So much drama of late so I’m almost not sure which topic to pick to blog about.

I posted a little while ago about SD16 about to get her license and BM wanting an extra $100 a month to help pay “car insurance”. *gigglesnort* DH responded to her blatant ask for money with a detailed plan on how he wanted to help SD16 but it would be grade based after he obtained grade portal access (BM & SD16 would not provide the login info). BM was oh-so delightful when she responded what a bad father, yada yada for basically not agreeing to her demand and why should grades be important?. That SD16 won’t get her license if DH doesn’t pay up, blah, blah, blah.. DH took the advice of oh so many and went radio silent. A few days later on a vacation day, we took a little adventure to the local high school and DH was granted his own access to SD16’s grades.

Like we suspected, once DH logged in, SD16’s grades are not honor roll material… Far from it…. Based on this and the BM email, no further discussion required.

Not surprisingly SD16 is now a proud member if the licensed public. BM was full of smoke, no surprise there. BM says SD16 can’t drive to our house, can’t transport SD11, lots of rules which went out the window a week later.

Last visit DH gets a phone call after just speaking with SD16 that SD11 has a giant knot on her forehead and needs to go to the ER RIGHT NOW but BM can’t take her because she’s at the airport to fly to “different state” but will “get on the next flight first thing in the morning if it’s serious.” Skids are home with her dad watching them (he lives there too). Lots of questions about the reason for the knot, when, how, etc and basically, SD11 feels fine, it doesn’t hurt but it’s a big bump. BM is really really worried about SD11! Must go to ER RIGHT NOW!

[sigh]

Off to the other side of town to pick up Skids for a fun filled trip to the ER. Get there, load SD11 into the car and SD16 is literally throwing a tantrum and talking back. She doesn’t want to go because she wants to be able to drive herself to school. It’s in the front yard with neighbors out there, so not cool. She gets BM (who ironically hasn’t boarded yet) to start calling DH to dictate exactly what he should do. DH interrupted her and say skids are coming with me now, end of discussion and hung up on her. Off to ER for us to find out nothing is wrong, trip was for nothing. Big surprise...

A week later, DH calls SD16 to find out her grades on her report card. Report card was issued on Friday, DH calls on Monday. Apparently over the weekend, SD16 forgot all her grades and accidently threw away her report card. So DH uses his newly acquired grade portal login and low and behold, A in Driver’s Ed, F in Art :? , and the rest C’s. Plus grade portal shows she is currently absent for that day in her first period class. (Current grades are 5 Fs and 2 As). DH text BM about the grades and her response was “yes, so?” so DH calls SD16 to ask about the absence. SD says she was just tardy and grade portal is wrong. Soooooo, he emails the teacher. After all, the grade is listed as 0% and says she’s been missing a lot. Teacher responds that SD situation is “dire” (loved this word LOL) and that he’s frustrated with her and is well aware she’s skipping.

BM’s response to all this (who is a teacher too), the teacher is lying and SD16 is not and that she will talk to SD.

Now it’s our weekend with the kids and DH gets to address the blatant lying, skipping, and poor grades. SD doesn’t know it yet, but DH will be taking keys from her and making her study all.freaking.weekend. Just hoping she doesn’t get BM involved with DH taking keys for the weekend since BM is the one paying for the car.

Not sure if this was the best time to give up wine...