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I swear this kid!
So he recently got his driver's license. He is allowed to drive to and from work (less than 2 miles from our house) and the store (even closer). Other than that he is supposed to get permission and I verify the location, time of day for traffic, ect. He is a TERRIBLE driver and gets overwhelmed very easily. I was really hoping DMV would fail him, but he took the class, took the test and passed it all. Whatever.
The other day SS10 was online gaming with his friend from school. His friends mic accidentally came through the tv instead of through his mic. DH and I overheard his friend saying to SS 'I saw your sisters latest YouTube video and it got taken down, probably because she was dancing in her underwear, it was super wierd'.
This was shared on a FB page I follow. If you're wondering why your skid puts in job applications but never gets a call back, he/she might be the proud applicant who submitted the resume below:
Work Experience
Honestly, not much because I just graduated but please see below:
Game of Thrones Expert
Binge watched entire series in one weekend
Stared at screen so long went blind in one a TV, 2011-Present
Stranger Things Expert
July 16th, 2016-Present
Watched each season in two days
I'm all in my feels today because I've got a lot of stress with work and my DH is in one of his mopey moods.
How do I get over the fact that my DH is hurt by SD15 wanting nothing to do with us?
SD16.5 Power Sulk. So, we got into it last night.
I was home on a vacation day, and somehow things came up. And she exploded on me. I just sat there listening while she railed on and on.
Things had been quiet and nice relatively.
And then POW.
Her main complaint against me is that I ask her to do her dishes and not let them sit. And that I get upset if she doesnt say hello to me. And get mad if she doesnt clean up after herself which is why she spends 98% of her time in her room. My fault. Im evil SM.
So a week ago BM has been bugging DH for more money.
Ugh. So DH and I have been kicking the idea around of taking a cruise to the Caribbean together.
We haven't taken a vacation in 2 years due to buying the house, so I was excited....until he gave me a dollar figure. It was way too high to be for just the two of us, although the skids almost never come over anymore. I asked why it was so expensive for just the two of us? He said
"Oh, well I thought SD 16 could come....and maybe SD19?
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I posted here last October about BM dropping SD12 off at our doorstep with zero notice. Apparently she had a travel nurse contract and said she would be back in 3 or 4 months. SD spent all of Christmas vacation with BM and talks to her every single day. But other than that she didn't see BM.
Hello all, I could use some advice.
Background: our 13 year old daughter wanted a phone, we didn't think she should have one yet (I know this opinion is rather rare these days, but we live in France and things are a bit different here). The point is, it's something I feel really strongly about. BM forced DH into mediation about it where they agreed they would wait until June 2023 and make a decision together. We were planning to allow the phone this summer, with a lot of restrictions/oversight.
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There is some good news while SD's report card showed improvement on majority of the areas she was lacking last semester, SD does need to improve on the areas of new information and especially continuing to work on sight words. SD's state testing on reading and math came back. In September SD was "approaching grade K" in 7 areas and only "at grade K" in 3 and now in January she was "approaching grade K" in 2 areas and "at grade K" in 8 areas. It is amazing how SD not being late or missing a day of school this entire school year has made a difference.
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