I've been trying to find time to post about the annual family vacay at our lake house a couple weeks ago, but things have been so crazy busy. I started one post and it was so long I never finished. Lol. A couple interesting things. It was scheduled to be a "long weekend" of 5 days (Sat-Weds) but SS28 left on Tuesday, and his DW left on Monday, as her sister was keeping their new puppy that was not housebroken (did we allow it at our lakehouse? Oh, h*ll no!) I had planned to leave on Tuesday, but when I found out SS28 was leaving that day, decided to stay and work while they went out on the boat that last day. (SS26, newly single, was only there the first 2 days and did not spend the night.)

Going into this, I told DH I was NOT cooking for or cleaning up after SKs half my age (and SS28's DW & SGDs 7 & 9) while they sat on their @sses. A monkey wrench was thrown in when MIL decided SHE & FIL were coming the first two days bc they hadn't seen SSs in years. (SSs would NEVER go to MIL's house) Since my MIL always helps with meals and is 80 years old, I certainly could not let her do it all. So for dinner the first day, DH grilled, and she and I made sides and cleaned up, and for breakfast the next day, I cooked (for all 10 of us) and MIL & DH cleaned up. ( FIL is VERY old-school and never helps cook or clean up--he takes a nap after the meals. Lol.)

After MIL & FIL left on Day 2, I told DH the original plan was in place, and he was fully responsible for waiting on SSs. For the next 2 days, whatever was prepared by SSs or made for SGDs was piled in the sink. I made myself scarce in the a.m., forcing SS28 to have to to make breakfast for early-rising SGDs. SGDs' cereal bowls sat on the counter filled with milk all day  until "someone" (not me!) put them in the sink.

However, surprisingly,  on the last morning SS28 was there, he loaded all their dishes from the sink to the dishwasher! DH joked to me he almost videotaped it (as I was out enjoying my kayak.) SS28 also made his and the SGDs' beds. Before leaving, SDIL folded all the beach towels that were in the dryer (over a dozen, mainly used by SGDs, who grabbed a clean one every time they got on the boat on went in the hot tub, multiple times a day.) So, obviously, this was an improvement over years past, I guess, although I'd preferred the dishes went directly in the dishwasher when dirtied.

We encountered weirdness on Day 3 of 4 that we never recovered from.SS28 told us on Day 2 he was taking SDIL the next day to her sister's in a neighboring podunk town to take over caring for their dog due to her sister's work schedule and dog not being house broken, which was fine. However, SS28 added he and SGDs were going to stop and watch the fireworks in a town on the way home. This seemed odd, as our lake put on an amazing fireworks show on Day 1 (Saturday) where we went out on our boat, had glow "everything," necklaces, bracelets, masks, you name it, with 100 other boats on the water. The next night, a bunch of families went together and put on a SECOND night of fireworks, which were pretty darn impressive for amateurs, and we saw those as well. So it seemed strange to me that, having seen fireworks 2 nights in a row, SS28 was taking SGDs to see fireworks a Third night in a podunk town (meaning fireworks not impressive) while dropping off SDIL to take over caring for their dog.

SS28 wanted to go to dinner before he took SDIL to her sister's and SGDs to fireworks. I assumed the fireworks would be at dark, still a couple hours away, so no rush. However, the first restaurant we went to had a 20 minute wait (not long for the 4th of July) but it was tense the whole time. When it looked like it might be a bit longer, SS28 wanted to leave. We ended up going to a fast food restaurant and SS28 actually paid for their own meals, which was great, but they sat separately from us, ate quickly, and rushed out. We could hear SGDs (who had fallen asleep in the car on the way to the restaurant and were red-faced, Sun-drained and cranky from a day on the lake) saying they DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO MORE FIREWORKS! Still, SS28 rushed them out and left while we were still eating.

DH, bio DS15, & I went back to the lake (bio DS21 stayed away from this sh#tshow) to wait for SS28 & SGDs to return because our lakehouse is in a gated community and DH had to let them in.) After we got there, DH said he thought SS28 was mad at him because, before we left for dinner, DH said something to SGD 9 about the huge brown stain beside her on our couch while she was drinking a soda. She also had come in from the lake soaking wet and sat down, so there was a larger wet spot around the brown spot. While holding the brown soda,SGD9 denied she spilled it. (I was having flashbacks thinking it sounds like a chip off the ole block. Lol. ) I also noticed both SGDs eating cookies on the couch and brushing off the crumbs, but said nothing. 

At any rate, at about 11pm, DS28 finally buzzed to be let in.. SGDs were all awake by then and excited. THEY mentioned SS28 sitting on the hood of BM's car during the fireworks!! SS28 had NEVER mentioned he was meeting BM, but we suspected it. She just HAD to inject herself into our visit, and SS28 could not cancel with Mommykins, even when his daughters were exhausted from being on the lake all day and had already seen fireworks the past TWO nights. It all made sense now. The rushing at dinner because they had plans to meet BM well before the fireworks started, the inability to cancel the stop at the fireworks even though SGDs were tired, exhausted, and didn't want to see more fireworks. Yes, of course, SS28 couldn't cancel because he had plans with THE QUEEN!

I truly expected SS28 would post pics from the fireworks with BM on social media, but he didn't. He did again just post many pics of SGDs having fun at our lake, but no pictures or mention of DH (and of course not me!)  I SO WISH SOMEONE would comment and ask WHOSE lakehouse he was at. Lol. 

Oh, finally, we spent under $500 on the whole thing this year, a savings of well over $10k dollars we used to spend renting the annual beach house, so another positive. 

I am mostly blogging to remind myself of how SS28 snubbed us again and get any comments necessary. We won't see or hear from SS28 until SGD7's birthday in the fall. I think I need to let DH handle that entirely on his own and make other plans.