The poor kid is so homesick. She misses her mom a lot. I feel sorry for her. She's so sad after her nightly phone call.

My FIL is a very stubborn man and when he gets something in his head, he has tunnel vision and nothing else matters. He doesn't even see how homesick his granddaughter is.

He wants a computer, he wants to buy it here, so my husband can install stuff on it, then he can take it back with him and he's not leaving until he does. That's that. Ugh! We've been to Best Buy twice in 2 days, but he hasn't purchased a computer yet. I THINK, (I won't say assume) that he'll purchase one tomorrow. FIL is waiting on the next shipment (tonight) into Best Buy. If the computer he wants isn't on the shipment then he'll buy the next model up.

Have you ever heard of someone doing such a thing? I haven't. It amazes me every time he comes to visit that he brings his computers .. yes, I said computers ... two.. with him and just expects my husband to work on them for him the whole time he is down here. And, it's not simple work either. They're bad. Totally screwed up. So bad this time, my husband won't even work on them. (But this was after a week of trying to fix them) He told him to pitch them and buy a new computer.

No, he doesn't follow us into bed .. so we have some alone time there, but it's not much. And, how alone can you really feel when you know you have other people in the house, eh?

It wouldn't be so bad if I went to work everyday and had some change ... but I work at home and my entire routine has been interrupted for the last 12 days.

I realize I'm ranting now and I appreciate the forum to do so.

My husband and I are both of the same mind and hubby will talk to him tomorrow.

Thank goodness there is no drinking involved here.

Just a lot of inconsideration.

happy days... our houseguests left early this morning.

Finally.

Hubby had a talk with his father and convinced him that waiting for his computer was not a good idea. They ordered it online and had it shipped to FIL's address. Hubby then burned all the program install CD's he'd need and gave them to FIL with instructions on how to install.

Thank you to everyone for letting me whine and complain on here. It really helped me to vent constructively without blowing up at home.