Holiday weekend went pretty well. Picked kids up and dropped them back off at the exact times I had arranged (10AM - 4PM). Two oldest daughters were upset when we pulled into the driveway at 4PM and the BF's crotch rocket was parked there. D16 hasn't met him and she at first refused to get out of my vehicle. I told her not to worry about it, just to go in and "go do her thing". I think it went okay afterwards but haven't been able to talk with them much about it since.
Took off to Missouri that evening (Thurs), stayed there all day Friday then headed down to a big festival in Stuttgart, AR on Saturday. That was okay, but I was exhausted when I returned yesterday.
On the drive home from AR I sent X a txt asking if I could take kids out to dinner last night. She said that "they had plans" then said that "kids were now stressed" so I left it at that. Just a mental note for the future when she wants to arrange these swaps that work for her, I'll not be so easy. If she can't set aside a couple of hours for me to see the kids on a day that is normally mine, that isn't right. I'm not used to going more than a couple of days w/o seeing them all, and I know that they like to be around me, especially w/ her father in town.
I'm going to go up to my son's school here in a few and eat lunch w/ him. I miss my little guy!
