Thunder and lightning

You would think that on the day your only daughter gets a new job, one that she will actually enjoy, you would be happy for her. Congratulate her and tell her well done. Never in my whole life would I have expected anything else. Of course, it is my mother and she is one of a kind so I should have expected the unexpected. How is a person capable of making such a good day go sour? This should have been a great day. A day where I could laugh and not have a care in the world because I got a new job and everything seems like it will work itself out. However, the moment I tell my mother the "good" news, all she can do is bring it down. She brings in the rain clouds like no one can. With thunder and lightning that will shatter the sky. I don't know how she does it. I don't know why she can't just be happy for me for once. It's kind of a difficult thing when you're mother brings you down. The moment I walked out that door with a new job and new employment papers in my hand, I felt like going out and running all my errands and then doing some productive. Now that I've talked to my mother, all I want to do is lay down and sleep. I don't want to do anything because what does it matter? She won't care.

And even as I type all this, deep down, I know she does care. I know she loves me and she's just worried about my financial situation. But at the same time, I wish she could just say, "Good job. I'm proud of you."