The control planning continues. Grandma needs Great Aunt Peggy to visit her. She starts her control planning process by admonishing Aunt Peg for following orders.
"Peggy, please come as soon as you can. I am getting so anxious to see you and I want to have you come down here while the weather is still good. ... We can really have a wonderful time, and there are a lot better looking guys down here than there are at home, and even better that the Sergeant. ... Also, get your reservations made as soon as possible. Now, I'm not kidding about that, so you do it as soon as you get this letter, if you haven't already done so. There is nothing to be afraid of on the train, Peg, no one will but you. If I have been able to come down here by myself on the train 3 times and gone up on the train once and flown once and came through OK, so you can do it and do it soon!"
There was much more to the paragraph above. Grandma essentially reprimands Great Aunt Peggy, then cajoles her, and then ends with what she hopes is a motivational speech. Grandma then plays her trump card, and finally reveals her genuine motivations behind the whole control planning travel situation.
"All the kids have been getting presents for their Dad's and it hurst me that I can't send him anything. I wish you could hurry up and get down here, Peggy, for that one reason, so I can talk to someone about it. I don't like to talk to the other kids because ti makes them uncomfortable and they don't want to listen to my troubles."
Losing her Father made Grandma's control planning go into over drive. She could not control the events surrounding her Father's passing, so she's trying to control what she can. Thankfully she is staying busy in her office and Grandfather keeps taking her to the movies.
"I havent been doing much. Tuesday night I had the watch so I had to stay in and so I cleaned the room, washed all my clothes and ironed. Thrilling, isn't it? Last night I went to the show with Bud and Andy."
I don't know who this Andy cat is, but I think Grandma and Grandpa end up living with him. Also, I believe the show she mentions is the movies, but knowing the 40s it could also be a floor show. I think I like envisioning her and Grandpa going to a floor show rather than a dark movie theater. It's glamorous.
At least Grandma has my Grandpa and she was able to verbalize what was wrong. That doesn't mean my Grandmother isn't still annoyed that my Great Aunt Peggy didn't follow orders.
"Don't stay for Ruth's wedding. It will be over in 10 minutes & then what good did it do you - just make you mad you're still single."
Sister's really know how to cut to the chase.
When I was growing up we called going to a movie,"Going to the show", so I'd assume hat was what she meant. Remember that they were Moving Picture Shows.
ReplyDeleteI figured that's what it was but I couldn't remember. I think she would have mentioned something about the news reel but hey.
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