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Right now I want to SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!

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At SDs AND at SO!!!!!!!!! I have been working ALL WEEKEND ... I am a teacher and they were all made well aware I have work to do this weekend with final exams coming up next week. SDs had asked to use some admission tickets to a museum we won in a silent auction and SO pointed out we can't go this weekend due to my being too busy and we'd go another weekend (since we only have 4 we want to all go together). I spent the majority of the day yesterday doing SDs laundry, mine & SO's laundry, cooked dinner, and did some work.

Custody change question

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So has FINALLY finished his degree and is now job hunting. We are aware that most likely his 50/50 custody is not going to be able to remain. We are actually considering pushing for custody of SDs M-F (possibly EOW as well if BM won't agree to take them every weekend), transferring them to the school district where I teach (next year SD13 will be in my building and in another year after that SD12 will be there, too).

So sick of this dance BS!

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BM decided to sign up BOTH SDs for dance classes at the end of the summer. She did this without consulting SO. Initially she told him to "help out when he can" and whatever he could contribute would be appreciated. She is well aware he has NO INCOME. I told him the only help he should give (when he can) would be purchasing dance gear for OUR HOME and even then I wasn't totally cool with that because she made the decision and she can deal with the consequence of the cost! After the first month of dance she started demanding money for dance.

Just had to chuckle to myself

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I haven't posted in a few months ... just busy and basically just fed up with trying to NOT think about the BS that bothers me and not let it get to me ... all those things I'm told to do but find so hard ... sometimes I think it's all not worth my energy or breath to type or say or think about it ... ANYWAY, I've lost about 25 pounds in the past few months ... dropped a pant size and little more (not quite 2 yet!). A few weeks ago, SO said to me, "I know what happened to that weight you lost ... my ex-wife must have found it." HA! AWESOME!

Constant reminders! And everything getting on my nerves!

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I swear I have to remind SDs & SO every 5 minutes that if something is spilled, wipe it up .... if you get something out, put it back .... And what's really getting on my nerves and wearing me thin is that every single day I come home, SD13 has gotten makeup all over the bathroom hand towels. I have said something about this every time to SO. I guess she isn't washing her hands well and then drying them on the towels. Well, I'm not washing towels every day and we don't even own enough hand towels to put out new ones every other day! It's getting ridiculous.

Am I the only one?

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I swear I am the only person in my household who cares if anything is ever picked up or clean. After saying numerous times to SO that SDs don't put their clothes in their hamper, or they are old enough to wipe up their messes after eating, or old enough to grab a clorox wipe and wipe their toothpaste messiness up, or that he is capable of not leaving his pop cans & beer bottles around or leaving bags of chips on the counter ...

Maybe I'm not strong enough ....

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Sometimes that's how I feel when SO tells me all the BS that BM says .... after not hearing from her all day yesterday (since he was doing HER a favor and taking SDs a day early) about when to meet her (even though I felt she should be bringing them to our house if she wants him to take them early), he contacted her early evening and she said they had to eat dinner and it would be around 8pm. Well, we live 30+ minutes away, meaning after BM gives SO more crap about money for something SHE decided to sign SDs up for, it would probably be close to 9 by the time they got home.

"Whatever you can help with" has now become a demand

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I posted a few weeks ago about BM signing both SDs up for dance without consulting SO about his schedule, ability to help pay, etc. When she finally discussed it with him to tell him when classes are, etc., she said, "I know you don't have a lot of money to help with the costs so whatever you can help out with is appreciated." And she went on to say maybe he can find shoes or leotards on ebay from time to time when he might have a little extra money.

Again with the last minute request! TWICE in 3 days!

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I really think I will never get it through his head that BM doesn't give a shit we moved 30+ miles away and we can't just do whatever she wants/needs on her week just because she calls and tells SO she has no other option! Two days ago, she asked him to pick up both SDs and his exSS after school b/c her family that lives close by was out of town, she wouldn't be out of work and her bf had something going on and couldn't do it (and she kept telling him "You're my ONLY option"). SO called me to ask if I cared if he just went and got them and kept them overnight.

"All We Have to eat is 'Can I's' Diet Food"

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Just to provide some background before I type out the conversation I just had with SO ... I started a new weight loss/healthier eating/"diet"/exercise program. Basically, I know I could be make a lot better choices about what I put into my body and how much I exercise and it's been about 3 weeks and I'm already seeing some results (YAY!). Needless to say, it's not like I'm on NutriSystem or buying specific "diet" food like that.

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