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[cybermule]

Peh - my stupid mother's dislocated her shoulder. Apologies for sounding unsympathetic, but she's always doing it - gets drunk, falls over, goes to the hospital, takes her sling off as soon as she gets home and repeats ad nauseum.

Anyway, I think I worked on my boundaries. Or maybe I was just a total bitch. Who knows? Basically I refused to use my day off tomorrow to take her to hospital for an x-ray. So there :P Nah, seriously, she'd already been, but she and my brother refused an ambulance to the nearest city hospital for an x-ray. Mainly because everyone assumed I had a day off tomorrow. Which I do, but I've been looking forward to it and I've got totally vital plans involving a friend, a pint of guinness and Kill Bill 2.

So I took her some money, and I'll order her taxis tomorrow. so now I can get a good night's sleep and have a day off. Cos I did clean the place up on Sunday.

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[unsane1.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[apel.livejournal.com]

I second that. Where do these people get off presuming you're going to use your day off to cart your mother around the landscape when she could have gotten it taken care of earlier? Enjoy your day off!

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I feel a bit bad this morning, as I sit here drinking coffee, but definitely nothing that I can't deal with ;)

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Apel. Like I said to unsane1 above, I feel a little bad, but not terribly so. I think it's an important step in noticing that my time is just as important as everyone else's.

[jo-kat.livejournal.com]

You're not being a bitch at all, you're just putting your foot down, hun! *hugs*

From the sounds of it you do loads for your family, and they are taking that for granted, which isn't fair or good... If they realise that you're not always available to pick up the pieces, maybe your mum will start to take a bit more responsibility for her own actions.

It must be really hard for you, though... Families, who'd 'ave 'em, eh? *sigh* Hope you enjoy your day off anyway, babe!

[cybermule.livejournal.com]

I had a great day off, and thanks for the support, Jo_Kat :) Families are just a bit of a pain in the bum. I just need to work out the cure. Psychological family haemorrhoid cream.