AHHHHH...what a good week! My kids flew out of town to visit my brother and wife and cousins Mon and came back Fri. They had a BLAST! I was so happy for them because I haven't been able to afford a vacation w/them this summer, and my SIL and brother MORE then made up for it. So I had some super duper excited kids and I also had a "week off" of mom duties which was needed as I was bordering breakdown lol.

I guess the fact that I dont have any children makes this transition a bit more difficult for me.

Feeling this way makes me feel like I am a bad person and I dont know what to do. I dont hate them per se, but I am not in love with them. They're both liars, manipulative and smart-assed. Is it too much to ask a child to mind me and not act like a barnyard animal when they are in my home? I should think not.

This is just a short update on Ding Dong and his summer vacation. He had been threatening me that he was going to keep the girls after his normal visitation time last weekend in order to get his summer time used. I had the backing of the State's Attorney if I needed it as the SA told me he would make sure the girls came back. Well, low and behold Ding Dong actually did the right thing and brought them back on his own. He was even a half hour early!

I have to say I am relieved the step monsters went to visit bm for 2 weeks! Was not sure it would really happen, but they are with her, for how long? We shall see. I am a bit irritated by the fact that she has not paid cs in several months and my ss called my dh from a hotel and told him all about how fancy it was and how they ordered room service. WTF??? She is sooo broke she can't pay cs but she can piss her money away on that??? Seriously room service? Even if I had alot of money I would not spend it on that over priced service! Anyway we shall see if she can handle the 2 weeks or not.