"Excuse me, have we met?"

That's pretty much what I wanted to blurt out in text to/with my sister, when in the text I sent about how I wouldn't be there for Easter but would be at Mother's Day, "depending on pain and weather." Which, if she paid any attention to me over the years would comprehend.

Instead, I get a text back, "What pain?" which I think I regaled in a previous blog post. I wasn't going to engage or poke the obtuse-ity, but decided I would, just to see what level of stupidity comes next.

So, I text back, "adenomyosis, herniation, deviated disc, damaged ACL in both knees, heel spurs, arthritis all throughout, and carpal tunnel."

Stupidity I received in return, "What herniation?"

My reply, "Uh, from the bad accident I was in, in 1999? Rear ended? By an 18 wheeler? Ring a bell?"

So far no reply.

Not that I need to justify my actions, however, between the low back pain which does NOT improve sitting stationary for 2.5 hours in traffic to get there (and back) the carpal tunnel poses just as big if not a bigger obstacle, as it's pretty damned difficult to steer a car if your hand is in spasm from carpal tunnel.

This is almost as tedious as trying to dispel her "myth" and presumption that I never wanted to have kids (vis-a-vis discussions about fertility and my adenomyosis & PCOS).

Have we met? Srsly. I wish there truly were a block user function for folks in real life.