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What Have the Unions Ever Done For us?
Nov. 14th, 2007
What Have the Unions Ever Done For us?
1) After MUCH madness, like, a week of dicking about because Aeroplan wouldn't do it, Air Miles wouldn't do it, and the only cash tickets ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
iclysdale found were ruinously expensive and would keep her here past her earliest possible cataract surgery dates iclysdale and my sister[1] found flights that weren't exorbitant and would allow my Mom to be here for Christmas. Arrive Dec 17, leave Dec 31, one seat left on the return.
This was about two hours ago. They agreed she'd book them, they hung up, great sighs of relief and joy all round, we came home,iclysdale went to sleep.
I just got an email:
Marna,
Please e-mail me back and let me know if you are having 2nd thoughts about having Mom for Christmas. If you are, we will go with the " can't make the connections work" story, and I'll tell her that non-peak season would work better, maybe a week with you, and a week with Jim and Mary, or something to that effect.
It's a lot of money to spend and effort to go to, if everyone isn't going to enjoy themselves.
Later, [Sister]
* * *
Dear [Sister]
No, we're not. Are you having second thoughts about having her away at Christmas?
If we were, WE would have gone with the "can't make the connections work" story. But in fact, we just couldn't make the connections work. You and Ian seem to have found a way to do this without exhausting her or stranding her here till mid-January, and we are delighted.
I haven't seen Mom at Christmas in forever; this is going to be huge fun. And considering the rest of the mob we're expecting, practically no extra work.
Marna.
***
2) And now I am tired and want desperately to go to bed but cannot because a) I am all wound up and b) I called and got her bloody husband.
"She's in the bath, should I have her call you?"
"Ask her to call me if there's a problem with the tickets."
"I'll tell her you said to call then"
So now I can't go to bed until my sister gets around to calling me back to let me know if with all this nonsense she has missed the chance to get that ticket, leaving us with a series of less appealling choices involving having Mom here for three weeks, which will exhaust us all, or not having her here at all, which will break my heart and possibly hers,we've dicked around on this so much. If she calls me back, of course.
And it is 1:30 in the bloody morning here (it's 10:30 there) and I am TIRED. I wanted to sleep now and pack in the morning. And, now, I am angry.
[1] To the best of my knowledge, said sibling does not read my journal. If she does, frankly, she probably ought to know better. I mean, in general; this is the first time I've ranted about her online and will probably be the last.
ETA 3:06 am. It's midnight out there and she has not called. I doubt she will call now. If she does I may kill her. And so to bed.
iclysdale found were ruinously expensive and would keep her here past her earliest possible cataract surgery dates iclysdale and my sister[1] found flights that weren't exorbitant and would allow my Mom to be here for Christmas. Arrive Dec 17, leave Dec 31, one seat left on the return. This was about two hours ago. They agreed she'd book them, they hung up, great sighs of relief and joy all round, we came home,
iclysdale went to sleep. I just got an email:
Marna,
Please e-mail me back and let me know if you are having 2nd thoughts about having Mom for Christmas. If you are, we will go with the " can't make the connections work" story, and I'll tell her that non-peak season would work better, maybe a week with you, and a week with Jim and Mary, or something to that effect.
It's a lot of money to spend and effort to go to, if everyone isn't going to enjoy themselves.
Later, [Sister]
* * *
Dear [Sister]
No, we're not. Are you having second thoughts about having her away at Christmas?
If we were, WE would have gone with the "can't make the connections work" story. But in fact, we just couldn't make the connections work. You and Ian seem to have found a way to do this without exhausting her or stranding her here till mid-January, and we are delighted.
I haven't seen Mom at Christmas in forever; this is going to be huge fun. And considering the rest of the mob we're expecting, practically no extra work.
Marna.
***
2) And now I am tired and want desperately to go to bed but cannot because a) I am all wound up and b) I called and got her bloody husband.
"She's in the bath, should I have her call you?"
"Ask her to call me if there's a problem with the tickets."
"I'll tell her you said to call then"
So now I can't go to bed until my sister gets around to calling me back to let me know if with all this nonsense she has missed the chance to get that ticket, leaving us with a series of less appealling choices involving having Mom here for three weeks, which will exhaust us all, or not having her here at all, which will break my heart and possibly hers,we've dicked around on this so much. If she calls me back, of course.
And it is 1:30 in the bloody morning here (it's 10:30 there) and I am TIRED. I wanted to sleep now and pack in the morning. And, now, I am angry.
[1] To the best of my knowledge, said sibling does not read my journal. If she does, frankly, she probably ought to know better. I mean, in general; this is the first time I've ranted about her online and will probably be the last.
ETA 3:06 am. It's midnight out there and she has not called. I doubt she will call now. If she does I may kill her. And so to bed.