Another crazy, busy week -- I am so thankful for the three-day weekend to recuperate, although I may be faced with working from home on Monday just to catch up on projects at work.
I'm without my S's this week, starting yesterday. This week I had the boys. xW has made it a habit to show up at my place on her way to work -- right before I am loading our S's up in my car to take them to school/camp -- so as to give them a hug and say good morning. She's acting so darn anal and paranoid thinking they can't stand to be more than 24 hours without her physical presence. She calls first, to ask permission, so there is that positive sign of courtesy-- but she's already pulled into the parking lot outside when she does so, so it's kind of silly as well. It has begun to annoy me, but I say nothing and let it go.
Thursday night I found that S9 has come down with psoriasis or some other dermatological condition in his scalp. I got him some shampoo with tea tree gel to help treat it. It looks like I and his mother will each be shampooing and treating his hair and scalp for him ourselves for some time to come.
xW, when I let her know about S9's new development, disparaged my getting the medicated shampoo & conditioner, saying it might be too drying for a child's scalp, but I told her it is what our barber recommended. xW scheduled S9 to see the doctor next week, so the pediatrician will make a proper diagnosis. XW made this back-handed comment that S9's condition is probably "environmental" -- meaning my apartment and me in particular. She's standing in my very living room as she's saying this (having given the boys their morning hug, you see), so I know exactly what she is implying, that this is my fault because it was discovered on my watch.
Whatever. I've learned by now that she will always assume the absolute worst she can about me. She will turn the most positive things about me and make them into the most negative in her sick mind, so total is her self-propaganda.
