JoG I'm so there with you.
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husband is about the only one I'm not annoyed with right now, and that's just cause his degree of annoyance is less than anyone else's. He's still buddy-buddying with nephew, which I think I need to get over, but it bugs the boogers out of me that he can just pal around with him like that after what he did to easy child.
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easy child 2 skipped tutoring 2 weeks in a row. The tutor was out of the country the week prior, so she hasn't been in 3 weeks! She "forgot", she whines in her little princess voice. I called One Broom last night and said I'm done if no one backs me up - I'm paying, I'm transpoting, the least the rest of them can do is remind her to go and follow our discipline if she doesn't. She's grounded from video games for 2 days for what she's already missed, and an additional 2 days for every day she misses here on out (and yes, this works for her). One Broom agreed but claims she didn't know when the tutor would be gone and when she'd be back. I have the email. I sent it on October 15, and again on the 27th. She replied to both. GRRRRRR.... So then I called grandma, explained that I SOLELY am funding this and I do the transporting, which takes me away from work early, WHICH I DON'T MIND; however, I do mind repeatedly leaving work early to pick her up only to find "she forgot", so I asked grandma to give me a call on Monday and Tuesdays if she shows up on the bus after school. At least I won't be rushing out of work to pick her up when she's not there. Grandma said sure, then got onto me for letting her go outside without her hood and subsequently getting an ear infection 2 weeks ago. She's almost 12. We tell her to dress appropriately, and she sometimes refuses, or takes her hood off when she's outside, and that was one of those weekends. She missed school on the following Wed, but came to our house that night, like usual, and promptly ran out the door to play. Uh, NO! So we MADE her stay in, much to her dismay. She went to school Thursday morning, but called grandma about 35 minutes into it to come get her. She wasn't sick enuf to stay home at our house, cause we don't allow the tv unless you have a fever or are puking; but was too sick to stay at school when grandma would come get her....come on, people. difficult child 1 also had tons of ear infections as a child, and his ENT gave us a simple way to help try to prevent them when he'd been out like that (give Advil for a day or so), and One Broom and grandma won't even try it, so I have little sympathy.
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Two Brooms is bugging husband about Thanksgiving. She hasn't called me yet. husband won't give her an answer.
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I'm trying to be positive but I'm not terribly excited about the grandbaby. difficult child 1 is doing ok, but he just could not tolerate difficult child 2. I guess I am a little afraid that it won't go well, that his wife will pack up and go home, and I won't be a part of his/her life. My other fear is that it will end up on my doorstep (not too much of a fear, as her parents would likely be the first options to raise it.) Besides that, I'm 36. I haven't had a life of my own yet, and I was looking forward to difficult child 2 getting big enough to do without me here and there. I was gonna splurge and buy myself a pair of guns for mounted shooting - now I think I'd better not so I'll have money to travel to see the new baby... I dunno, guess I'm being selfish in a lot of ways.
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And we replaced my kitchen floor last weekend, but that meant I got NO weekend chores done, so I'm starting this week with no clean clothes, no towels, furniture not all put away....ugh.
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I hope this passes soon.
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One good thing, tho, my project at work is going really well and I'm enjoying it, for once!
LOL! You guys are so funny.......ok do you really want me to go now?? We all know how "off the wall" i can most certainly be!!! I'm one thought floating into another thought floating into another realm at times LOL!!!
