So DH talked to YSS yesterday again about not wasting food and I was going to take a nap because I haven't been getting enough sleep however, there was a very loud noise coming from the kitchen and it ended up waking me up. DH was in the kitchen so I called him on his cell phone and asked him what the loud noise was. He said OSS was chopping onions. I told him well tell him to be more quiet because you know I am trying to take a nap. DH tells me well you know his brain doesn't operate that way.

Everyone around me keeps telling me that I am a mean person and that I just want to punish the skids. In reality I just want some respect and order in my household. SS does things on purpose and I am always on edge when he is around because of the things that he has done to DH and to me. I know that I cannot change how these kids were raised but I do have the right to be respected and have a say in my own home! Is there any other approaches that actually work besides taking things away? I just feel that this kid is so deceitful and is so fake.

So last night OSS knocked on our bedroom door and asked for a bottle of water. I told DH that he still has two full bottles of water in his room. So DH told SS to drink the two bottles of water that are in his room and then he can have another bottle of water. SS says "what are you talking about I don't have any bottles of water in my room". So this morning when I get up there is two empty bottles of water in the trash.

Yesterday was Day 1 of Summer hell and 29 days to go until the skids go back to BM's. I am sure now the skids know that DH doesn't have a job since he was home yesterday. I didn't ask if he told them because I really don't care. DH is really depressed and distant. He just wants to be left alone.