off and on the next day!
Love to all,
Jack