The Weekend

Was supposed to be Brody's 3rd birthday party.

We had about 5 on the guest list.

So, we made the decision to move the party to this Saturday and go to a funeral to support a good friend, leaving the kids at home. On the way home, Mike offered to take me out on a date night.

So we went home and talked to the kids and checked to see if the house was still standing. The house was in reasonable condition and no one was injured, so they happily sent us off to dinner after hooking the play station 3 up in the living room with surround sound.

We went to Ra for sushi because we are cheap-asses and they have a Saturday night happy hour where you can eat about $200.00 worth of food for about $20.00. It was really strange because I can't tell you the last time M and I went out with kids, let alone without.

Next door is a new restaurant/bar that opened up recently and while walking by, M noticed that they were broadcasting the Pay-per-view fight that he was dying to see but would never spend $100.00 to buy....So in we went and I spent the rest of date night watching UFC........hey, at least we were out.

I would like to think that since Jesse doesn't have a good reputation with, let's just call it, "handling business", he would have taken this opportunity to "kiss ass", and Janee, who is a neat freak, I figured would be the last person to be in the midst of messy problems...So upon waking up Sunday, I freaked out.

Pizza plate with pizza on it turned upside down on the couch, with cheese on the cushion (Brody's fault - Jesse left the plate there right side up, Brody must have been playing with it. Seriously?)

Trash all over the floor

Dishes not rinsed, not cleaned, still sitting on the table looking nasty...and on and on...

Sucks because M and I were thinking we should have a date night once a month.....

Maybe next time we should just leave Harlee in charge......She was the only one who left no mess anywhere... ;)

She's gone

So she showed up Friday at 6 with balloons, and ice cream cake, a cowboy hat and a child-like attitude.

It was like watching a 7 year old dance around because she wants to open her Christmas presents Christmas morning.

How do you act like that when you are saying goodbye to your own children???

So she left after her 1-hour visit and come to find out she gave Jesse $200.00 in Tilly's gift cards and $50.00 cash, and Janee got $100.00 in Tilly gift cards, $50.00 to Old Navy and $100.00 cash.

??What??

What about the money for her medical necessity?? Orthodics to hopefully prevent her from having foot surgery, that she couldn't come up with the day before because "the ecomony is terribly right now"?

Must be nice to be able to find money when you are doing "fun" things like kissing your kids ass because you haven't seen them in 4 months and are moving out of state.........

"Can I see the kids for a few hours since I am moving?"

"You could have been seeing them every week but you chose not to. You can have your normal 1 hour"

"Can I at least bring Janee a cake?"

"That is fine. By the way, we tood Janee to the foot doctor and her feet are really bad. She could need surgery if they problem is not corrected now. We got her custom fit orthodics. My insurance covers 95% up to $200.00. they cost $500.00 so be prepared to pay half of that bill"

"The ecomony is really bad right now and so money is tight"

"Try raising a family"

Favorite quote of the day

Nevermind that I am up at 4am and in bed at 11pm trying to finish school to get a job...and nevermind the average $250.00 a week on groceries we pay, which is increasing with Jesse as he works out......and the fact that Mike pays for 120 miles of gas everyday to get to and from work.....

And Mike has to hear  "The economy is tight" sob story?

D - Day is coming

D is for doom, departure, dysfuntional, detached, detoxification, dependence, delinquent, deconstruct

Ahh the symbolism.....

Friday is the day "supposedly" the J's mother is to come over for her last visit before moving to Texas. No one has spoken to her in 4 months...short of her calling Mike to tell us she is moving...and Jesse calling her one time to ask what is up and then trying to guilt Janee into feeling bad for her losing her job.

So, her mother is coming out to California and they are driving to Texas together but not before visiting the kids. I should say, neither child cares either way about seeing her. And it will be only 1 hour supervised by Mike to assure there is no inappropriete conversation.

Ahhh, the anticipation....

Playmat?

So I put together the playmat for Harlee since I was sick of her army crawling all over our nasty kitchen floor. You can see how it is not serving that purpose at all.................but hey, at least she is not screaming her head off.....

Last Wednesday we headed out to Temecula for what was our last trip out there using my parent's lot, and stayed until Sunday.

Mike dropped us off and came home to work and returned Friday.

I was ready to tear out my hair strnad by strand. I am not sure what was up with the J's but from the second we left Wednesday, till Mike got there and yelled at them, they were at each other. And it wasn't typical fighting, it was total bratty instigations. Jesse would be minding his own business, and Janee would say something like "Jesse, weren't you up at 4:40am playing video games?" In hopes I would say "Why are you playing video games at 4:30?" ect.

I would ignore them, and then they would fight back and forth for whnat seemed like eternity.....

Aside from that........

Harlee went on her first bike ride. B hated it. Since he is only 3, he still really likes her. But, he did NOT like being strapped in this things with her.........It took me and Jesse to hold him down to buckle him in to the 5 point harness and then he cried like a baby until we got moving...then I think he realized he was only hurting himself and no one really cared he was pissed and was over it.

But I got this flower..............

I know this is a stupid picture of Jesse but this is why he is never in any pictures in my Blog....so I figured I should include him.

So Friday afternoon my girlfriend C came out with her son, her beau and his 10 year old daughter. They rented a 5th wheel from someone who has rentals at the park and stayed till Sunday. It was fantastic to have some adults around. 

The boys only had a couple meltdowns and fights. The older boys got to golf a few times. C and I got to talk nonsense....Jesse was left alone because Janee was occupied with J's daughter K.  So we all had fun.

Now it is Tuesday and I am STILL trying to get the trailer unpacked and the house back together..........

Weekend

The weekend was actually eventful. Friday night we had an impromtu BBQ with a girlfriend of mine. She lives in south OC and began dating a guy who lives in Temecula who happens to have a daughter about Janee's age. My girlfriend has a 4 year old son, so the kids work out fairly well together. Minus a few nonsensical fights and tantrums and drama over tricycles...but what else can be expected?

Saturday afternoon we spent at J & D's place for some hotdogs and some conversation - and some Jack Daniels for the boys. The girls were able to spend some time staring at each other cluelessly...P got her 6 month pictures taken while we were there so of course Harlee had to start having a loud meltdown. Surprisingly, at 6:30 pm, I set her in the house in her Pack and play and she fell asleep immediatley - in a strange to her house, in the daylight, using a borrowed seahorse sound machine running out of batterys and playing music accordingly. Go figure!

Sunday morning, Mike found me and said "Hey! Why dont you paint the dining room today?" This was totally out of the blue. Since we are broke, he suggested I use paint from the shed. So, I choose the laundry room color and it actually looks pretty fantastic. Mike has been putting up trim the last few days which we had stored from earlier projects, so the total cost for this "remodel" = nothing.

The new color in the dining room. Mike is currently working on the rest of the trim.