Ok so I was up all night last night didn't get a wink of sleep then had to leave way to early this morning. I fought with the boy beginning at 5 am until around 5:30 when he finally decided to get up and move his lazy ass. So finally around then we were out the door and on our way . . . or so I thought.
Turns out that despite the fact that I asked him 200 times last night before we left my mothers house "are you sure you have everything" he left his jacket there and I felt that there is a chance we may need it while gone - so off we went to retrieve the item. I chirped my sister to let her know I was running late to hear nothing but bitching in return. So when I finally get near her place, seeing as how I really had no clue where she lived, I chriped her again to get directions.
Now buy this time it was damn near 6:30 am and I was irritated at the late start and even more irritated at the bitchy ass people in the jeep with me. I had myself, my sister, the boy, and my neice who I call Missy (though her name is actually Bailey). So we left Delaware and headed down 23 toward our detination. Yeah - somewhere around Chilicothe Missy deided to wake up from her sleep and puke all over herself. Woo-hoo, what a way to get the trip going. NOw this was only 2 hours if that into the damn trip and it was already looking not so promising. But I soldier forward determined to get to the house around noon.
So we head on south toward Portsmouth which marks a little less than the half way poitn in this journey into hell. We get who knows 25 or so miles away from our turn onto I think it is 113 - hell I know it when I see it when my sister decides to complain that she has to pee. Oh good lord she didn't even bother to tell me until we were driving past the rest area now mind you . . . so I told her ok we'd stop at the McDonalds and get the kids some breakfast and let her use the bathroom when we got to our road and she agreed. That was unitl about 3 minutes later when she proceeded to bitch that I was driving too slow and to hurry up and whatnot. We finally arrived at McDonalds somewhere around 9-9:30 am and got everything taken care of - then as we are sitting there my mother decides to chirp in and check and see how everythign is going . . . as if I need more aggrivation at this point. I played it off well and told her everything was fine and I'd talk to her later.
So over the damn hill we went and onto maybe 54, again who knows (the scenic route along the Ohio River) and headed toward Ashland, Kentucky. Noone in the car was in a good mood and I was no exception. I was sore and exhausted and dealing with people in a confined space. AS we crossed over that bridge I swear I thought I could toss each of the out and noone would ever have to know . . . Anyway onward I went, just driving and driving and watching road signs and counting down miles til each small town we had to go thru. This went on for what seemed like forever.
Finally we get to the switch off from 23 to 80 and I am praising any god I can think of. I am watching each little sign looking for the right one - Garrett - and knowing that I am within a half hour of my destination. I make the turn and head for a filling station since I am about on a 1/4 tank of fuel by now. We stop and head up the hill that takes us more or less directly to the house. This is where every fucking idiot in a car finds me and pulls in front of me daring me to hit them head on . . . seriously at least 4 people. This is also the point where I look down at my phone and realize that I am in dead zone - compeltely no service at all. So, now I am stuck in Knott County, Kentucky with my family and no cell phone - arghhh!
But wait it gets better still, this was only at noon today - I still had an entire day to make it through. We pulled up to the house knowing n noone was going to be home they are up in New Carlisle for a few days visiting their daughter. But I know the door is unlocked because I never remember ever in my life that door being locked even during the trips to Myrtle Beach when we were kids. So the door was unlocked and waiting on us it seemed so we headed in and I collapsed on the sofa which is leather and not as comfortable as I was hoping for it to be. My sister goes directly for the phone to call her "man" and let him know that she is here blah blah blah . . . I have no one to call and inform of this so I just rolled my eyes at her.
Then her and her daughter go to take baths since I made them get up and an ungodly hour and had the nerve to be late at that. I called a few people and let them know we were here and were staying here and all that bullshit that famiy always wants to know. I couldn't take it any more so around 1 pm I walked upstairs and laid down to take a nap - yeah I know I'm terrible. So I slept until 3 pm and then we headed to Hindman to the grocery store and my aunt's clothing store. We got there and had to talk and talk and talk and then had to wait on the kids to choose what they wanted from the store . . . ugh!
After that we then headed back pu the damn road to the cemetary to visit my dad'd grave which takes sooooooo much out of me emotionally. But then what do I do? Do I rest or anything hell fucking no I go to see my grandmother (Mawma) who is suffering pretty badly from ALzheimer's. Yeah more of an emotional drain, though she was having a really good day today and almost knew who I was - ya take the small things when ya can. So we got there a little before 6 pm and was onloy planning on staying a short bit - yeah more family just kept showing up. Finally a little after 10 pm we got to leave the damn house and come back here.
The first thing I did was strip down and get into the tub - I love the damn massaging jets even though I am still in a great amount of pain. I laid in that tub for as long as I could trying to foget the day - it didn't work. I came out of the bathroom and my sister was on the phone with her "man" again. So instead of getting bitchy about it or anything I came in here to write this out.
Ok, so here I am until Friday afternoon - stuck here with no cell service and nothing really to do and with people who are already driving me insane. Then Friday afternoon sometime I am heading up to New Carlisle to visit some more family and head into Dayton and meet someone. I am hoping that goes better than today - but it can't really be much worse - done for now - more to come as I suffer through the rest of the trip - stay in the loop - lmfao
