To deal with the my dads visit.
don't get me wrong... I love my father, I really really do but OMG he is so hard to be around anymore. He just puts everyone on edge, even Hannah.
First he starts in with all his "stupid americans" B.S. and how this is superior in canada and this is superior and blah blah blah but THEN he wants us to run all over God's creation to buy things that are on sale here for a ton cheaper than he can get them back home for my sister. I mean, He wants us to drive an hour each way for a stupid cart that you pull behind a bike for my sisters kid because it's on sale for $89. Ok ... so are you or her going to pay for my gas to get there an back? Gas isn't cheap you know. Most of the days he's here he wants us to go to this store so he can look for something my sister wants or go to another store for something on sale and so on and so forth. I dont' know about you but shopping all day is not my ideal and it certainly isn't Hannah's idea of fun.
Then on top of all that he just will NOT stop picking on Hannah. I swear, every 5 minutes he's teasing her with something. Everytime she opens her mouth he's all "Oh you gotta be quiet... shhh" "Nope shhh quiet" "Oh sounds like you are talking gotta be quiet" until she's worked into a complete fluster. Then he gets her going with "I'm going to eat all y our easter candy and there won't be any for you" and then he keeps on that until she's in total whiney meltdown mode. I keep telling him to knock it off but he's so stubborn and ridiculous that he doesn't seem to get that this is NOT OK with me. I've lost it a few times and while I hate to say it in front of Hannah I have looked at him a few times and said "Will you please just SHUT UP and leave her alone"
I've now got her set up in my room with a movie to watch by herself just to get her away from him for a while so she can RELAX and not be on edge at every turn.
he just causes so much STRESS when he is around and I hate it because he's my father and I love him but I really don't like him much these days. he's so difficult to be around.
God just please give me the strength and patience to get through until wednesday morning when he leaves
don't get me wrong... I love my father, I really really do but OMG he is so hard to be around anymore. He just puts everyone on edge, even Hannah.
First he starts in with all his "stupid americans" B.S. and how this is superior in canada and this is superior and blah blah blah but THEN he wants us to run all over God's creation to buy things that are on sale here for a ton cheaper than he can get them back home for my sister. I mean, He wants us to drive an hour each way for a stupid cart that you pull behind a bike for my sisters kid because it's on sale for $89. Ok ... so are you or her going to pay for my gas to get there an back? Gas isn't cheap you know. Most of the days he's here he wants us to go to this store so he can look for something my sister wants or go to another store for something on sale and so on and so forth. I dont' know about you but shopping all day is not my ideal and it certainly isn't Hannah's idea of fun.
Then on top of all that he just will NOT stop picking on Hannah. I swear, every 5 minutes he's teasing her with something. Everytime she opens her mouth he's all "Oh you gotta be quiet... shhh" "Nope shhh quiet" "Oh sounds like you are talking gotta be quiet" until she's worked into a complete fluster. Then he gets her going with "I'm going to eat all y our easter candy and there won't be any for you" and then he keeps on that until she's in total whiney meltdown mode. I keep telling him to knock it off but he's so stubborn and ridiculous that he doesn't seem to get that this is NOT OK with me. I've lost it a few times and while I hate to say it in front of Hannah I have looked at him a few times and said "Will you please just SHUT UP and leave her alone"
I've now got her set up in my room with a movie to watch by herself just to get her away from him for a while so she can RELAX and not be on edge at every turn.
he just causes so much STRESS when he is around and I hate it because he's my father and I love him but I really don't like him much these days. he's so difficult to be around.
God just please give me the strength and patience to get through until wednesday morning when he leaves