Well, that's the end of that. My stepmom flew home this morning. I never saw her again after the argument we had last Monday.

She called yesterday and said that she won't be needing a ride to the airport. I said, "ok, and I'm sorry that we didn't get to spend time together". She snapped "we spent time together - it just wasn't as much as you would have liked".

Ouch.

Weird - either I'm complaining that they stay with me too often, or I'm complaining that they don't stay with me enough.

Anyway, I just find it a little, um, offputting that she has been here for a total of 6 weeks in the past four months and has spent zero time alone with me. Is it me? Nah, can't be. Could it? Maybe. But if I do my best not to take it personally, then the reason is that she really just wants to spend time with her grandson. Weird to be jealous of a 5 year old, huh?