I came up over the Easter weekend, limited time, but I made sure to fly since the train would have eaten up a lot of valuable and possible family time.
Just once . . . just once . . . I would like a weekend or a visit without having to run errands, or pay a bill, or renew some license for the car. I joked about being Tim the tool man Taylor, but I am that and more.
The water filter is wrong. See, they don't tighten it up, so it leaks. So they need to get rid of it. Besides, I'm told, it needs a new filter. No, I explain, we got a new one in it last time I was here.
Well, we just need to get rid of this one and get another one that works.
Hell, I'll take this one back with me! I fracking bought it.
Then . . .
Today, after Service, I find out that we need to renew the license plate tags because they have expired. Why couldn't they do it earlier? Well, the proof of insurance just came in. No, the proof of insurance starts next month, this month's you have had. Dad doesn't read the dates.
So, why not ask their daughter, who lives ten minutes away, for help. Oh, she's too busy. Michael is too busy. She doesn't have the car.
Honestly, I am tired of having everything wait for me to get here so it can get done.
I am not the savior.
I am not the rescuer.
I am not The One.
I want a weekend just visiting and enjoying, not traveling, covering, buying, renewing, fixing, repairing . . . and other such ings.
Is this what getting old is all about? Parents who are so needy they don't see they have other options? Do they not see what's going on?
If it weren't for the fact that my sister and I talk quite a bit and catch up and tell each other what's happened with mom and dad, I think that it would be different. I don't think mom realizes it but she has been playing favorites for a while now.
Its pissing me off.
Yeah, I'm venting, I'm bitching . . . get over it.
So they lend the car to a friend, someone they know. A car that is NOT in their name, they gave it to me, but they lend it away. They called before someone else needed it, but not this time.
Did they check to see if they had insurance? I wonder.
Did they check to see if MY insurance covered it? No.
Did they explain how the alarm works? Doubtful.
So their friend's wife goes somewhere. The car alarm goes off.
What did she do? She had he alarm ripped off. Its sitting in the back seat of the car right now.
What good is it now? A car alarm that doesn't make noise?
Help.
I'm stuck in loony-ville.
