Caution

Hello Everyone:

Good news, the migraine and feeling of generally crappiness is gone.  The bad news, the @&$!ing space bar on the laptop is still stuck.  The silver lining, iPad.  Thank you Apple Computers.  So today I managed to get my household chores done without mom's usual annoying self.  She had to go back to the MD for some tests.  Fortunately she didn't need me to chauffeur and wait for her.  If the appointment was on another day, I might've been nice and taken her.  I am a nice person but I also have things to do.  Thankfully I got everything I needed to done with ample time left over for better things, like talking to you.  The only really annoying thing mom did was call to tell she was going to hang out at one of the local coffee places and if I'd like to join her.  I think I over reacted on that one.  That cluttered place called my head said "She's bored and just trying to kill time.  She doesn't really want to have coffee and hear how you're morning went."  Am I interested to find out how it went at the MD?  Yes, but I can wait until I come home.  Does mom really have an interest in how my morning went or what's going on in my life?  I'm cautious about that one.  In the past, mom's only interest in my comings have been in the form of unsolicited advice, whether I want to hear or not.  If I tell mom I'm not interested she starts with whole "too bad because I can really help you" thing and proceeds to talk anyway even though I've stopped listening.  The other thing she does is go on and on about herself or the grandchildren.  When she does take an interest in my life, it's for about a second before she launches into some non-sequitar.  So when mom suggests we do something together I tend to be extremely cautious.  Part of it is me because I try not to get into to serious conversations with mom because she some how always veers way, way off the subject, fixating on a non-related point.  Then, I get accused of controlling everything and only wanting to hear and talk about what I want.  No, it's about staying on point.  Thus the caution flags.