Weekend of Hell

So my mother's baby shower was this Saturday in South Carolina. I drove with two of my aunts and my cousin over FIFTEEN HOURS down there on friday and FIFTEEN HOURS back on sunday. The drive was only supposed to take twelve. It was an eventful weekend full of ridiculous family drama and selfishness. My mom is currently 8 months pregnant, tired, and emotional. My Aunt proceeded in first surprising my mom that we were there and then was more concerned about shopping the entire day and a half we were there. After the actual shower, which was spend by them smoking cigarettes outside and behaving in a "cliquey" manner in front of my mother's friends and family-in-law. They sat through the first half of the opening of baby gifts, which was their own gifts, and then proceeded to hover outside for the rest of the party until cake time. After cake they left in a rush to go shopping and did not see or speak to my mom until the next morning when we left. Nothing like using your sister's pregnancy as an excuse to get out of town for two days just to go shopping, and yet continuing to cry "poverty" when it came to gas money. They currently aren't speaking, and i was trapped in the middle of all this conflict. Gotta love family!