Yay live journal...

Glad to see that LJ is back up. I've missed it. I have done a lot in the last couple of weeks but I don't really want to write about it now. Maybe early next week. The camping trip with family was successful, even if I'm the fat little dumpling that can't keep up with the rest. Mostly that's because of my back injury but the extra weight doesn't help. Jumping off a rope swing just isn't in my best interest.

I heard echoes of my aunts in my voice when I spoke to my niece about some inappropriate language and behavior. I'm sure she wants nothing to do with me now but I guess that's life as an aunt.

Right now I'm just feeling sad. It's probably not a great idea to watch so many episodes of "Whose wedding is it anyway?" Even if I ever meet the right guy, a wedding with all the hoopla probably isn't in my future. I'm getting to be too old and rotund for a traditional wedding dress and my family's weddings are simple affairs anyway.

On top of that, Robert went to work with Carrie today...not a problem except that no one thought to mention it to me. So I'm busting a gut trying to get all of my work done at home so I can try to get to the house by my usual 4:00 and when I do get there, no one is there. (I did 9 loads of laundry, weeded and "dressed" the front walk, cleaned litter boxes, gathered and took out the garbage and pruned back the blackberries that are growing through the fence all before 1:00) I don't expect Carrie to be home, she works until 6. I was a little late but I'd called the house twice to try to let Robert know and ask if he wanted to run errands with me or if I should just run them myself. Since he didn't answer, I decided I'd better just do it. When I arrive at the empty house, I called Carrie and she said, "yeah he's right here". His explanation is that he expected I would call. I DID! I called the HOUSE. Robert doesn't have a cell phone and Carrie carries the phone I set up for them. I don't generally call Carrie at work to track down Robert.

So I figured that the fact that my being there wasn't important enough to even rate a call meant that it wasn't important enough for me to be there and I came home. I left many things undone that I wanted to do today in order to go 40 minutes drive across town to see them. I'm angry and hurt. Not because Robert went with Carrie but because nobody thought me and my time were important enough to tell me there had been a change of plans.

I won't see them tomorrow or Monday either because tomorrow I have church meetings at a different time than usual and Monday Carrie is in a fashion show for a boutique off Mohawk. I expect Robert to go support his wife rather than show up for dinner with me.

So it's been a mixed day. I got lots done but in the end I was terribly disappointed.