Amazing...right after I posted how much I'm used and forgotten by the person who I do everything for every day...Lo and behold, SD walks in and drops a load of school paperwork on me. Sign here, correct this, sign there... Plus, she wants me to send money for the school to send her a Halloween card/treat to her classroom.

I've recently sought ideas here about finding the right balance between disengaging and being involved with SD9. A few weeks ago, I overheard SD talking to DH about school work when DH suddenly yelled out, "Too bad...if you are lying about your schoolwork, then it's your fault when your teacher punishes you." I have no idea what that was all about...and I took the advice from many on here and didn't even ask DH what happened. Like many other things lately, I'm just letting it go.

Does anyone else remember a time when you actually looked forward to weekends and you were so happy it was Friday?! What happened to those positive feelings of looking forward to the weekend? Now it's just dread of how to tolerate and entertain SD. How to avoid feeling guilty all weekend. How to answer questions I really don't want to answer. How to tolerate the stares, the rudeness, the inappropriate behavior.

These days, I dread Fridays and love Mondays...wtf happened here?!

That time of day when my blood pressure rises, I get "hot flashes" even though I don't think I've hit menopause yet, I can't sit still, I want to go hide while at the same time I want to face it, I'm frantically thinking of what to do, what to say, how to act, how to supress my feelings...

You would think I'm waiting for my first Prom date....but alas, I'm awaiting the daily arrival of the lying, manipulating, ever-creative sociopath, SD.

As Dr Phil entitled his recent show, WHAT were you thinking??

Sigh.