All right then everyone, it is once again time to play our favorite game of, "It's NOT my . . . ". This is the game where you get to fill in the blank regarding what thing is NOT something you have to concern yourself with.
Unfortunately I am not very good at this game. It seems that I constantly get myself into situations where I should have just kept my big mouth shut. I foolishly have this stupid idea that I can possibly contribute something to what ever is happening at the moment. How very silly of me!!
Today's segment of the game is, "It's NOT MY party". I swore that I was not going to get involved in any of the planning or preparing for today's gathering but some how I managed to get myself in the middle of the shit storm. The up side of all that is I get to come outside under my favorite tree and blog. (I find blogging is better than drinking or drugs because I can find the humor in a situation when I write.)
Let's go back to the beginning of this latest upset in my life. We, (The Man), have house guests for 10 days. The Man's son, girlfriend and her 2 boys, (ages 7 & 9) arrived here last Saturday from Alaska. That is GREAT !! The man enjoys his son's visits, the son is super helpful and fixes all sorts of stuff around the place and they cook !! BUT, it is 4 extra people in a tiny, one bathroom house. Stressful to say the least especially when you are old and cranky and never know what or when your bodily functions want to kick in. I swore to myself I would stay out of the way and under the proverbial radar. Easy to say, not so easy to do. And this is where our game of, "It's NOT MY . . . " kicks in. I have to keep reminding myself it is not my family, not my house, not my place to say or do anything. I find this nearly impossible !!!
Today it came to a head when I tried to help, something that I promised myself I WOULD NOT do while our guests were here. I have managed to remember this vow for three whole days but I lost it today. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID !!!!
Our house guests are having a family, friend gathering here at the farm today. WONDERFUL ! I am totally on board with this. The Son and his friend are doing all the buying, cooking and work associated with a gathering of 15 people. Their choice of menu which they are totally handling. I have stayed as far removed from this as possible. All was well with the world.
UNTIL . . . the logistics of setting up for the party became an issue. The IDIOT, (AKA, The Man) decides the outdoor cooking and food set up should be done on a small 36 inch camping table out on the patio. (When I got up this morning there were numerous pans and bowls of food that will be turned into fish tacos. There is NO chance in Hell that all the food that I saw was going to fit on a 36 INCH table.) And so, STUPID, STUPID, STUPID me said, "Why don't you get the big folding table out of the garage to set up and work on. I will give you a lot more room." It was just a thought that I stupidly put into words. You would think I had suggested The Man rip out his eyeballs and shove them up his nose. There was much huffing and puffing on his part so I just shut up and walked inside to do some dishes. Next thing I know The Man is in the kitchen telling me to get the extension cord and put it out the bedroom window so the cooks can plug in the deep frier. I reply, (because I am totally pissed at The Man) "Have DJ plug it in, he is right at the bottom of the stairs where there is a plug and you can put the cord out through the window right there.
BIG MISTAKE !!!! The Man had it set in his head that the cord should be brought into the house, into the bedroom and snaked out through the bedroom window.
Let us pause here for a moment and contemplate what happens when you put a large industrial extension cord out a window. You must OPEN the window, right ? Even if you then try to shut the window as much as possible there is still a half inch wide opening where bugs can get in. Normally this would not matter except that this morning while we were sitting on the patio there were HUNDREDS of flies. The conversation was "Where did all these flies come from?", "Why are there so many flies?" "What is going on here and how do we get rid of the flies before the party." Would you like to guess where the bedroom window opens out onto the patio ????? If you guessed right above where all the flies were you are correct !!!! I would have liked to have pointed this out to The Idiot, aka The Man but there was no further discussion to be had. He wanted the cord out the bedroom window so I put the freaking cord out the freaking window.
I'll keep you posted on how my, "NOT MY problem" works out today.
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