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I want to find a job working from home. I miss my daughter and want to spend more time with her. I feel like I could enrich her little mind WAY more than they do at daycare, but when I get off work I am EXHAUSTED and need to relax/wind down.
I may be feeling this way because FH has been out of work since June. And it's starting to get to me. I have so much around the house I want to do, and no time to do it! So frustrating.
We recently got Dish Network after not having TV for several years & have gotten into this show on A&E called "Hoarders". Well, after "Hoarders" is a show called "Paranormal State". We've seen parts of it & I almost fell off the couch when I saw one of the girls on the show. Her name is "Eilfie" & my God, she is a dead ringer for BM!!! She's short, kind of chunky (or at least wears unflattering clothes or something), wears lots of black, has piercings, wears way too much dark makeup (kind of goth looking), has these big, ruddy cheeks & has dark hair.
Has anybody done this? Did it make you feel better? Were you worried that she would tell the skids some of the things you said?
I am asking, because I feel the need to tell this "person" what I think of her. She has run her mouth about me for over a year. I have always taken the high road and "let it go." But, when you feel the need to defend your skids, because you love them and they have this complete idiot attempting to raise them and she's doing more damage than good. She is a toxic person in my skids' lives, and therefore, in MY life.
Stepson moved in with us after failing to secure financil aid for college. He and his mom told his father a number of times they were working on it but when graduation came they said they dropped the ball. We split tuition with his mom he moved in with us to commute to save dorm fees. My problem is that he has a you owe me attitude. He was given a list of responsibilities like clean his room, bathroom and do his laundry. He has to be reminded about each item and then half does them.
Ok guys, heres the questions. I've heard alot of talk about being able to disengage emotionally from the stresses and annoyances that being a step parent emcompasses. I heard many of you say how from the moment you decided to disengage that the heavy weight was lifted off your shoulders and you could breathe again. It obviously takes a conscious effort on our part and probably a significant amount of support from your spouse to be able to do this. BUT, I was talking about this with my social worker friend and somehow she got angry with me for not putting my SS first.
I'm not the skinniest person ever but I am thinner than FH....he's not huge or anything but he always hogs the bed like he's the only one in it and it pisses me off! My OWN MOM gave us a king size bed and he has to sleep in it like he's the one in it...I have a corner of the bed every night and sleep like I'm in a crib basically. FH snores on top of it! Any suggestions as to how to keep him on his side without beating him would be appreciated.
During the last SK visit, DH & I got in a fight. It was actually kind of a relief because he has finally seen fit to mention that he's noticed we just don't get along when SKs are at the house. I told him that I really don't want to take away his relationship with his kids, that's why I just make myself scarce when they're around (hard to do when most visits are announced about a day before). He said he wants us all to be a family & he doesn't know any better than I do how to deal with this.
So, up until tonight, most of the time I go home for lunch, I find BF with SD10 in OUR bedroom watching TV together. I have been very worried about SS12 because he is ALWAYS in his room by himself. I know, pre-pubecent child, normal behavior. When I talk to him though, he wants to spend time with his dad, but SD10 is always there hogging the show.
Tonight!!! Wow!!! Just SS12 and BF watching a movie.
ok if you have been following my blogs you know that bm took us to court to move skids outta state.
So all day long my stomach and back have been really tight and it really hasn't gone away. I'm 39 weeks will be 40 weeks on Thursday.
Since this is my first baby I'm not sure what's false contractions and what's real. Any help would be appreciated.
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