Okay, so I have a rant. I have a cousin, who I like and all, but not like we ever really talk or exchange cards, etc. Last time we saw each other was lik 92. So, anyway, he's had a lot of shitty luck and the most recent is his wife was diagnosed w/ a rare form of cancer.
So, my mom tells me about it and suggests i call or send a card, which I'll do, but she bugs the shit out of me about it. So a couple nights ago, Mom calls, asks what I've been up to, what my brother's been up to, talked a while, etc. Asked if I'd called or written yet....no.
So, she calls my ass at 8:35 am yesterday and I don't answer anyone's call at that hr, esp when i just talked to you like 12 hrs before...lol. So, later on, my gf tells me she gets a call and let's me listen to the msg. So Mom is on a fucking rampage bitching about how I haven't called them....but I had time to do XYZ that we'd talked about and my brother had time to do XYZ that I told her about, etc....going on and on.
That pisses me the fuck off. I don't mind being reminded to do something i need to do but i don't go for guilt trips or acting like I need to stop living life, drop everything and call someone, etc.
The other thing is almost 2 yrs ago, my appendix got inflamed and burst on me, landing me in the hospital twice....came pretty close to getting sepsis (entire body getting poisoned by the toxins and you die), but got really lucky that my immune system walled it off w/ an absess. For a min though, it looked pretty scary and they were thinking I could well be fucked.
Anyway, friends, co-workers, close family all called or visited, sent cards, etc. but i didn't hear from this particular cousin... Not that i expected to because we don't keep in touch that much, but don't tear me a new ass because I don't immediately get a hold of HIM when his family is in a similar situation. That just struck me as some serious bs to catch all that hell when they didn't call me or anything when my ass was looking pretty iffy for a few days.
Alright, rant over. My mom is just a serious busy body and is always in everyone's business. This isn't even her side of the family and my parents have been divorced since like '82...lol. Anyway, hit that same liquor store today and prob looked like a lush grabbing up two more bottles of that vodka.
Gonna have a fun weekend. A bunch of my old friends from when I lived in Branson are heading back there for the weekend to hang out. One of the guy's rented Yakov Smirnoff's condo (he has a show there), so I'm guessing it's prob a pimp ass pad. Prob gonna rent a pontoon Sat and hit the lake. Haven't seen one of the guys for about 7 yrs. We used to party a lot back then so it should be good times to hang out again. Heading down there Thurs. afternoon.
For 10 bucks a liter it's an absolute steal.
