Really long story made as short as possible.

This weekend DH finally decided to make it up to skid4 for screwing him over two weeks ago. And took him out for some serious one-on-one time. Skid3 has spent most of the weekend at one of her friends house.

Skid1 on Friday and Saturday I spent a lot of time with. She is mass making up hours for her diversion program so we spent most of Friday evening, Saturday Morning and Saturday evening down at the soup kitchen. She IS honestly trying to turn things around. And despite her and I not getting along since the kid is trying, just needed a ride and a "parent" to supervise her hours. I offered since DH had plans with skid4. She appreciated me volunteering and actually told me thank you no less than a half a dozen times this weekend.

Skid2, who is now 17, has had most of the weekend to himself. He hung with friends after school on Friday, slept until 2 pm yesterday has played video games, dialed up whatever he wanted to watch on netflix etc all weekend. Today he decided he wanted to go to a friends house to hang.

And demanded a ride over to the friends house. He was reminded that

1) I am not his taxi cab driver.
2) That he was never to speak to me in that tone of voice.
3) That his chores (cleaning his room) was not done, until such time as it was, he would not be headed to the friend's house (DH's rule- I was just reminding him of it. Esp since his room has teenage funky boy smell going on).
4) When his chore was done, he could call his father and ask for a ride to his friends house.

Little man, has a royal case of little man syndrome going on. Attitude flaring, eye rolling, teeth sucking, head swiveling, arms crossed over his check total 'Tude' in effect. I walked away from him, poured myself a cup of coffee. It's Sunday, I figured if God got to rest on this day I should be able to as well.

In the next half an hour SIL called, she was doing laundry and her washer broke. Could she come over and finish the load that is soaking wet because her washer wont spin out/empty. Sure! Can skid1 come with her. Sure.. warning tho daddy, skid4 and skid3 are not here.

SIL and skid1 show up, toss the load of laundry in the washer and we three sit down on the porch with cups of coffee and are just chatting. Skid1 had seen on youtube a video of someone doing a flower braid and wanted to learn how to do it. So I am standing behind my SIL, braiding her hair and showing skid1 how. She figured out quickly it was not a braid she would be able to do on herself.

Halfway through the braid skid2 comes out stating his room is clean and we need to leave "Now." Huh? According to him I said I would drive him to the friends house when his chore was done. I reminded him of the whole taxi conversation that ended with me telling him to call his dad... and his ensuing attitude that had ensured that even IF his father had asked me to drive him, would have ensured that my answer was no.

Which resulted in him commenting. "You're lying, you know you said you would, your just being a bitch!"

Yes. That is how he ended up with a fat lip.

And how DH ended up coming home early.

And how SIL and skid1 got to express to DH exactly what happened because skid2 went into I am so innocent she hit me for nothing mode. I do have to admit, the look on skid2's face when skid1 backed me up was rather entertaining.

Which has resulted in DH going off on skid2. The kid losing the cell phone he just got back and a host of other crap.

I am going back to bed. DH can deal with his kids. I just don't have the energy to.