We went to Satan's today....

We were 15 minutes late to Satan's (my mother inlaw's house). I needed a coffee before I faced that crowd. I admit it, I dreaded going there and had no pep in my step this morning. I'm proud though... Satan approached me right away. She complained that they'd held the meal (pizza) for our late arrival (HELLO, we were 15 minutes after the designated hour!!). I told her, "Sorry, Hubby was sick of being the first ones here. So, here we are!" Smile.

Whatever :-) She didn't get to me -- I was still drinking (and loving) my coffee. I slept like crap last night, but napped away the morning. By the time we got to Satan's I was pretty feisty and ready for her. Tonight I told hubby about her comments on our tardiness and he laughed at my retort. I'm SO glad that he gets it and is on my side.

It is so typical of her to attack me and leave him unscathed. He had no idea she had even brought it up. Silly woman -- as if her venom can cripple me now! As if her petty attacks can effect my blood pressure anymore? Hello? I've built up my tolerance. Her poison no longer has potency against me. Heck -- she can bring it!!! I now have an outlet (this blog) for the stories. I can rant and it is out of my system. I can laugh about it now. 13 years of marriage and I'm becoming an old pro at dealing with Satan.

She does amaze me though. She talks in front of the kids about how she should sell her left over pain medicines. "I bet I could get 2 bucks a pop for the Vicodin -- I've got the good kind." I told her that she might get two bucks a pop, or she might get 5 to 10 in the big house for dealing narcotics.

I know, I'm bad. I couldn't help myself. Does a sane person speak like this in front of her grand kids? She started talking with my sister inlaw about the possible street value of the drugs they had left over from their operations this past year. HELLO? Beuller? Is this really appropriate family conversation? The sister inlaw is engaged to a guy with twin 6 year olds -- do they need to be hearing that?

I told Grandma Satan that the kids and I would visit her in the big house. I told her that I thought denim looked good on her too -- she'd fit right in. "You have enough attitude to hold your own." Hubby jumped in and mentioned how he could picture Satan using a shiv to deal with any unreasonable cellmates. My son had left the room, but my 10 year old Super Girl was clearly entertained. (Yes, we talked about inappropriate distribution of prescription drugs in the car on the way home. I know, I'm over the top sometimes).

Being subtle doesn't work with Satan. She clearly thought it was okay to joke about selling drugs in front of her grandchildren. Is that really a good idea? Is this really the message she wants to send? Does she really think 6-10 year olds have the maturity to realize she's kidding? Honestly, if she'd had a buyer I don't doubt she be a seller. Hopefully our united front (hubby and I) sent a message. I'm SO glad I don't have to have her watching my kids anymore!!

Oh! I almost forgot the best part! Satan decided to touch the issue of payroll and asked hubby, "Are we going to get paid this week?"

Last week the father inlaw wrote himself a paycheck. He didn't check to see if funds were available in the bank, he just wrote the check. So, since there really weren't funds available for payroll for both, hubby went without. It makes sense doesn't it? The family of 2 gets paid and the family of 4 goes without? Nice.

Well, since she was dumb enough to ask the payroll question in front of me I got to throw in, "Hey, at least your family got paid last week -- we didn't." Hubby said nearly the same at the exact same time as me. He then advised her that this week's pay is unlikely for either family.

HA! We were a united front! Ha ha Satan! Take that!!!

No more walking on us while playing the victim! Hee, hee! I am really sick because this was fun for me....

Check out what I saw hopping through the yard tonight. Toad? Frog? What the heck? We are a good 5 blocks from the nearest stream!!

The kids got a kick out of him -- I was happy the dogs didn't notice him! How odd.

I love the small wonders of nature that catch us by surprise!!