Red, red wine

I had forgotten how drinkable a good glass of red wine is. I just opened a bottle of Kendall-Jackson Merlot. It is delicious. It has been close to a year since I had a drink. Not for any other reason than alcohol and pregnancy don't mix. When you are trying to get pregnant, there is a span of time when you have to act like you are pregnant, until you know otherwise. Since we tried for a few months before having success, the count is nearly a year.

My in-laws have been visiting. They are divorced. My FIL came for 3 days. The following day my MIL arrived. They are individually nice people. They are very loving to our children (there is that plural again). They are both quirky in their own right. I am sure my husband would say the same about my parents. It is just that I've had 39 years to adjust to my parents.... and only 15 to adjust to them. Of course that is really just spread over visits and holidays. The added stress of special occasions and holidays makes it an unusually strained time. Hence, my glass of red wine.

I just need to vent for one minute however. If you are going to play the card of "...oh woe is me..... I can't afford to come visit - I can't afford to stay in a hotel - I'll sleep on the futon in the living room - I don't mind the fact that it is in the middle of the house, with the TV, Computer, Kitchen, traffic for middle of the night feedings in the nursery..." and get some member of the family to buy your plane ticket and another to foot the bill of the hotel - you forfeit the right to complain about the distance or quality of the hotel in which you are staying or the travel woes of airline delays.

Ok, I feel better... thanks for listening. I'm going to go finish my glass of wine.