Negotiation

[mishaday]

I called Mom and talked her down. "I don't want to be this unhappy about coming to see you!" and "What exactly will I be doing that makes me being there so important?" The movers will be packing the books, and she maybe needs to paint a few closets at the new house... Uhhuh. And I'll help how?

Then I called Dad and asked what brought it all on and he thinks she might have panicked a bit at the accelerated time line. Her two weeks that she'll need to pack the house started last night.

She's a grown woman who's moved 5 times in the last decade and only once with my assistance (and all of my crap was there too.) Then I can enjoy a leisurely family stay some other time. Thanksgiving or Christmas or whatever.

Thank god. I really didn't want to spend a week moving my parents.

Comments

[rhi]

{{hugs}} I can see that! Maybe see if you can send her a snack basket to the old house or flowers to the new one, so she'll know you're thinking about her? Glad it worked out!