Someone Shot Me!
No Really - Just do it and get it over with!!!
By the way - This is TOTALLY OFF TOPIC!!
{Start Rambling}
So as all of you know - I was SUPPOSE to go to Michigan for a wedding and 4th of July party. It was all planned, perfectly.
However, my brother never called to say it was okay for ME to ride home with him and his girlfriend Sarah (By the way, she's a total freak when it comes to HER car)...
So yesterday, my mom went to wal-mart and got the oil changed, a hair cut, ya know the stuff you do before a trip BUT she also came home with bags of yogurt, cottage cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese, veggie burgers - I'm emptying the bags and thinking "What the hell is going on here... this is my kinda food, she doesn't buy this stuff...."
Well turns out they (my parents) decided maybe it would be best for me to stay home because...
A. Not enough room in the cars
B. I'm doing so fantastic on this program that there afraid I'll go up north and go off track.
C. I'll get my feelings hurt from my dumb ass cousins (They're a size 0, perfect kids, finished with college, hate fat people, count every calorie that goes in to there mouths - Kinda people....)
D. My cousin Lori begged me to come to Michigan for the wedding but then I get an e-mail telling me "Opps! I have plans with my college friends on Friday - I won't see you till Saturday but Tim & I are leaving Sunday...
So... After ALL this is said my brother John finally calls and asks "Your still riding home with us, correct?" UGHHHHHHH! We get in a fight, I end up in tears - Which means I hang up. He calls back and says "I'm sorry - I didn't mean to upset you but I just don't understand why you get so upset with our cousins..."
He calls mom - Then Mom calls me (Mind you she's on the highway with my father, heading to Michigan!) Mom then calls me and says "Pack your stuff, you can leave with Brian Thursday night...."
So then Amanda comes over after all this happens (She's my nephew's mom, Brian's girlfriend & most likely soon-to-be-wife) - She basically says to pack your **** I'll be here Thursday afternoon to pick you up.
Now I'm sitting here - Confussed as freakin hell and really just sick of the damn games.....
So really - someone shot me! (not literally but ya get what I mean)!
{/Stops Rambling}
Psst - I really need to just scream, loudly! But typing it all out, helped ALOT!
Katie, you stop it! Stop it right now! You are doing sooo great we don't want you going backwards & you don't want to start dumping do you? I hope you go up north & show everyone how strong you are. You did this for you not for them. Please don't let them knock you down. Now lets stop the pity party ok. No cake & ice cream at this party. ok
I'm through preaching now. Have a wonderful fun safe trip. Enjoy you grandmother.
We love ya, Katie
hugs & kisses
Barb
Katie,
I want to commend you for restraining from stress eating. I know you can do it!!! Take a deep breath and think of how far you have come since you last saw your family. Now, ask yourself this, Do you want to go to Michigan? Think of the reasons that you would want to go there. You will get to see your grandmother, you will see family that you haven't seen in a while, you can take pride in the fact that you can travel and continue to stick to the program, you get to spend time with your brother and his g/f (and your nephew?), etc. From what you said about your brother and his g/f, they think you are great and want you to come with them. If anything, you would enjoy the time with them. I know you will make the right decision.
As for your cousins, think of how sad their life must be if they isolate themselves from the larger world.
Susan {!}
P.S. what part of michigan are you considering going to? I grew up in Michigan.
*Update*
I'm staying home! It's for the best.... My mom & dad talked about it all the way to Lima, Ohio and called me last night. In a way, my mom was waiting for me to say outloud - the reasons why I shouldn't go....
I really couldn't sit still for 12 hours! It's just not possible right now, I can't even sit still just to ride to Knoxville.....
Anyways, Happy 4th of July! Hope ya'll have a great weekend! I'll be sitting back and enjoying my "alone" time!
-Katie
Just so your decision is for YOURSELF> This is YOUR time. One day here you are going to see them and be a whole person less(in size) . Remember you have been there , done that, and help someone else who needs the kindness and shoulder to lean on. Cousins size 0? Is that size or IQ? Just stay doing what you have been doing, this is going to pass and you are going to be the winner in the end. Keep posting to these folks for help if you are "home alone". They have good advice and are in your corner with simular problems and truimps.
Donna