"Hold My Head Inside Your Hands..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

I'd just kind of like to state for the record that it's an hour past our departure time, and, once again, the fact that my father is alive has everything to do with my self-control and nothing to do with him. Forty-five minutes ago I asked him if he would put his suitcase in the car so I could finish doing the packing, and he looked at me and said, in a pitiful voice,

"Now? Before I eat my breakfast?"

And you know what? I haven't eaten my breakfast either. I've been up since seven packing the car, dealing with the cats, wading through the morning dew for all the vegetables Maria wanted me to bring, on four hours' sleep, and I told him, "Yes, that would be very helpful."

And he gave me a pitiful look to go with the pitiful voice, waded upstairs, and started packing his suitcase, which he apparently had not done yet. Because before an eight hour trip where you were supposed to leave at eight o'clock sharp the obvious thing to do is to wait until departure time to do the actual packing of your actual stuff.

He just came back downstairs and informed me in a martyred tone that he had finished packing and if it was all right with me he would just have a "bite of breakfast". He's nowhere near ready yet, and I am going to finish the packing and then go to sleep in the car, and dammit he can just figure out what he wants to do from there. I will not be involved any more.

afasfjals I hate my mother right now, actually, for abandoning me with him again. I can't wait to get back to school, I cannot take much more of this man.

Comments

[danica-enjolras.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Traveling = Major Suckage.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I loathe it.

[tinyammmy]

Ugh. Ridiculous.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Some people in the family are more organised than others. Just for the record.

[tinyammmy]

I feel your pain. Being late makes me crazy.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I super hate it, and it's unfortunately not one of the things Daddy is OCD about (things he IS OCD about include: we can only eat at Wendy's when we're travelling, and if that means we don't eat until two-thirty, well, SO BE IT).

[tinyammmy]

*dies*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Yes. This is why we really shouldn't travel together; we're both really OCD, but it doesn't overlap much unfortunately.

[eremon-lass.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that sounds kinda familiar.

Last Monday: "We're leaving right from church on Sunday, so we need to have the car loaded Saturday night."

Yesterday: "Hey, can I have my suitcase so I can start packing before we load up tomorrow night?"

Today: "Just don't forget to pack while you're cleaning the entire gosh-darn house to a level not achieved since we moved in 6 years ago."

My guess for tomorrow? Something like: Never mind! We'll go to church, come home, and you can all finish packing then! Sunday school start in ten minutes and we have 20 second-graders let's GO!"

I love family vacation like I love root canals. Except they give you anesthetic before the root canal.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

oh god. XD We should run away together. AT PRECISELY THE TIME WE SAID WE WOULD.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

;___; Oh dear, poor you. I'm sorry. I hope you get back to school soon.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Before I EAT MY FATHER.