Zack's Mom is a Weirdo

Ok, I could have picked a more vulgar adverb to describe that women, but we all know what I really meant.

In my post from yesterday describing our wonderful time with Zack over the holiday weekend, I mentioned I would share some of the odd things that his mom did/said before and during the visit. So lets begin-

Her Action - The Monday before Thanksgiving I received an email from her TELLING us that she is going to move the Christmas visit. The usual visit is a 2 1/2 day stretch in MA between Christmas & New Years. Her revised visit for this year is the weekend before Christmas with only 3 1/2 weeks notice.

Us - She can't even ask to see if this works for us! She just tells us since it works best for HER work schedule (let me tell you she just got a job for the first time in 6 years as a teaching assistant this fall).

Her Action - Lied to us when she was heading to Maryland for this recent visit rather then just being truthful. She called Jeff to confirm the swap off time for Friday morning and for some reason mentioned that she packed Zack's goggles but not his swim shorts.

Us - Jeff caught her in the lie so we knew before she told us on Friday that she had actually arrived in the area early. What, we can't see Zack for a couple of extra hours?!?!? Also, if she hadn't left her house, why couldn't she have packed the shorts (Jeff thought of this after they hung up so he didn't get a chance to say anything).

We didn't request that she even bring his swim shorts and goggles! Luckily Zack didn't want to go swimming so Jeff didn't have to buy a swimsuit along with one for Zack (since their swimsuits were in MA).

Her Action - She mentioned she packed Zack's toothbrush & toothpaste just encase we forgot his. She was so proud of herself.

Us - Um, for the last 10 1/2 years she's never packed a toothbrush or toothpaste for Zack so why all of a sudden would we forget them? *She also never sends him with clothes for a visit so we always pack Zack his own stuff *.

Her Action - She took away Zack's PSP about 2 months ago as a form of punishment. But, when the trip came along she let him borrow his cousins Ninteno DS rather then giving him back the PSP.

Us - We bought the PSP for Zack for when he travels. She can do what she wants while at her house, but it made no sense why she didn't let him use the PSP for the trip. I was so upset that we spent so much money on the PSP last year and she let him borrow a gaming unit from his cousin.

Her Action - She wanted to leave Maryland early to avoid traffic on Sunday. So, she wanted to meet at 11am at IHop so we can all eat and then let Zack go with her after. Grandpa told her easy directions on how to get from her hotel to the IHop she's been to before (and this was the meeting spot).

Us - Guess who was late to lunch because she was lost? We were waiting for her before we ordered our food and she was almost a 1/2 hour late. This from someone who wanted to be on the road early! I also hate sitting down with this women face-to-face while we eat.

She finally arrived and Jeff asked why she didn't follow Grandpa's directions. She would have been at the restaurant in no time if she had. She was trying to explain how she got lost and Jeff looked at her handwritten directions that she wrote down and yup they were right! She just chose to go her own way. She is always late (and if we are late, watch out) or lost!

So, these are just some of the things we had to deal with this visit (and the ones I could remember at the moment). Thanks for taking a moment to read about what we had to deal with. I can't imagine whats in store for next time!