For the Guy with Kids and a WW Diciotto

[hopeful4her]

Guys, it all seems so preposterous. As far as what MIL says, I don't trust her any further than I could throw her. And I could probably throw her pretty far.

My daily drama continued.

Here are some of the things that came at me today.

First of all, I got a call from S14 around 11am. He sprained his ankle during pe playing basketball. Wanted to see if I could bring him some Ibuprofen, because he didn't want to leave school. D11 called me later letting me know that I HAD to pick up the orders of cookie dough before 6 tonight. Ya'll know the convo's I had with the wife.

She called me again just before I left work. She wanted me to check the county court website for a divorce decree involving her mom or dad. She knows I know where to look because I told her once when I told her about OM being married still. No divorce papers.

Anyway, she asks me to look and the only thing I can find is a name change for MIL. Changing her name back to her maiden name back in '87. I remind the wife that it could have been in the Webb county info for Laredo, where they used to live before she moved to San Antonio. We talk a little more, she asks me to make a copy of the name change doc and save it for her. She tells me she'll call me later. After work, go pick up D7 and then head to the apartment to pick up the older kids.

At the apartment, D11 is outside in the courtyard with other kids and that one blonde neighbor that I met at D7's b'day.
As I walk up, I tell D11,
"Hey baby."
The neighbor says "Are you talking to me or the dog."
"You, baby" and she starts to crack up. She waves me over to talk. We chit chat a little and then D11 runs over and upstairs to the FIRST neighbor that I met when the wife first moved in. As me and the blonde neighbor are talking, D11 comes down with that other neighbor. That neighbor walks up to me and says,
"I need to talk to you about something."
She walks right past me and goes and walks right into the wife's apartment. I follow and trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

"Amanda wanted me to let you know something because she just couldn't tell you herself. She started her period."

OMG!

I tell her I've been expecting it and try to tell her that she needs to carry some pads with her, but she always ignored me. Didn't want to hear it. The lady talks to me and says she knows that the wife is out of town. She is giving me advice on what to get D11. After we talk for a while, I gather up the kids. Leaving, I go tell the blonde neighbor goodbye and she gives me some tips too. Then she yells out to D11, "DO NOT WEAR WHITE!"

All righty then. I head to the Dollar Store and load up on night time pads for sleeping and daytime pads. She is embarrassed, but I make her go into the store to get them with me. It was too funny. We had a good time. I tried to call the wife, but no answer. We get home, and I start dinner late. Pork chops and mashed potato's. The wife NEVER made pork chops because she doesn't eat 'em, but WE do.

We finish up and I start dishes and the kids are watching a movie. The wife calls me and asks how the kids are. I tell her we just finished dinner. She asks what I made and I tell her. She says, "Wow!" like she is surprised. She says she had to leave her phone charging outside because it died on her. Then she discovered that it won't charge unless the car is on. I tell her what happened with D11 and she is sad that she couldn't be here. She starts to tell me what to do and I let her know that I've already gotten advice from ALL her neighbors. I let her talk to D11. They talk for quite a while. Then D11 comes to give the phone to D7. I notice that D11 is very sad and about to cry. I sit her down with me on the sofa and ask her why she is sad.

I guess the wife told her some more about FIL and D11 was having a hard time with it. I comfort her and we talk for a while about death and about Heaven. D7 finishes and brings me the phone.
"What?" I ask.
"Here. It's mom."
"She wants to talk to me?"

I get on the phone and she starts to let me know that her dad may not make it through the night. They had to change his respirator to a different one. Still not a ventilator, but this respirator is doing a lot of the work. She says she was able to obtain his SSN and got a social worker involved with him. That he was able to have alone time with each of his brothers and sisters. I ask if she did too, and she said she did. I let her know that I was sorry that this was going on. She says that he will be in a better place. I agree with her and give her some uplifting words. She is starting to cry and thanks me for calling her when I did. I just stay quiet. She says that she is going to have to leave the key turned on in the car to charge her phone for a little bit. She will call me if something happens, even if she uses someone elses phone. I let her know to call me at what ever time.

So...I've had another day full.

I'm expecting to get a call in the middle of the night, but I hope not.

Am I starting to miss the lonely days that I'm here at home alone? I think I got 40 new grey hairs today.

And I had a busy as hell day today at work. A really, really productive day. I think I could use a spiked Diet Coke right now.

Anyone care to join me?