Getting a move on..

So Lilia went up to James' mothers Saturday so that we could try and get stuff ready for the arrival of her little brother.. The plan was a fail, because we didn't get nearly as much done as we wanted to. James filled the walls in the babies' room, and I emptied all of the junk out of ours and sorted it all out. That's all we got done Saturday (James came back from his mothers at half past four! Maybe that's why!), and Lilia was staying overnight so I thought that maybe his parents could bring Lilia back to save us some time so we could get started with the painting or something.. The filler wasn't dry in their room, so I suggested we got started on the bathroom.. James then revealed to me that his parents weren't bringing Lilia back, they were expecting him to go and pick her up. This annoyed me so much, it was Sunday. We can't drive. The three buses he'd have to catch to get up there do not co-ordinate with each other, and end up with a twenty minute wait at the first stop, and then a fifty minute wait at the other stop! The time it would take to get up there would be about two and a half hours! Which meant we couldn't make the most of James' mother having Lilia and get stuff done. James' father came to pick him up in the end.. Which lead me to the question "why couldn't he just bring Lilia back?" Because I had a lot of washing to do yesterday, so I couldn't do the painting anyway. So I could have watched Lilia, right? Ugh. So anyway James went up there and ended coming home at five. Day wasted yet again. I am so annoyed with his parents, they know we can't drive and it takes a lot of time off our day to get up to their house, but they still wouldn't pick Lilia up. The whole point of them having her was for us to get a move on and at least START painting the babies' room ready to move her in! My mother offered to have her for the day Saturday, but not overnight, and I said no - thinking that James' mother said she'd have her overnight so it'd give us plenty more time.. How wrong I was. I should have said yes to my mother, she offered to pick Lilia up early morning from my house, and bring her back late evening. It would have given us more time in just that one day than James and I had all weekend!
Needless to say, I have learnt from my mistake! I have asked my mother to have her next Saturday so James and I can make a start painting the room.
At least we are trying to get a move on! ... Right? o.O