Living the dream...one day at a time

[wishing, hoping]

Two more days of not having the kids and I will be on a week-long vaca with them. I can't wait!!! I have been trying my damdest to concentrate on me and get things done. But I miss them terribly. Things are not as fun when there is no one to share them with.

I got some camping supplies for our upcoming camping trip over labor day. Last minute a cancellation popped up for my favorite state park. Usually you have to book at this park a year in advance. I am very excited. BUT I just realized this site isn't electric and our air mattress has a built-in electric pump. DOH! two steps forward three steps back. No good deed goes unpunished I guess.

Finally got the area rug I have been wanting for under my dining room table. I have been eyeballing it since I moved in. It was marked down clearance. By that time there was only one left, but I got it. It looks so great! I finally have a little but of money so I can start to buy inexpensive things to decorate. I still have a ways to go with my debt, but debt #2 has one more payment and then another one is off the list. Building up steam to chug forward. Then I pay off my counslor's bill which won't take much and then my department store bill which isn't too horrible. The question is do I then start attacking my credit card which I pay interest on and is a higher balance, or my GAL fees which is a lower balance, but interest free? My attorney fees will have to get paid off too. I am hoping to hold off getting a different vehicle for another year.

So S has been texting me all day. He is bored and doesn't want to be at the campground with his dad and OW and her kids. He said dad was all stressed out and freaking out and yelling at people and the little kids were on the playground with no one watching them. Apparently J and OW went for a long walk so J could "cool down". Yeesh. S said the campground wasn't much of a campground. More of a resort with very few trees and lots of pavement and toys. I prefer to camp in nature with peace and quiet and relaxation. J and OW prefer to have "fun" surround them and lots of bright lights and distractions. To each their own, but I like the simpler things I guess. Part of camping is to get into nature and unwind. That's what I like to do. Look at the stars, drink a beer or glass of wine, and just smell the pine trees and feel the fresh air on your face. It's difficult to do that at a "camp resort". It's just one big party.

Let me just say I am sooooooooo glad I'm not there. Especially with J when he's in one of those moods. Ugh! I tried to text and call him tonight so I could talk to the kids. S called me from his phone and I told him to have his dad let D call. He didn't. I finally called J's phone and he wouldn't answer. I was starting to get really ticked especially when S said J had his phone right next to him. J finally told S to call with his phone and then to have D talk to me. Not sure what J's issue was. Must have had a fly fall into his beer or something.

J also talked a big talk about getting the kids the rest of the school supplies I didn't get. I asked S what his dad picked up for him he said nothing, just clothes. So we will see if J makes good on his promise to get school supplies. I am not holing my breath.

Man I just wish I had a crystal ball. Or could be a fly on the wall to get a front row seat to this train wreck.

WH