Here, I believe,with the exception of the few whose spouses had custody of the skids in the first place, the few step-dads on this site, and those with adult stepchildren, are more or less the universal order of events for most of us here...Many might disagree, and many (as in formerly myself)will insist steps #10-15 can or will not happen to them. Read the stories here long enough and work your way through the steps yourself, and I think this is pretty close:

1. Google something to the effect of “can’t stand my step-kid” and find this site

Imagine my utter shock when I walked into the grade school the other day and BM was working there in the lunch room. Shocked she has a job and shocked the school hires criminals. Seriously, do they not do background checks?

I guess she can't do much harm collecting dirty lunch trays and washing them. Even as a seasoned shoplifter, I doubt she can steal those institutional sized cans of pears or cases of little tiny cartons of milk. Thankfully, the kids have lunch accounts and don't use cash.

I like to update my blog every now and again because it gives me a chronological perspective to go back and see. Sometimes there's not a question in it for the rest of Step Talk, but always appreciate input. Anyway, what's been going on lately:

I live for the weekends in that they are a reward for the hectic work/school week. I hate that SD is a feature of every single weekend. I know it sounds bad just saying it like that, but don't feel like going through the whole lengthy justification right now. I know most of you get it.