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Taking the day off Friday...

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Submitted by Drac0 on Tue, 06/10/2014 - 9:52am

The Merovingian from the Matrix had it right. “If you do not take time, how can you have time?”

That’s been running through my head this morning.

DW asked me earlier morning if SS can have some friends stay over this weekend. I was a bit confused because it is Father’s Day on Sunday and usually these weekends he is with his father. That is when DW reminded me that Donkeykong is away this weekend and had asked us to take SS.

What kind of a father would relinquish custody of his son on FATHER’S DAY!?!? SMH

How DW talks to me.

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Submitted by Drac0 on Wed, 06/04/2014 - 11:03am

DW just called me, and I felt this blog post was appropriate considering the recent discussion I had on here.

DW: "I am finishing work early today. I'm going to head straight home and clean up the mess!"

Me: "What mess?"

DW: "Sorry...I meant I am going to go and try to expand that two-feet square clean area we have in our house"

SS breaks DW

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Submitted by Drac0 on Tue, 06/03/2014 - 8:23am

SS would routinely forget his bus pass at his father’s. So far this year he has done so about 4 times. I can’t remember how many times he did it last year. Each time, DW would cover for him. I refused to and even told DW that she should start refusing as well. But each time she spots him some cash and tells SS “You’re going to pay me back!”. This morning she did the same thing. She gave SS cash for the week telling him that he is going to pay it back.

SS and the "Feelings Doctor" Part 2

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Submitted by Drac0 on Mon, 06/02/2014 - 8:10am

Yeah, there is a part 2 to this story. You know how movie sequels tend to be worse than the original (with the exception of Aliens), this story is no different.

So I started talking about SS’s child therapist and how I don’t think SS drawing and “throwing paper balls at his Mom” is appropriate therapy. At SS’s age, he should be able to sit down and have an honest conversation without being treated like a child who witnessed a murder…(no I didn’t say it like that, I was being very rational and concerned about this).

DW reacted as if I accused her son of being a “retard”…

SS and the "Feelings Doctor"

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Submitted by Drac0 on Thu, 05/29/2014 - 12:33pm

SS has been seeing the same child therapist since he was 6. SS is 14 now, so that makes it about 8 years that he has been seeing the therapist.

I’ve attended a couple of sessions myself but usually it is just SS and DW who go. I liked going to these sessions because I find the therapist had some pretty good insights and suggestions in the past.

So what do you do with a souvenir you don't like?

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Submitted by Drac0 on Wed, 05/28/2014 - 10:13am

This week has been full of ups and downs in step-doom.

I try not to live my life by focusing on the bad. SS has been sweet, kind and less air-headed lately, which is a good thing. The only times he truly unnerves me, is when he is around DW. When he is with DW – I don’t know – it’s like he got whacked over the head with a cinder block and can’t think for himself. He acts so immature and - I'm sorry to say - like a blabbering idiot who doesn't know when to shut the hell up. When DW is not around, SS acts more his age and can actually hold mature conversations.

O/T Couch Potato-to-5k

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Submitted by Drac0 on Thu, 05/22/2014 - 7:52am

Anyone here doing it? I’m just starting and I have some questions. I’m looking online but there doesn’t seem much in terms of reviews

The app I have is not exactly user friendly. The heart rate/pace graph reads like a car engine diagnostic. What app do you use?

I’m trying to follow the suggestion of starting at 3 times a week and alternating between 60s jogging and 90s walking. At week 2 I am supposed to up the pace a little. I am horribly out of shape and don’t think I can up the pace just yet. How do you know when you are comfortable at increasing your pace?

The Sleepover that wasn't meant to be

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Submitted by Drac0 on Tue, 05/20/2014 - 8:31am

SS was with us again this weekend. He asked if one of his buddies can sleep over. DW asked me what I thought, and all I said was this.

“I don’t mind…but it is for ONE night, and one night ONLY! Not all weekend….And I am not driving his friend home either. They find their own way to our place and they find their own way back by noon the following day.”

DW was in full agreement. Twice when SS asked someone to stay over, it somehow ended up being all-weekend affair. From Friday night to Sunday night and I ended up having to drive the friend back ‘because it was late’.

Top Ten Forum Board Argument tactics that I hate

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Submitted by Drac0 on Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:42am

I didn't write this. I pulled this from another board (an RPG board) long ago. I mentioned it once here and some of you asked me about it. It took some digging but I found it!

Top ten forum board argument tactics that I hate

10) Claim you were not insulting me.

Ex.: “I wasn’t insulting you. I was just stating that if I was your wife, I would kill you in your sleep. Since that is never going to happen, you have nothing to fear.”

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