Thanks for making me a fighter...

[wishing, hoping]

Thanks Beatrice and Job. Maybe this was just a fluke. I have shown S how to wash clothes so he knows. He's just very busy so he doesn't have a lot of time. That's what a parent is there for. But I will tell S when he gets home from school Wednesday if his dad hasn't washed his clothes to do it himself. Just his clothes. Not H's or D's. Just his.

S knows how to cook a bit. I will have him boil water to cook noodles or preheat the oven and put stuff in or brown meat. But like I said he's very busy.

We had a great weekend. D did fabulous in the ballet Friday night. Long day and a long night. But she loved it. Today we went to church and had a special brunch afterward. Then ordered S's birthday cake. It was a very nice day so the kids played outside while I cleaned out and organized my car. D made a homemade bird feeder and played with bubbles and D and S played badminton and soccer and flew a kite. We had a late lunch and then S went to youth group and D and I went to the laundromat. Dinner, showers and bed.

So it just dawned on me that according to our placement agreement H gets the kids all of spring break. From the end of the last day of school (which is his weekend) until Sunday of the end of vacation (which is supposed to be my weekend). And he gets Easter too (which is his Sunday). So he gets the kids three weekends in a row and 12 days without a day of placement for me. I am freaking out about this. But if the order reads this way I guess there is nothing I can do about it. I don't know how I am going to make it without having the kid's for 12 days. I can barely tolerate four.

I need some encouragement. H is probably getting a huge kick out of this.

WH