So the 1st day the pup was here, she cried, didnt eat & missed her mama but by evening she was ok. She started eating day 2 and we are working on house training her as she peed on my bedroom carpet twice! She's very comfy now and she is at my feet ot on my lap as much as she can.

What a long, not fun weekend. Never thought I'd get to a point in my life that I would dread summers and wait for weekends to be over(every other weekend!)

I usually get the skids off to school. They are pretty independent at age 12 & 11 when daddeeee is not around. Some days I help with getting them a lunch ready but pretty much they get up, get dressed and go and I wave goodbye but when daddeeee is home they cant wipe their butts.(sarcasm they do thank god)

I believe steptalks definition of SKIDS is an abbreviation of StepKIDS. I found a few much better definitions that many smoms here can relate to. I occasionally call my steps SKIDS in conversation with DH but it goes over his head.

I particularly like the ending SAY NO TO SKIDS. ..This is from Urban Dictionary:

 skid

Typically someone with notably poor hygiene habits, wearing shirts advertising for bands such as Slipknot, with a distinct odor, who smokes a good deal of marijuana, especially marijuana borrowed from others

Skid

When someone (SD17) posts a passive aggressive post using the phrases "when I have kids", and "sorry Im not fake", it is the adult thing to do to ignore it rather than post my own passive aggressive post. Much more mature to cry to my steptalk family haha. Not sure if it is more aimed at myself or DH or both. I think the fake part is me but she thinks he & I are both fake.

Thanks for being there for me to vent steptalkers or I might post something I regret on facebook. At 46 yrs old I think im past that.