Two steps forward: I missed a week last weekend so will try to catch up here. The weekend of Jan 5th, Nic and Jason drove to Dallas to meet Amber. Amber was already there for business. They rented a 26' Penske truck and spent all day Saturday loading it with most of the rest of Mother & Daddy's furniture and the packed boxes. Linda and Dave were there also to help. (Bob and I stayed in Lubbock with the 3 boys and 3 dogs!!). I'm sure my job was much more enjoyable than theirs.
The guys and truck arrived back in Lubbock around 4:30 PM on Sunday. Now understand that Daddy had not told Mother this was happening. She was still thinking that she was going home to Dallas any day (and still thinks that!!). So imagine her surprise when that big truck backed into her driveway and all of us began bringing in her furniture and boxes. (We had help from Stacey, Perry, Jason's friend John, and Nic's friend John). Mother was speechless .... angry, then bossy, then OK, a full range of emotions. Of course she did not like where we put the furniture, despite us trying to explain that we were just trying to get it off the truck and would re-arrange later. It was quite a job and thanks are due to all for getting us that much closer to emptying the Dallas house.
5 steps back: Well, folks, it took less than 24 hours before Mother was raving mad!! She "did not ask for anyone to bring her furniture.....and tell "your son" to come and get his furniture out of this house". Whoa...trying to explain that we needed a little while to move things did not appease her....she wanted Nic's couch, table, etc out of there RIGHT NOW!! She wanted the china cabinet moved into the back room. I swear there is not a grateful bone in her entire body. Despite being harrassed each and every time, I did go down and help
Daddy put the beds back together and arrange two of the bedrooms.
I went down there today to have Daddy sign some paperwork and she asked who I was. She said there are 2 Nancy's, one in Tulsa, and wanted to know if I was the "good Nancy". I told her "probably not the good one"!!!! Anyway, then was blasted again about various complaints, my son's furniture, stealing her money, bossing her around....etc.
This evening Nic and his friend John went down there to remove the couch from her house and move her china cabinet to the back room. She said she wasn't going to let them move the china cabinet. She wants Jason to move it instead of those "teenagers" because they aren't careful. #1 - they are both 33 yrs. old, and #2, they are the actual ones that moved the furniture from the truck in the first place. She told Nic thank you for removing his couch, but said he should be thanking her for storing it!!! OMG.
Two steps forward: We all went out to eat at Chuy's for Amber's birthday on Monday, Jan. 14th. That was fun.
Grateful for a weekend away with my Scrappin Sisters for a scrapbook retreat.
News to follow: Both Mother and Daddy has a doctor appointment this Friday for check ups. Hopefully Dr. L will prescribe some sort of anti-anxiety/depression medication so that Mother will calm down. Daddy really needs some peace. Say prayers along this line!!!
Signed: the "not good" Nancy
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