hell's bells

i have the ac/dc on, and i'm trying to get the kitchen cabinets finished. the paint is making me feel pretty sick. i can't wait for it to be done.

i can't afford to fix the car, so it's sitting at the garage. i had to ask dad to come and get us on saturday. he didn't want to do it. he thinks his kids should be standing on their own feet and living with the consequences of their decisions. i think that kind of attitude is going to make him a very lonely senior citizen. i hate asking him for anything. and i rarely do, but liam's party would have been ruined if two characters didn't show up.

it had been a long day even before dad got involved. jake biked to diving and then went to robbie's. we took sam to the kermesse. on the way home, we got groceries. walking everywhere is crappy. thanks to ns power and eastlink, there are no trees in my neighbourhood , so there's no shade when it's hot. dil got a sunburn on his arms and neck that is still pretty sore. meanwhile, we had to pack, pay our mortgage, do laundry, etc.

i had a little freak out when dad showed up. he was saying things like "don't you budget?" to me, and then he was all charm and manners when dil came into the room. he then went out to the car and sat there with the engine running while we finished packing. i forgot my camera, part of dil's costume, tom's housewarming present, and other stuff. he can be such a jerk.

mum gave me a big hug and a big glass of wine when we got to fp but i didn't really feel like drinking. i really just wanted to go to bed, but it was 4pm, so i didn't. after we ate some snacks, i kissed jake and sam and we went to liam and raina's. i think everyone had a really good time and we were up until 2am. then joe and stacey headed back to enfield and everyone else went to bed. i slept through the night, which was nice because i haven't been doing that much lately. we had some coffee and then mum came with jake and sam to get me.

i was hoping she would take us home, but she took us to new ross instead. there was a fair going on at blf and tom was working. he was very excited to see us, but i could barely drag myself around, and the boys were tired and cranky from staying up too late. after a million years, we got back in the car. i thought maybe we could go home then, but we went back to fp instead, to wait for dad to get back from golf.

he drove us back to the city, but not home. first we went to see el and b's new apartment. it is pretty nice. liam and jason had spent the entire morning helping them move. if i was tired, i couldn't imaging how dil felt.

when i got home, jim and tammie were here. dil had given them the keys because they had to be out of their house, and dil and jim had planned to work on the floor this weekend. no time for that, i guess - there is still a depressing hole in the hall floor. they stayed for coffee and left a bunch of drywall and wood and stuff. i'm not sure what it's for, but there must be a plan for it all. we tried to find places to put it, but we ended up putting some of it outside.

we fed the boys supper, bathed them, read stories, put them to bed, folded some laundry and went to bed ourselves. zzzzz. i woke up at four again. i don't know why. i felt like i had been dreaming, but i couldn't remember what it was about. i need a new mattress. and a new brain.

back to painting.