hysteria......

ok, so the night before we leave for this wedding, a journey of many hours and 2 days of driving that involves leaving off my mom at her sister's house in cleveland.....my mom is near to hysteria that we cannot leave earlier.....mapquest claims a trip of 5 hours 48 minutes, while my mother claims at least a 9 hour trip...with stops......she is threatening to not go if we do not leave earlier...which we cannot as my spouse's vacation coverage doesn't come until a certain hours and cayle has soccer camp to finish......but then there are my blood kin, who have threatened to leave for a meeting if my mother is 15 minutes late of their designated arrival time for her......frankly, they are all being ridiculous......and i pray that i will make it through this weekend without losing my temper....and may god remind me that in my own life i am simply living out the hand that i have been dealt.....