Not On-Call

Hello Everyone:

The cleaner came and went today. The good news is the whole apartment looks good: the bad news is he did such a great job, I can’t find anything. Typical. He also changed the lightbulbs in my bathroom so now it’s too bright and, for some inexplicable reason, he moved my dresser drawers around. Otherwise, the apartment is immaculate. Anyway, today was another episode in mama drama. I was in the middle of a post when she call me to come home. Her reason, supposedly she wasn’t feeling well and wanted to take a shower. Really, nothing urgent. I stood my ground, told her I was in the middle of something and couldn’t come running back. Very minor mama drama. She was kind of upset with me when I came home but, you know what, I don’t care. Mum has to learn that there are limits to what I will do. Either she learns to respect or not.  I just have to rigorously reinforce my boundaries. I still don’t believe her when she says she doesn’t take advantage of my availability because her actions speak for themselves. I just have to take mattes into my own hands and make it quite clear that I’m not on-call 24/7 for her.