Shoot Me Now

I know I'm going to go to hell for posting this but I'm in such a impatient mood right now. We are going to be in the car forever tonight and if I have to listen to my mother in law IM me about what time we are going to get to their house or anything weather related I'm going to scream. R usually gets let go early the day before a holiday (well until this holiday) and it's 4:11pm and he's still sitting at work. Traffic is going to be insane and therefore we are taking back roads all the way up through the state of Michigan. We have to drive to my parent's house to get Little man and then drive another couple of hours to get to my in laws house. I'm guessing that if we get going around 5:30 we'll be lucky if we make it before the fireworks at 10:30 tonight. Everyone goes up north 4th of July weekend. Traffic is usually at a stand still on all the major highways, hence us taking all back roads. It can be faster but not always, so we'll see. I'm hoping maybe with the price of gas less people will be traveling.

My mother in law has IM'ed me sooooo many times today with weather reports, asking what time we are going to get there, telling us to call when we leave my parent's house, and the list goes on and on. I've really lost my patience. I know to bring warm clothes, I don't need a blow by blow description of the weather at every point in the day. I don't need to hear her asking what time we are going to be there (if I had a magic crystal ball that would tell me that I'd pull it out and quit wondering the same question). Yesterday I had to deal with her drama about not being able to find the kind of meat R wants for a dinner he's cooking on Saturday night. We told her a minimum of 5 times that we would just get it when we get up there, but I still had to hear about it over the phone, e-mail, and IM. Sometimes technology is just annoying, however, not as annoying as her.

The main thing I'm dreading is her reaching out to touch my belly. I HATE IT when she touches my belly. I have certain people (mainly close friends) that do it and it doesn't bother me, but strangers and her really, really bother me. Last time she tried to do it I put up my hand and stopped her from touching me. I don't quite understand why people try to do that. I don't reach out and try to touch them in weird places such as their bellies. Comments are bad enough, but then adding touching on to that, just ticks me off. While I'm on the subject the comments are really annoying too. The infamous "are you sure you aren't having twins because you are huge." Gee, thanks, that makes me feel good. How are you supposed to react to that? Some people really just need to keep their comments and hands to themselves. I swear they didn't learn the Golden Rule in elementary school, "treat others how you would like to be treated!" I'm pretty sure no one would appreciate me touching them on the belly or telling them they are huge. Sorry for my extreme vent post, I think I'm super cranky because I'm hungry!