In which my better nature vies with my normal nature
My mother informs me that I am expected at my aunt’s house Saturday night at 6 (or 6:30 or whatever, some time). I seethe some because, yet again, no one sees fit to be in touch with *me*, but this isn’t exactly a surprise date which I can reasonably have made other plans for. (During Chanukah, OTOH, I will make plans EVERY SINGLE NIGHT (and reschedule iff I get my own actual invitation (like a phone call or an email)) because hey! I can’t be expected to keep 8 nights free!)
My mother suggests I go there separately, which sounds like a fine plan, because then I can leave separately. Which sounds less fine because I am expected to leave with my crazy sister, which is unfun. On the other hand, if she drives and not me, I can drink (they make strong drinks). On the spare hand which I keep in a drawer it’s not a mixed drink sort of occasion. But in any case, this means I can get there whenever I want.
Some salient rationalisation background: they always invite friends of theirs I dislike, ignoring us for their friends, and they always always come quite late (usually with a coffee — Starbucks or 2nd cup — in hand), and we wait dinner on them, half an hour, an hour.
So: do I go with my good angels and get there around when I was called for? Do I go with my bad angels and get there half an hour late? Or more? Can I claim to have gotten totally lost and forget my cell phone and not have any money on me?
September 20th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
I totally go for going with the sister, drinking aplenty, and charging her with the responsibility of getting you guys out of there at a reasonable time.