Talking With Youngsters
It’s been rather a disappointment, really. The psychologist insisted that I be allowed to talk with the children every night at a given time, if we were to allow X to take the kids on this trip. And he has cooperated. But last night, the kids were constantly being distracted by their uncles and cousins […]
Well, They’re Off
Took them to the airport at lunchtime. Bawled my head off for half an hour after they walked off into the terminal with their dad. Funny stories … Got them out of the car and got their luggage out. Helped the oldest on with his backpack and turned around to hand him his pull-case. When […]
Almost There
The kids leave tonight to spend the night with their dad before heading off tomorrow afternoon for their ten-day Washington visit. You would have thought that he could have let them spend this last night with me (especially since I am taking time out of my Memorial Day weekend to take them to the airport), […]
Relief!
I have a list of things that I want to do before the kids go on this trip, because I am really worried about the flight risk with X. I’m not sure he could — or would — try it, but I’d like to avoid it if I can. I also worry that he will […]
Keeping This Blog for a While, at Least
While I’m consolidating and eliminating a lot of my blogs, I’m going to keep “Just Another Single Mother, and keep it unchanged, for at least a while. It’s a bit different from any of my others, as it’s more a journal focussed on my life as a single mom. I think it’s been a good […]
Is It Life? Or the Weather?
I just cannot shake this funk. It ebbs and flows a bit, as I keep busy or not, but it’s always there, lurking. It could be the weather. It’s been overcast and mostly rainy here since Sunday, though I did get out and mow the backyard on Sunday afternoon. But it started raining that night […]
Today Was Better
Probably because, being Friday, there’s not much I could do about either the job search or the ex. So I took the kids to VBS and then went by the library to renew my card and check out some old friends. I read one of them and then picked up the kids at noon. I […]
I’m Bummed … And I’m Down on Cops at the Moment
Here’s the deal. Yesterday, my dryer blew a fuse. This is a normal occurence. My (clothes) dryer blows at least one fuse a week, sometimes five or six. I went to replace the fuse and found that the bottom part of the fuse had fused itself to the contact at the back of the electrical […]
Enjoying a Few Moments of Rest
That should probably say “stealing a few moments…” as there is still laundry to be folded and put away, things to be ironed, and paperwork to be filed. And I haven’t yet finished filling out my taxes, so I need to get moving on that. But I am just enjoying a real sense of accomplishment […]
Another Blogger Making Me Think
In her blog, “Tooele” said: “I left our marriage because I felt like I was drowning. Now, normally, I’m a pretty good swimmer. So deep water doesn’t bother me. But to have someone who won’t swim next to you, clinging to you, and pulling you under. It was a move of self-preservation. I knew I […]