May 11, 2019, 12:25 PM

So I won this trip to go surprise my mom for mother's day. I've been working with my dad to keep the surprise intact and to organize things on her end.

The plan had been that I land around 2:30, I'd stop off at my hotel, then meet them somewhere around 4 for an early dinner. Perfect.

...in classic fashion my dad pulled his bullshit. Calls me to say that he's decided he'll be taking her to a late lunch today and they probably won't be ready for dinner until 8pm or so.

Cool.
Awesome.
Don't know why I woke up at 4am for an early ass flight to maximize my time or anything.

I'm gonna try to make up for it by swinging by too see my grandparents, but goddamnit. I hate how he does this. When they came to TX a couple years ago to visit me, they were supposed to pick me up for dinner....and called about two hours before they were supposed to arrive to say oh, we decided to spend longer in Dallas. We'll just head to your apartment tonight and be there sometime after midnight.