Good Monday Morning!
We had previously made plans to go out of town for a three-day weekend but because we have had difficult child back with us for the last 19 days, we didn't go. However, since his mom was taking difficult child to a job fair on Saturday, we (myself, dad, 8yo, 17yo) decided to go for the day.
Well, difficult child was gone less than an hour when his mom called dad's cell and said she was dropping him off because he was throwing up and too sick to go to the job fair. Dad said we were already gone and the doors were locked. Mom finally went back and got difficult child and took him to the free clinic where he got some nausea medications and a diagnosis of 'maybe a virus'. He stayed at his mom's for a while and at some point came back to the house and called dad asking where we were. He told dad he had been 'hanging out' with friend and friend dropped him off and he was waiting for us. When dad asked why he was well enough to hang out but not well enough to go to the job fair, he said they weren't really hanging out, he just got a ride back home from friend. Dad said 'you knew we would be dropping 17yo off at your mom's house when we returned. Why didn't you stay there?' No good answer.
We were a couple hours away so mom went back to get him and got him food. When he got home he didn't seem sick to us.
On Sundays we watch football. We usually have friends over, always hubby's best friend comes as well as hubby's 17yo. However, now that difficult child is back, they don't really want to hang around. 17yo didn't come and best friend came for a short while and left while doing his best to ignore difficult child. Hubby is very sad about this.
difficult child spent the day on Sunday wandering aimlessly upstairs, downstairs, inside, outside and back again in his dirty sweats with the legs split up to the knee!?! and no shower or grooming whatsoever. He is obviously bored, has no life, and doesn't want to do anything about it.
Dad finally made difficult child wash his clothes and clean his room/bathroom and a couple of other chores and shower. We get so irritated with this, because the 8yo doesn't have to be told to do her chores, clean her room, or groom herself! In fact the 8yo is zero drama, 17yo is zero drama, but difficult child is like having the world's biggest 2yo around!
He is out this morning, supposedly looking for work. He isn't allowed back here till 5pm. I homeschool the 8yo and can't deal with him here all day!
Hope everyone is having a good morning!
AC