Who needs soap operas?

[snapdragon76]

I decided to wait and post for a bit until my mood brightened some. It's not great, but it's better.

I had a bit of a nuclear fallout with my mother this morning. I had gone to bed later than I had planned and so when I woke up this morning, I wasn't quite with it. Mom was trying to talk to me some this morning on the car trip to her work, and I wasn't overly responsive. Not because I was trying to blow her off, it's just I wasn't all together with it yet. Well, she seemed to think I was deliberately ignoring her, and she got all moody. It got to the point that when we pulled up to the entrance so I could let her out, she started acting all pissy and slammed to doors when she got out. Needless to say, it soured my mood. Then, when I got back home there was a message on the answering machine. It was mom. She had started to apologize but then it turned into an angst fest, saying how she feels under appreciated. She goes on to say how she only got a card for her birthday and how I want a big ol' party for mine. About how she "doesn't rate much" and all this other stuff. Of course, I was feeling a little pissed when I got home and then I started to feel like complete crap. She said some other stuff too, but I really don't feel like getting into that at the moment. She then called again to apologize for the message and to completely disregard what she had said. I tried to explain that the reason I hadn't gotten a gift for her yet was because funds were tight this month and I'd have to wait a bit before I got her anything. I still planned on getting her something. And the only reason I sort of want a bit of a party is because it's gonna be my 30th birthday and it's kinda special. If it were anything else, I'd care less. I'll just tell her I don't need to have anything done for me, not if it's gonna cause any sort of drama. I just don't want to deal with all of that.

Aside from that, the cookout we had yesterday was very nice. Some friends of ours had their daughter visiting from Canada, so that was nice. I hadn't seen her in awhile. We then played a game. It's called "ImagineIff" and it's kinda like a guessing game. You have to try and pick the most appropriate choice from a list of things under a certain topic for whomever you land on. If you pick whatever the actual person picks for themselves, you move up a space. It's kinda hard to explain, but pretty fun.

I'm trying to try listening to the radio through Windows Media Player. I picked their Top 40 category, but there seems to be a lot of Hip-Hop and I'm not one who enjoys that genre. Once in awhile I get lucky though.

Trivia of the day: Nutella is a hazelnut spread made with skim milk and cocoa. It is virtually unknown in America, but European children have happily smeared it on breakfast croissants for decades.

Comments

[moontyger.livejournal.com]

Wait, Nutella is trivia? Since when? Practically everyone I know eats and adores Nutella! It is especially fun for rituals and parties. And, um, sold in regular American grocery stores...

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Tell that to the site I get the trivia from...

Aquaman!!

[flamika.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Fighting with parentals is hard. Hope things turn out well. =/

Funny you should mention Nutella. I just learned what it was last night from my friend from Ireland.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they are. I think my mom was under a lot of stress lately, mostly due to work. Thanks for the support, though.

I got that tidbit from the trivia website I frequent. Interesting coincidence I think...

[thesnipe.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I know mornings aren't the best time for anyone. If you try to talk to me before I get some coffee and check my e-mail, well let's just say you handled it better than I could have.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

And it doesn't help matters that I'm not a morning person to begin with. Plus both mom and I are people who tend to let things fester instead of actually saying what's bothering us.

[shoujo22.livejournal.com]

*Sigh* Hang in there my friend. I'm cheering for you. Okay? ^^

Btw when's your birthday?

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Thanks sweetie. It's better now.

July 27th, so pretty soon.

[shoujo22.livejournal.com]

Wow, my sister's is July 18th and she'll be 30 too. No wonder we get along so well snap-chan ^__~. If I haven't already told you so, my sister and I are really close.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

*snickers* "snap-chan" I like it...


Anyway, I had gotten an indication of such by reading some of your journal entries. It's good that you have such a close relationship with your sister...

[shoujo22.livejournal.com]

Good. It suits that cool personality of yours *nods* *nods*

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

^_^

[miyabita13.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I don't know what to say, except that I'm glad things simmered down a little, even if there's still some awkwardness.

Heh, I haven't been to a cookout in a while, so I forget how much fun those things can be. We used to have cookouts on the 4th of July. We'd set up a badmitton net in the backyard. ^^

*hugs again* I hope the rest of your day is good.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're better. Mom's under a lot of stress from work right now and sometimes it tends to spillover. We both need to find better ways of handling things like that.

I love cookouts. While we didn't do any outdoor activities for this one, it was still a lot of fun.

Parents can be difficult........

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

I do know that..sigh...

*hugs*
Chris

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Well, us kids can be difficult as well...


~_^

[pinnacles.livejournal.com]

Getting your wires crossed does suck.

Not related, but, um, have you tried nutella? It's really amazing and it's partially made out of chocolate (cocoa's chocolate, right?) and it's hard to go wrong with chocolate.

*hugs*

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

*nods*


Nope. Never tried it. And yeah, cocoa's a relative of chocolate and you're right. It's hard to go wrong with chocolate.