Showers

Had a family event this weekend. A baby shower.

I am v. excited for my sister's baby to come along!

And it was a challenging day....

It is hard to get together with family when all everyone does is press each other's buttons. It is like sport to them to irritate, insult and put each other down. Oh, and as much as I try to stay an innocent bystander, that just doesn't happen.

So I helped to throw this shower and brought a tremendous amount of food. Lunch meat trays and the cake. Good thing I brought the lunch meat because that was all that was there that I could have.

My mother was supposed to be in charge of the veggie tray. She decided not to do it. This would be ok, but I specifically asked her for this so I could have something to eat too.

I hate to say, but I think it was on purpose. All she did all day was tell me that my dress was showing off too much (it wasn't. it was below my kneees and it covered up in the front) and to ask me how I was doing with my weight.

Now mind you, when I weighed more than my mother she would comment and make me feel bad. Now that I am a dress size below her, she does the same thing.

Don't mind me. Just having a little rant here because I could not imagine being this way with a child of my own. And the rest of the family is just as bad. They know I have a problem and they continue to try and offer me cake and sugar. Would they offer an alcoholic a drink? They probably would!

The good news is that my sister received a lot of wonderful gifts and was truly surprised! It is a shame that the family could not just let the focus be on her that day and celebrate instead of trying to bring everyone down to their level. Poo!