Gevalt!
I’m sick. I don’t mean just “ugh, I don’t feel all that great” sick. I mean, so sick I’ve been in bed since 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a brief attempt to go to work Thursday morning and a trip to the doctor on Thursday afternoon being the only times I’ve been up until this evening. […]
Sometimes, It’s Funny
So my last post related the story of the visitation weekend when my kids had a soccer game and church responsibilities and the ex wanted to take a “day trip” to a town six hours away to meet his brothers, who were in Atlanta and would like to meet him halfway. After a lot of […]
The Fight Goes On…
If it isn’t one thing with my X, it’s another. Right now, there’s tension on two fronts. First is the ongoing battle about the correct amount of child support. He got a new job making double what he used to make, and his lawyer claimed that he only had to pay $20 a month more. […]
Busy Season
It’s a busy time of year, with me in rehearsals for the church variety show, son #2 in soccer with practises and games, both sons in choir, me in bells (trying to see if I can handle it), and work and school. I wasn’t home last night and won’t be home tonight or Thursday night. […]
Busy….
We’ve been very busy this past week, as evidenced by the fact that I haven’t posted in 8 days! We’ve begun laying tile in the bathrooms of our house, which is fun but labour-intensive. We also painted the insides of the kitchen cabinets — a sunshiny yellow a little more intense than the kitchen walls. […]
Visitation Can Be Complicated
You’d think it’d be simple: each of us has the kids on alternate weekends. But then there are holidays that crop up, and sometimes work responsibilities. June is a mess for us. Originally, I had them on Father’s Day weekend, and he had them on my birthday weekend. So we’d planned to just swap those […]
WHAT a Morning!
I had the most unspeakably bad start to my day, culminating in me being late to work. Somehow, it never occurred to me that today is Good Friday. I forgot that X was picking up the kids on Good Friday to have some extra time with them, as he’s off work. So I’m walking out […]
Dilemmas, Dilemmas
I have a dilemma. My kids have been invited to a birthday party on Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4. Since it’s people they know through my X, I said it was fine for them to go if he could take them. The X, however, is going to be out of state on Saturday. As […]
Two Checkbooks?
Yes, I have two checkbooks. I’m not as disciplined about my money as I ought to be, so I found a way that I could keep myself from spending too much. When I had only one checkbook, all of my savings was accessible through that account as well. Which meant that the emergency fund often […]
They’re Home!
My babies are home, and all is right with the world. They had a good time, though they had a few contretemps along the way. The youngest fell at a waterpark they visited and cut his chin open. They left their dog-tags in Idaho after visiting some people their dad knows there. They played some […]