So DW and I spent last night walking around town without the Skid (he was at his grandmothers. It was peaceful and pleasant. This morning, mil calls and wants to talk to DW, she of course is still sleeping. So I let it ring and have the machine pick it up (caller ID is a great thing - and I have made it known to DW that I will not talk to mil for previous altercations mil and I have had, it pisses mil off but I will not be dragged into issues that she seems to think that I am doing wrong). Anyway, DW finally wakes up and I inform her that her mother has called and needs to call her back. Which she does, and evidently mil has been yard-saling and while the help is appreciated it is not yet needed. She had called to inform DW that one of the yard sales had "a ton" of baby stuff and she left a deposit for them to hold it so we could go take a look.

Which many of you will attest to that if you don't at least make an effort, it will be holy hell to answer for. So off we go, and find this yard-sale. So most of it was rather nice things and we were informed that if we decided to take it there was still $45 that was owed. OK, we paid and went on our way. MIL comes over later with Sson (she had errands to do and didn't want the scene of dragging Sson with her - well duh! but while she's at our house she slips my wife $50 to cover the money we spent on the baby stuff. Now I know this is a very gracious gift and all. But on top of this gift, she had also just given us (well my wife to be exact) about $200 because she was worried about us and finances (both of us are out of work currently).

The thing is DW is only 5 weeks pregnant and hasn't even gained any weight yet! And we don't exactly have any place to put this stuff, our apt is VERY small. It seems to be crowded with just the 3 of us living here. So the mil issue is past but I am left wondering and fear that she is going to get her claws into our child just like she has with Sson. Considering it's already started and it is just going to get worse. It's almost like she acting like a evil BM trying to get her revenge. BM equivalent to MIL... any help....

Moving on to the other issue of the day. So Sson is now home and has next week off from school (I really hate his alternate school schedule). So while he is now ho,e he decides to inform us that he is going to play his game system. The living room is barely big enough for the desk and couch as it is. Both DW and I are at our computers (I'm at the desk and DW on the couch with the laptop). So of course we both say no. He throws a minor attitude driven fit and then announces that he's going to play with his airplane (some plastic glider type thing that was maybe $1.50 at the toy store). Oh and he had already cleared it with mommy if he could watch tv in OUR room,m which she of course said yes to and doesn't see anything wrong with it (my opinion is he does just to piss me off, due to the fact it seems that the only time he asks or is in there when I'm home).

So a friend of DW calls that she has not spoken to for a very long time and asks Sson to go play in his room while she has some privacy. He throws yet another minor fit and stomps off to his room. While there he announces to me that he's going to play with his slime (yeah pretty much what it is gooey and messy and can stain and get all over the place).

Me You need a bowl if you want to play with that

"Uh hello, no I don't"

me "well then you need to pick something else to play with"

"Nope"

me Sson please pick something else to play with, your mother and I would really like you to have a bowl with that"

"leave me alone"
With his last statement he slams his bedroom door, which I reopen and explain to him that if the cat is in his room the door needs to stay open. Sson then proceeds to tell me to shut my mouth and to get away from him. He slams the door in my face and I re-open it and explain to him again about the cat issue. So then he comes into the living room and proceeds to whine and cry and in general be a nuisance while his mother is still on the phone. I ask him To be quiet and go play in his room and not with the slime unless in a bowl. or there will be consequences. Which only make him whine harder and louder (which of course is just fake and all for attention) So I institute the discipline and then he comes and takes a visual inventory of he desk and the surrounding area to see if there is anything he can "take away" from me.

There isn't so he goes into the kitchen and whines and crys even louder than before (how do parents resist the urge to call the kids - especially Skids names) This lasts for about 5 min until DW comes out and is finished with her phone call and takes Sson into the bedroom and sits down for a chat and listens and "all is better now". sitting on our bed watching tv and everything is hunky dory like any other day. GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

Sorry so long in the tooth mostly just a vent and what not... so anyway..... I'm looking forward to a great week of school vacation with Sson home............