2005-06-30 - 9:05 a.m.

I am so totally looking forward to this weekend. The company gave us Monday and Tuesday off and I took tomorrow as a vacation day. We're heading way down the Cape to have an adult vacation. My cousins and their significant others as well as my mother and aunt will be there, too. I can think of nothing better than being with people I love, relaxing, eating, drinking, laughing, singing, and relaxing some more. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate!

The only tiny little thing that is hanging over my head is my step-daughter. My husband arranged long ago to have her stay at her mother's this weekend, so that is taken care of. But (and there really is always a but), the last time we went away, it was just for the night during Valentine's weekend and she also stayed at her mother's. Or at least she was supposed to. She and a friend went to an all-ages show and the plan was for them to take a particular train back and the mother's boyfriend was to pick them up. They never got off the train. They never came home. They never called. We were oblivious to all of this, as our cell phones were off.

The police were called, my husband's mother was called, my parents were called. They all called our house and our cell phones to no avail. When my husband turned on his cell phone the next morning as we were preparing to check out of our lovely B & B, we slowly realized that his daughter was missing.

She finally called her mother right around the time we were learning all about this and was safe....except for being yelled at, screamed at and grounded for two months.

So, I am apprehensive about going away this weekend for fear she will pull that again. I asked my husband this morning to speak to her and make sure she behaves because this is hanging over my head. Why it is hanging over mine and not his is another story. I guess he trusts her more than I do. I just hope we're (okay, I'm) able to relax, let loose and have fun.
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On the future sister-in-law front - still no word. She did not show up at my parents' on Father's Day because she was supposedly sick. She was at the benefit this past Sunday for my brother's lead singer, but remained backstage with her flunky. She's too good to rub elbows with the little people, I guess. Okay, that sounds really bitter. I need to remain on the high road. I know I did the right thing and I know the ball is in her court, so I need stay the course. If she chooses to continue this battle, then she is losing out. Actually, I feel bad for my brother in all of this.

Long ago they planned to host a cookout for our two families to meet and it is next Saturday, the 9th. I haven't heard any more details, so I wonder if it is still on. If so, of course we will go. It should be an interesting afternoon, though. We'll see.

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