My weekend has been pretty good. Took the kids to get haircuts, my D to a beauty salon so she can feel like a girl and my son to a regular place because he's a boy. Took them to see Bolt 3D; they loved it. This is a 180 for me because I rarely did this before. We had a great afternoon Sat.
Today, We went to MIL house for a afternoon dinner and gingerbread cookie making. My SIL and her S came over as well. I watched football and a few beers. Visited with SIL who is struggling in her M. Her H is a alcoholic with anxiety issues. He just had a nervous breakdown evidently. SIL has visited with L's to survey her options. She's not sure.
FIL called me this evening, guess he got a text from the W asking him for Christmas money. Seems she told him that she and I were struggling to pay for Christmas for the kids and he wanted to know the real story. I told him that we had both agreed to go in halves up to $375 each. She has bought some things and I have as well. I told him we didn't need any money. He doesn't want to give her any money. Then he called back wanting to verify another story she told him about getting the W getting a pay cut at work. I responded that it is likely true.
Almost immediately the W called and asked where I was. I told her that we were at her mother's and she immediately asked to speak to her. I gave MIL a head's up that she was probably going to ask for money. MIL told after the phone call, that W was upset that she wasn't invited; but she had to work. W couldn't have been there anyway. W sounded almost desperate when I talked with her. The only thing she mentioned about the kids was wanting to take them to see Santa Claus tomorrow night after she gets off work at 6pm. I don't have a problem with that. That was the only thing that we talked about.
So FIL wanted to know what my Christmas Eve plans were as he always has a big family function at his place. He wanted to know if we were going to be there; because, if so, he wasn't going to allow the W to bring OM there. I told him that the kids and I were going back up North to visit with my family that day and would be home on Christmas.
So that's my update. Hope everyone else had a fun, uneventful weekend.
