So I haven't posted in a while because honestly everythings been pretty good. We went out on a vacation and we all kind of bonded. The 4 year old still annoys me every once in a while but hes 4, he would probably annoy me if he was mine lol.

Oh random update, I wrote a book! I only have like 8 sales, but still.

Anyway, the day before yesterday when BM was picking them up SS10 started saying he didn't want to go and pleading not to make him go. He has been at our house foor a week straight because BM went to Hawaii with her new man or whatever, which is a whole thing in itself.  The day after she got back she picked up the boys and an hour later he called me saying his mom has to go to work can we come back. Mind you, it was a Sunday and she works an office job M-F. Jesus knows she didn't have to work, but even if she did she always brags about how much money she makes so damn, take a day off and see the kids you havent seen in a week. 

She picks up the boys every other day, which sounds good but look at it this way.

Monday she drops them off at 7:30 am so they can do school at my house. She doesn't pick them up until Tuesday at 7pm so they are at my house 36 hours then they go home for 12 because on wednesday she drops them off again 7:30 am. So they are with her for 12 hours and with her bedtime is 8:30 and they are not allowed to come out of the room until 6am so out of the 12 hours, they are only with her for 2 hours total. The only time they spend with her is one day per weekend.

She picked them up around 1pm on sunday then they are back in the morning with new shoes jackets pants and SS4 screaming about how much fun he had at whatever thing they did. I'm thinking cool, shes spending some of that money she has on the kids and taking them out thats awesome. 

Then SS4 walks away and goes to watch tv and so I ask SS10 what he did because when SS4 explains he has a lisp so I never know what the hell hes saying. He says, "she took us to a lake. It was a 4 hour drive there we spend 30 minutes at the lake 3 hours shopping for herself with her making me stand there the whole time while SS4 was playing with toys, we ate mcdonalds and went back to a hotal and went to bed. I told her I wanted to play in the hotel pool and she said. "Its late I dont want to deal with your brother anymore just go to bed." With his head down he walked over and started his school work.

So they basically got back to the hotel at 9pm and had to leave shortly after that to drop them back off at my house at 8 am. He looked exhausted and barely stayed awake at his computer. 

Today is Thursday and SS10 has been doing school work and just watching tv or playing a game on his break. His mom calls him saying shes picking him up soon and he tells her that she cant because he still has school until 3pm. When she says I dont care its not like you learn anything anyway. He signed and said ok then hung up. She called back and asked if he hung up and he said no I dropped my phone and she started yelling at him about being more careful and that hes so clumsy and blah blah blah yelling so loud that I'm in my bedroom and the phone isnt on speaker. Im watching my show before I clean the house and I can hear this woman more clear than him.

He came in my room closed the door and started crying that he didnt want to go home. He told me to make his dad make it so he doenst have to go there anymore.

I of course am going to talk to his dad about this when he gets home, but should I be worried there is more than just yelling? Like god forbid abuse. He wouldn't tell me if there was because reguardless he would still protect his mother. I have taken care of them by myself long enough to know that about him. Im sure I should just let his dad deal with it but It scares me not doing anything if there is something worse going on.

On a different note I'm gonna write my second book. If anyone is a writer, let me know your marketing strategies or any books you've written. I'd love to hear it.