First let me start off by saying that I absolutely love my mother in law. Unfortunately she lives all the way back home in NYC. I've been telling her about my SW hobby which she's been 'kind of' curious about.... but she really doesn't understand or know anything about my new hobby. It wasn't until this past week that I was finally able to show her my pride and joy! As much as I love her, it still felt like a verrrrrry long visit. My mother in-law is eccentric to say the least. Here are just a few of her little eccentric characteristics......
-She LOVES to be the center of attention
-She talks non-stop
-She often uses to Yiddish to insult people (without them realizing it of course)
-She insists on drinking everything out of a wine glass (including coffee)
-When she curses she can make even a seasoned New Yorker blush
-She shops like a madwoman
-Smokes (not tobacco) when ever she thinks she's lost her appetite ... the smoking usually coincides with when she's watching Dancing with the Stars
-She swears she's not wearing enough jewelry if the metal detector at the museum (where she volunteers) doesn't go off
-Every Friday she sends her loved ones (including my fish and coral) an e-mail wishing us all "Shabbat Shalom" (happy sabbath)
She's a little tornado....a total force of nature, but she's amazingly unique. As fun as she is.....I was REALLY ready for the day when she'd be going back home. I was exhausted and I was waaaay stressed out.
At the end of the trip, on her last day of her visit, she happened to accompany me to the LFS to pick up some more RO water. It was her first time in an LFS and she was immediatley hooked. She ran around the SW area offering to by me numerous fish and coral that she thought were 'cute'. She was pointing at everything and asking 'can we add this...can we add that....etc... She was very disappointed to find out that most of the critters she pointed out wouldn't be compatible with my tank. I eventually let her buy me a rock with some mushrooms on it which made her very very excited. I decided to call it 'The Margie Rock'.
I learned a very valuable lesson.......each time my mother in-law visits and I'm beginning to feel like I just can't handle it anymore, I'm taking her to the LFS
