Vacation has come and gone

Here it is Monday the 7th, and all I have to show for my vacation is a sunburn and no money in the bank account!

BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT!

Yep, my biggest hurdle for the week involved two things.
My Mother
Gaining Weight

Let's talk about my Mother and then you will get the picture as to the weight gain for the week.
So, the first full day we are there, we still have yet to pick up my pregnant daughter who is flying in from California. She is arriving at 11:20. But they do not get to the cabin until around 2:00'ish.

She looks so cute, with here nice round belly.
But my mother can't just let things go. Here is the picture, we are sitting on the porch enjoying the mountain views, and discussing Brit and her boyfriend's personalities, and then she did it...yes my mother asks "well, is your boyfriend as fat as you are?"...
OMG! My chin dropped to the floor. What in the world was I going to do to bring this conversation around to a positive note, and not disrespect my 83 year old mother.

Hmmm, let me think****
Nope, I just turned that back around on her and said, "what difference does that make, MOM"
(inside I am seething and thinking about what motivated her to ask such a question to someone who is 6 plus...months pregnant.) It is a minor miracle that my pregnant daughter just didn't go off on her right there. But she restrained herself. Or, just felt so deeply hurt that she pulled back into her shell and decided to get up from the table and go find a more positive conversation elsewhere.

What an idiot. I can't believe how much of those types of stories occurred during the week, not only with my daughter, but my daughter-in-law and then there was my grand - daughter.

So, as you might see I am a little over the edge with the vacation.
It will be the last one - where we will have both my family and my mother there!

My daughter is having a baby shower tomorrow night and she will be flying out on Wednesday to her home in California. She probably can't wait to get out of Columbus.