The afternoon of the party, they all had to get one chore done and Lovey had to practice her violin to be able to go. The chores were finished in short order (surprise surprise!).
Lovey went in to practice her violin and became enraged when she saw a piece of sheet music on her stand that she felt was out of date and came yelling into the kitchen to tear a strip off me.
MOM! WHY did you PUT THIS music on my STAND??? IT'S so OLD and I haven't USED IT in forever and IT DOESN"T belong THERE!!!!!!!!!! WHY would you PUT IT THERE????
The shock left me stunned and speechless. I laughed in incredulity. Who did she think she was? Where did she get the idea that she could speak to her mother like that? This must be our fault for being so indulgent and accommodating with them all the time. THE END.
I somehow fought the urge to slap her silly and told her a thing or two. I was livid but couldn't decide what the consequences should be. I stormed out into the backyard to calm down and wait for Murray to come home to rant at. I certainly didn't feel like taking her out for a night of fun and games! An appreciation party when she wasn't showing us any at home seemed completely wrong. I couldn't even remember picking up the sheet of music in the first place, but if I had it was probably because she'd left it on the floor in the first place! She was completely out of line and out of control.
Unfortunately that meant one of us couldn't go to the only Christmas party I get and well, obviously it wasn't going to be me. Murray had to take one for the team and stay home with her. When I told her about it she was very stoic and showed no emotion. She quietly slipped away though and I could hear heavy sobbing from behind her closed door. It actually made me feel bad and a twinge of guilt started to seep in but I stood my ground. This type of thing is getting more common with all 3 of them seeming a little big for their britches lately.
So I went off with the other two and we did have a good time and they seemed to take their sister's punishment as a warning because the expressions of thankfulness were effusive and they seemed to try extra hard to use their manners!
During the party, I used some of my tokens to play air hockey with each of them. They were baffled. That game didn't spit out tickets at the end to cash in for junk at the prize desk. I said I just liked the game and wanted to play. "but. it doesn't give any tickets!" I said I knew that, I just wanted to play because it's fun. "but.... no tickets?!?!?" Once they tried it they really enjoyed though. I don't think they'll "waste" any of their tokens on it though haha!
When we got home and got them to bed, Murray said he'd talked to Lovey about her words and tone and she agreed she shouldn't have reacted the way she did. Maybe it'll sink in!
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