My mother was in an accident this morning. She said that she was going to work, was stopped at a stop sign, and a lady coming up behind her wasn't paying attention to the road and slid into my mother's SUV. She told me that she's fine, but the back door on the driver's side is smashed in, and doesn't even open anymore. It might have to be totaled, but she won't know until the insurance folks have a look at it.

But this wasn't gonna stop her from swinging down here to bring me home from work before taking my sister to physical therapy, and my nephews to swimming classes...Until my sister canceled all of it. Now my mother's telling me "There's no point in me going down there now, find some other way home"...Really? She's willing to drive my sister through half the city, but can't take 20 minutes to make sure I'm not stranded in the storm coming through? I understand that she doesn't want to drive around too much with her back door partially caved in, but she was going to come down here for my sister, why am I being left to walk home in this?

Unfortunately, this doesn't surprise me in the least. She only helps me out when it's convenient for her, usually when she's doing something with my sister. And even then, I have to bend over backwards and rearrange my entire day to what she wants first. But she won't hesitate to drop everything and even take time off from work if needed to take my sister to the store or the park or wherever else she feels like doing at that moment. She'll even drive around with her vehicle smashed up if my sister just feels like going out somewhere. And despite the fact that she spends at least six times more mileage driving my sister around than she does taking me home from work, my mother adamantly insists that her costs in gas and vehicle maintainance is my fault.

I just needed to rant about that for a moment. Now if you'll excuse me, I got a long walk home...

~Kyetsu