Episode IV: A New Hope (?)

[dday101798]

Ehh LD??? But got it.

As said, I've decided renter and FIL can hash it out over renters protion of the full payment, I will only pay my part and utilities in my name as that's my credit line. I'd love to just up and leave, but with no money, furniture or car, that's not a good otpion at the current moment, if about 2 grand landed in lap some how, Ohhhh I'd be gone, believe me.

Yes she drinks, heavily, and we seperated mostly becasue of her drug use. She claims to have stopped when we were talking right after New Years, but I don't trust a lick of anything she says. And as stated, my kids say the kitchen and furniture in her room is always littered with beer cans. Then I heard and from people and she has said how she has to switch back and forth from beer to wine because too much beer upsets her "ulcer". Gee, honey what do you have an ulcer from?

Anyway, BAD night with S10, didn't bring home any of his assigned work, complete attitude and wanted to argue all night about situation between W and I and blame his school problems on me and that I'm the one keeping him from seeing his mother. He needs counseling, no doubt.

Funny thing, when picking up S11 from school, there was a lot of police activity on W's block, wonder if she didn't get all the fight out of her system and took it out on OM as I heard she did the night she 'attacked' me.

Great night with S11. When I picked him up, his teacher was excited to see me, and commented on how much better he's doing in participation and the fact that someone finally looked at his homework book (W always claimed "he doesn't get homework" so I never bothered to look). I had said yeah, doesn't he have a spelling test tommorow and she was shocked and said yes and we went over the criteria. BTW he is a 'special needs' child so the rules are different and I never really understood and let W handle it, so this is a HUGE thing for me to learn. He did great on his practice and I even adopted my own form to which he responded immediately and aced.

So,6 of 1, half dozen of the other for the night I guess. S10 apologized this morning for his behavior, of course followed by "may I go to so and so's birthday party tomorrow?" of which I had to be firm and say no, not unless you find some way to make up for the work you didn't bring home last night. His teacher wants to put him in a after school homeowrk program and I can't get transportation for him home so he needs to do his work!

The part that gets me the most is he did so well on Wed. that despite not having the money, I took them out to dinner when I said I couldn't at the beginning of the week, then the next day I get grilled and blamed for W's actions and the consequences the arise from them.

Ugghhh!