Yesterday, BM calls about mid-morning to say that her father will pick up the skids around 3 because she is at work and because our driveway was still impassable because of snow. The skids were off for a snow day and Wednesday is BM's day. The skids did not tell us that BM was at work, all they said was that Papaw was coming to get them at 3.
Around 11, I get a call from a friend of mine who says "Guess who I just saw with her BF plowing the neighbor's driveway? It was BM. So, I tell FH this info and we head out in FH's big 4X4 to go get stuff for the skids' Valentine's Day parties and guess who I see coming right at us? BM and her BF (I recognized his truck) and so I say "look girls, there's mommy and BF". We all wave - BM actually ducked down and she's VERY short but I saw her anyway, but her BF waved (he's kind of a friend of mine). The girls then say to us "mommy said she was at work and that's why we have to wait for papaw to come get us". SD8 asks if she can call mommy and we let her and BM doesn't answer. SD8 calls several times. About 15 minutes later, BM calls. (BM assumes we didn't see her, and of course she has no idea that my friend called me and told me about her and BF plowing the neighbor's driveway) It is about noon now, and FH takes the call and BM tells him that she will have her dad pick the girls up around 3 and FH says "where are you?" BM says she's in our town and FH says well, so am I, why don't I just meet you now? BM says well I didn't drive my own car to work today (she's still trying to convince FH that she went to work), and so FH tells her that we are running some errands and we will be at her house in one hour. We got to her house a little over an hour later and she's not there. While we wait just a couple minutes, here she comes with the BF. She has to wear scrubs to work and she was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, another clue that she didn't work.
BUT, BM knows we caught her in ANOTHER lie. She convinced us on Tuesday to come get the skids in a snowstorm because she just had to go to work on Wednesday! In reality, Tuesday nights are Bluegrass Fest night at her favorite bar and she wasn't gonna miss that for anything in the world. We had asked BM if she could just keep the skids Tuesday and we would get them Wednesday and keep them through the weekend because Thursdays are our days and it is our weekend and BM told us that it would be easier for her and the skids if they all didn't have to get up extra early on Wednesday for her to bring them here on her way to work.
What a piece of work?
The sad thing is: I don't know how she explained her lies to the skids. She told them she was at work and then we see her less than 30 minutes later.
I feel bad for the skids, but I hope this teaches BM a lesson about lying to her kids. WHY did she lie? She could have just called us and told us the truth! Hey, I'm plowing driveways with BF and so my dad will pick up the skids around 3. Sure, no problem. The thing is: BM didn't want to be with her kids until she was darn good and ready! A few extra hours sitting in a bar with BF while the skids were with us and then at papaw's. Gosh, I can't stand her.
I'm done venting now. Thanks and bye.