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UGH. The "you signed up for this" rant.

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Last night I picked up 3-month old DS, SS3 and SD6 from daycare and brought them home. I realized FDH wasn't home yet so I called him to see when he would be. He said he had to work until 7pm and that he had a softball game at 8! He said, "Yeah I kind of forgot to ask BM if we could switch nights tonight." I got short with him and was annoyed and got off the phone because SS3 was crying about something.

Oops, I got drunk. And then SD6 acted drunk.

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Last Thursday after work I went out for happy hour with coworkers. When I got home around 7:30, the skids were in the bathtub washing up/playing. I went in to say hello to them. About a half hour later, the drinks suddenly hit me and I was kind of goofy drunk/buzzed. I was super talkative and chatty with the skids and teasing them, and all of a sudden they were different skids. Now, I of course was trying to be normal becuase I didn't want them to know I'd been drinking, but I was kind of fired up and happy-drunk feeling.

Any of you ever "downgraded" homes to save $? (Kind of O/T)

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We have recently been presented an offer we're finding difficult to refuse.

My FDH and BM bought a 3-bedroom 2 bath twin home/twindo/duplex (whatever you want to call it) and that is where FDH and I live now. BM's name is still on the house loan (she won't sign a quit claim bc it's helping her credit...that's a whole other topic). We've been updating things in the house with the intent to sell it in the next year or two.

BM held my son yesterday at daycare....barf!

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Since my baby (11 weeks) started going to the same daycare as the skids, they see me every day when I pick him up. They used to run and hug me when they would see me, because they knew that I was just there to pick THEM up, but now I'm kind of old news. They say "Hi!" but then they ask, "Are we going with you or is mommy coming?" So anyway, they don't run and hug me really anymore, but I always give them atleast a little pat on the head or shoulders while they're playing before I grab my son.

Having more kids...the decision.

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My FDH and I just had our first child together in February. Let me try to fill in the backstory real quick since I know it's hard to remember all these stories on here. FDH raised SD6 as his own her first 4 years, then the real bio dad came back into the picture. FDH had a son with BM too, SS3. We have SS3 half the time. On week days that we have SS3, we still take SD6, but she goes to her bio dad's on the weekends now (since fall). Life has been a lot rougher since we stopped having SD6 as much.

OT: Wood ticks!

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Yuck yuck yuck I hate those little buggers. We were at my FDH's farm this weekend and since then I've found 3 on the dog, and SIX on me!!! This morning I found one on me while I was sitting at my desk, and although I did a whole body check after my shower, I must have gotten it from the inside of the car on my drive to work.

Help me pick out chores the skids can do for allowance!

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We have SS3 (turns 4 in July) half the time, and we take SS's sister (who is 6) 1-2 days during the week. We discussed this weekend that we could start giving the skids some chores to do in return for allowance. You know, the whole teaching responsibility, work ethic, and also the value of money thing... Smile

So I need help thinking of feasible chores that a 4 and 6 year old can do, that won't require a ton of direction. Here's my list so far:

BM completely belittled the skid's Mother's Day gifts to her.

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We've increasingly noticed how little empathy, sympathy, thankfulness and gratitude the skids have -- over the past months. They are soooo spoiled, especially SD6...so when we won't give her things or we request that she have a good attitude first to prove her worthiness for something, she just gets worse.

FDH: Smacking forehead, "You're always right!"

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FDH dropped off his son at BM's on Sunday night. She was wearing tight leggings and basically a see-through white camisole with a HOT PINK lacy bra hanging all out. FDH being a smarta** said, "Really? Hot pink on a Sunday?" and she said she's just been around the house cleaning and just "threw something on".

Facebook actually led to good news today.

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My SD6 is not actually FDH's daughter. He raised her with BM through the first years of her life, and after he and BM broke up, he continued to take her the same days he has his son (50/50). About a year ago, SD's bio dad came back into the picture. He used to see her just one day a month, now he takes her EOW and has voiced that he wants her during the week on our days, but BM won't agree to that. So that's the jist of the backstory...

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