Since my grandson has been born I see much more of my mother than I have in years. I know that it's a wonderful thing for my grandson, the more love he gets the happier he'll be, but OMG the woman is making me crazy.

She will not drive to or in the city my daughter lives in. So that means she'll drive to my house and someone will have to come here and drive her the hour + to my daughters. We can't just come here and grab her, no, for a three day stay she literally has four suitcases. FOUR! She doesn't want to repack the car so that means someone will have to drive her down in her car. This makes my sons uneasy as the car is brand new and there is a lot of road construction and a lot of frustrated drivers.

Thursday was my twins, (my babies) 21st birthday. He was going out with his friends and his sisters. I'm babysitting the grand kids. No problem. Problem: My mom decided to come for the weekend. I am not going to drive an infant and a four year old 2 1/2 hours round trip to pick her up. So I talked to the kids, I'd keep the babies at my house then they could come back for the weekend. All because my mother was going to take vacation on Wednesday to come down for a long weekend.

Long story short, I changed my plans to suit her, so did all of my children and their friends. My mom changed her plans at the last minute (as usual). She was not coming down Wed afternoon, in fact she didn't end up showing up until Thursday NIGHT. Had that been the original plan my husband could have run her down and none of us would have been put out.

This morning at 2:00 a Boxer showed up on my doorstep barking to get in. He's very friendly and really, really wants to come in. My Rott and Boston are not enjoying this at all. My Granddaughter is terrified of big dogs, even my own that she's known since birth. My mother keeps going outside to smoke. Yep, I know, no smoking around the baby. BUT, she's going out every 15 minutes or so. The Boxer tries to get in, my dogs try to get out, there's a lot of barking, my Granddaughter is crying, and they've just woken the baby! I say: Mom, go upstairs and smoke in the back bedroom. All of the windows are open and they have fans pointing outside (I was prepared for her). Mom: No, I don't want to. Me: But the dogs no sooner settle down and you're opening the door again. Mom: Can't you make them go lay down? Me: NO there is a strange dog attempting to get into the house. You keep letting him get his head in the door, they're not just going to lay there and ignore him!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrr Honest to God I don't think she realizes that there are other people on this planet. The baby just had his shots and it's make him feel sickly and fussy. I'm tired, I haven't had much sleep. Everytime the baby goes down, you open the door and get the whole house going.