I spoke to my ex-mother-in-law about the trip to the cabin this weekend and what food I needed to bring. Since we are going down Friday evening and staying till check out on Sunday morning, I didn’t think I needed much. Well after talking to her and planning a menu for each meal there, we discussed who would contribute what. It seems she think I should buy most of the meats and potato salad and garden salad, etc. I asked her if some of the other family members could contribute something. She assigned them to bring one bag of potato chips. Being a Christian, I try hard to not be selfish about sharing, however these two family members always only bring one bag of cheap brand of potato chips to a family event and I feel it is not fair. They can afford more than a $2 bag of chips which they sit and eat most of it anyway. The husband works and the wife won’t and they have a 2 year old daughter. They live with his parents and pay no rent or utilities. They are free loaders, however my ex-mother-in-law allows them to do this to them and to us about this weekend.

After going to WalMart to buy the food for the trip, I ended up spending $68. Since I am a diabetic and my ex-mother-in-law is too, I had to supply some of sugar-free foods. This is not counting the cost of sharing the cabin cost too. I just found out the cost of the cabin is $70 for two nights. That is not bad, but when she told me the cost is divided by 3 families. I almost lost it. There is only one of me as 1 family and 2 in another family and 3 in another family (the free loaders). So now my cabin share cost is $23.50 she told me. That is $91.50 for a 2 nights trip that is only a little over an hour from home.

I do look forward to spending time with the family. We will have use of a swimming pool while there. My niece and I will hopefully get to know each other. She is not a friendly child, which has me concerned. She does not smile very much either. I truly wish for her to be a happy child.