Survived X-mas.....Barely

@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
December 28, 2018 10:05am CST
My sister said she was coming on Monday morning early so I got the 3 cats put up with another 4 in my bedroom on Sunday night. She calls Monday 'late' afternoon to say she's running behind schedule. Seriously???? She calls 'Tuesday' 'late' afternoon to say she'd be here about 3:15 and we could get the ham in the oven and be ready to eat about 5:15. She gets here and I put the ham in the oven while she unloads the car along with her 2 dogs. At 5:15 when we should have already started the potatoes, she decides I should take some pictures of her with her Ipad. Well that didn't work worth a crap. So by now it's 6:30pm. I'm ready to faint, my back is screaming and she's complaining because she says it's too HOT IN THE HOUSE. Now mind you, the furnace is off, the living room windows are open, the ceiling fan is on in the living room and there is an oscillating fan pointed directly at her 4 feet away. The temp is roughly 45 degrees outside!!!!!!!!! Trying to sleep that night was like being in the Antarctic. The worst part? She seems to have a 'bowel' problem and apparently doesn't know when she's about to crap all over herself. She's showing me some photos on her Ipad and suddenly yells and starts to run down the hallway. She has crapped on my living room floor and down the hallway. Geez!!!!! I couldn't wait for her to leave on Wednesday. Of course it only took her 2 hours to load up the car with the 2 dogs. If ever there was a time for a glass of wine; it was when she pulled out of the driveway. I think I still have some hair on my head and my gun is still under my pillow!!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Dec 18
Talk about a Christmas from hell. Do you get the chance to inflict yourself on her next year?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Dec 18
@JudyEv And make her pay for it.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Dec 18
Unfortunately no @JudyEv ; she'll be at my place again like she is every year.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 18
@nanette64 Well, I'd leave her to it and book into a motel for the night/s.
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@DianneN (246533)
• United States
28 Dec 18
Yikes! That’s one unusual sister you have.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Dec 18
I know right? Good thing I already have white hair; otherwise, just after 2 days with her, it would be @DianneN .
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@DianneN (246533)
• United States
29 Dec 18
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
28 Dec 18
Gosh. You had to put up your animals to accommodate hers? I would suggest going to her house next year or tell her you will find her a nice hotel that accepts dogs. An ex had a daughter like this that demanded we crate all our rescues so she could bring her dogs that were constantly barking, peeing on the floor and into everything. I finally put my foot down and told her to go to the motel. We had a neighbor that just popped in unannounced and complained about the cat hair on her black clothes she wore. I told her tape is a good friend to remove and she told me we should not have cats in the house. I told her our house our animals our rules. She was being rude so I made it clear and also told her we prefer people to call first and not just show up. She also tracked mud on our new carpet when we have a rule no shoes on the carpet. When we told her she kept walking in anyway. Some people just have no clue.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
29 Dec 18
@nanette64 Wow. I'm glad you got through your holiday with her. So odd not to unpack and sleep that way.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Dec 18
@noni1959 She is definitely weird.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Dec 18
Oh holy crap @noni1959 . Yeah, my sister complains about my house but she has lived in hers for 7 years and has still NOT put pictures on the walls, bought furniture or unpacked 99% of her boxes and she sleeps on an air mattress in her living room and it's a 3-bedroom house!!!!!!
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
28 Dec 18
Sounds rough but glad your survived.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
28 Dec 18
Me too @Happy2BeMe ; geez!!
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@YrNemo (20261)
29 Dec 18
I am so sorry that you had such a bad time entertaining your sister. I love your post however, I read and laughed so hard. If you were a writer, your books would be best sellers I bet.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
29 Dec 18
If I didn't have the humor @YrNemo ; I'd probably go nuts. And thank you on the best seller possibility.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
7 Jan 19
Oooh jeez!! Why would she wait to crap all over herself while she clearly knows she has an issue?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
7 Jan 19
Good question @aureliah and it happens to her all the time at home. I told her she has IBS and to have it checked out but she won't listen to me. Just like she didn't listen when she was having Kidney problems and wound up in the hospital for 10 days because one of her Kidney's exploded.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Jan 19
@aureliah She is as stubborn as a rock, so I doubt it.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
12 Jan 19
@nanette64 I just wish she learnt from that and she listens to you
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