The niece drama continues... Well after hearing from my nieces aunt on Xmas that I did good with their gifts for Xmas, I called last night to find out if I could get them for the weekend because I needed to buy their shoes for school and my nieces uniform pants. Well, their aunt said fine at first and then said they would have to come the next weekend. I said, "What about their shoes?" She said if I wanted them to have them so badly then just drive there, 2 1/2 hrs to take them shopping and then drive back. I told her no that's $50 roundtrip and that's alot of money for nothing. So, she said that they could come the weekend after, I said, fine, I'll wait.
So then she calls me back and says that she thinks I have an attitude because I said, "What about their shoes."-
and so they can no longer come to my house that I have to drive there to see them. I see why? She said she didn't have to give me a reason. I said she did. So, then she asks me if I came to see them when my brother had them. I told her I had gotten hit by a car and she asked me did I see them when her sister, their mom had them and I said you know I did off the greyhound and when I couldn't see them I called. I said, what does this have to do with anything. She said she just wanted to know and that the conversation was over.
So, I was very upset and called my sister who called this aunt and tried to talk calmly with her. The aunt said it was ultimately her final decision. So, then my sister and I called their mom who was already on the phone with her sister, the aunt. So, she said call back. We did and she said that she didn't agree with her sister but she couldn't do anything about it because they live with her. I was DEVASTATED and still am. We had lots of plans with the girls, my niece wanted a t.v. in her room, and I was planning on buying her a regular bed because she has a blow-up camper bed now. I had been working on the house and I recently told them that they wouldn't recognize it with all the changes and they were excited because in dd's room/youngest cousins weekend room, I had a t.v. put in. And the washer/dryer which they were excited about because it meant no more trips to the laundry mat and they would get to get away and do things.
There's nothing in that tiny town to do and they're aunt knows it. And that means I will have to spend double what I would spend to just come and get them inorder to see them. I am still going to send them their shoes/pants and will see them but I will have to wait until I can afford not only the gas, hotel stay-(I refuse to be anywhere near that woman now), and for food/activities-(if we can find any, the town is that small). But I do have a hotel discount because I work for the Cendant corporation who owns the Ramada and Days Inn etc. so I'm gonna call and find out how much my discount will be and when I go I'll spend the day and do what I want. Nothing is going to stop me especially not these people!!!