This was the first weekend I had to spend with Skids since June.

Surprise Surprise nothing has changed.

SO and I spent the entire weekend cleaning. Moving furniture, cleaning out closets, mopping floors...The house really needed it.

Saturday morning I see the Skids start their laundry. Great, I told them and SO I would no longer be involved with them and chores unless it started affecting me or the house (bugs, smell...that type of thing)

Sunday morning, I go to start my and SO's laundry. SD's wet smelly clothes are still in the washer. I just took them out and put them in her basket next to the washer and didn't say a word to anyone.

A little while later I was getting ready to jump in the shower and told SO I needed to put our clothes in the dryer and start another load. He told me he would take care of it so I could shower.

He comes in the shower and tell me that SD needs to do her laundry. I told him that her clothes have been in the washer for over 24hrs, she can wait. Oh no, SD HAS to do her clothes first because she has to bring the clean clothes to BMs house.....A little backstory, SD will not wash her clothes at BM's house. She brings them to our house every weekend.

So now I'm pissed. When I got out of the shower I got in SD's face. I told her she doesn't get to take 48hrs to do her laundry. If she can't finish her wash in a reasonable time, she can do it at BMs.

Skids laundry is the very reason I stopped being involved with Skids and chores. I would spend all day asking, did you put your clothes in the washer, did you put your clothes in the dryer, did you fold your clothes. For both kids. I got sick of it. Not my job.

Then right before Skids are supposed to go home, I remind SO that they still hadn't cleaned the hamster cages. The only reason I said anything is because these are living creatures that need to be fed and have a clean environment. If Skids don’t do it, then I have to because I feel bad for the damn things.

Skids clean both cages in the kitchen. I sat in the living room and stayed out of it. After they were done I went in the kitchen and it was a total disaster. Hamster bedding, shit and water all over the floor and table and in the sink. Bag of trash from the old bedding sitting on the floor, hamster food spilled all over the counter. I told SO I was not cleaning that up. He and I just spent the entire weekend cleaning while the Royal Skids sat on the asses. SO made SD clean up the mess because SS was in the shower.

A few minutes later I hear SO complaining saying "I just sweep this floor"....SD "It's the dogs"

EVERYTHING gets blamed on the dogs. I stormed out and said, "NO, SD. I just watched you sweep all that hamster crap off the table onto the floor" She just put her head down.

It's so frustrating. It told SO and Skids they can clean their hamster cages outside from now on because they pull this stunt every weekend. Clean the cages and make a mess. Then just leave the mess for someone (maid Ninji) to clean up.