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aökldsjf PARENTS.
Despite past occasions like the NIGHTMARE ROADTRIP FROM HELL TO TEXAS 2004, and the four or five tickets my mom got in 2003 due to falling asleep during the 3.5 hour drive to and from Atlanta, and the fact that she has narcolepsy (aka: falling asleep without warning!), my dad clearly thinks I'm just being a busybody because I keep trying to discourage them from taking long roadtrips anymore. My mother has always been a poor driver, but her narcolepsy has been getting immeasurably worse in recent years, and before 2003 my dad did over 90% of the driving. Since ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cuddlepint is 15 and has only had her learner's permit for less than six months, I don't think she is up to doing that.
Now they're planning a roadtrip from Alabama to New Mexico; Daddy estimates this at 17 hours' driving (not counting, that is, any stops whatsoever), but which I think may be an underestimate.
And he thinks they can do it in two days, and assures me that they have hotel reservations and will stop plenty for Mom to nap. And Lilly can drive! (That's my sister, not the cat - the cat has only 2 L's.)
Why are parents stupid? And why won't they believe you when you try to protect them from their own folly??? *tears hair*
If I could split myself into pieceslike Patrick does to sing harmony with himself ♥♥♥! I would send Me #2 home promptly to be their housekeeper/chauffeur/secretary. Sometimes thinking of them managing without me makes me cringe. I know they're adults who have always stumbled along more or less okay without me, but then things happen like the Vacation From Hell last summer and Crack Care Packages, and I'm just like, for the love of tiny little green boxes, how are they even still alive?
cuddlepint is 15 and has only had her learner's permit for less than six months, I don't think she is up to doing that.Now they're planning a roadtrip from Alabama to New Mexico; Daddy estimates this at 17 hours' driving (not counting, that is, any stops whatsoever), but which I think may be an underestimate.
And he thinks they can do it in two days, and assures me that they have hotel reservations and will stop plenty for Mom to nap. And Lilly can drive! (That's my sister, not the cat - the cat has only 2 L's.)
Why are parents stupid? And why won't they believe you when you try to protect them from their own folly??? *tears hair*
If I could split myself into pieces
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I just get so insanely frustrated, because, yes, they are the parents but they are useless as little babies in most circumstances! My mum lets tradespeople bully her, my dad is too self-effacing and too honourable to drive a bargain, and they always, always, leave vital tasks and paperwork until it is too late.
They are going to Europe in ten days and I have been having stress dreams about this trip for the past year.
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While my parents are eminently sensible, my MOM'S parents are a similar big bag of
crazyirrationality. My grandmother has had around half a dozen small strokes and so has been told by her doctor not to drive since some time in the 90's. So, I got her car (the purple Taurus) and my grandfather drove her everywhere. But now he has macular degeneration and can't see...so she started driving again, 10 years older and out of practice! She kept taking off the side mirrors of the station wagon getting it in and out of the garage, but rather than take this as a sign, she bought a smaller car. And even now that she's in an assisted living facility, we *cannot* convince her to take public transportation/taxis. ARG!no subject
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And its about 20 hours of straight driving on a good day, using the interstate highways.
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