Family: You wouldn't be here without them but.....

This will be short and sweet. Just a small gripe.

My grandparents are in town this week and are causing just enough discomfort to make me want to stick fire pokers in my eyes. I just now tried to count on ONE hand the times that they have visited the great city of Salt Lake in my lifetime. (I had too many fingers compared to visits...) Most of the other visits I was too young to really make any decisions about what was going on and was just dragged along. Now that I am older and have had my eyes opened to the "battle" that comes when dealing with family, I truly see that my grandparents are PAINS in the ass!

In their defense, they have driven a long way to come down, and have done it in a motor home. They are also getting on in their years but are BOTH still very capable drivers. They have decided to drive their vehicle as far as Ogden (30 miles to the north of SLC) and that is where they will be staying ALL week. The excuse for Ogden is that they do not wish to drive in the "city". Ogden IS a city! It's NOT small by any means. They, thus far, have refused to drive on any further and have requested "dinner" at the "campsite" tomorrow sometime between 6:30 and 7:00 pm. Dinner will consist of hamburgers and hot dogs, buns and meat not included. This also puts a strain on my sister. She lives in Gunnison (2 and a half hours to the south). This means that she will have to leave around 4 PM with her two kids, hang out for "dinner" and drive back to Gunnison. At this point I estimate her arrival time at her home around midnight unless she decides to get a room or stay with my mom or at my house and drive back the next day.

My thoughts on this are: Why not stay in a "smaller" town between SLC and Gunnison? There are TONS of small towns between here and there! Why not actually have DINNER at a restaurant? Also, I made a wager with my sister that they have a car in tow behind the motor home. I know they do that. They have been towing a little cruiser car around for YEARS! Why not stay in Ogden and drive the cruiser into town?

Ok. I'm done. For now.... They'll be here all week.