A Good Day, Rationalization

Yesterday was fantastic! It didn't start off all that great - with a small verbal altercation with my grandmother. Details aren't all that important, but it ended by her calling me "uppity," which really ticked me off. Anyway, we'll get back to that in a moment.

I met Susie for lunch at The Elephant Bar, which neither of us had been to before. It was yummy!! I had creme brulee for the first time. It was magical. :) Conversation was great as well. We then went to see Wall-E. It was awesome!! Funny, cute, witty - another winner from Pixar. They have never let me down, and I hope they never will! Keep it up, Pixar!! Afterwards, I met Peter, Melanie, and Angela at the mall. We then went to Donna's for a while. A fun, fun day.

And then I had to go back to Grandma's. Which, is not something I wanted to do. She's manipulative, rude, hypocritical, stubborn, etc. Which, I am not saying that I'm never any of those things because I know that I am, but she frustrates me and brings out the worst in me. I feel guilty for disliking my grandmother and I felt resentful of the fact that I had to be there to do things for her that she can do herself, but refuses to do because I can do it for her. And, of course, I was supposed to do the chores, but I got treated like a kid... I don't know. Well, last night/this morning, I decided I'd had about enough. She gets around just fine and can do for herself - she just refuses while I'm there. So, I left. I know she's my grandmother and I should be willing to do things for her, but I have my limits... But perhaps I'm just trying to rationalize everything so that I don't feel guilty about leaving.

Although, I did go back tonight to make dinner for her. And, I'll be going tomorrow to take out her garbage and change her patch. And, I'm always a phone call away. So, we'll see.