So as some know, skids are with BM this weekend. I am also not working this weekend, and normally try to schedule this to be the case with my job. I came home after dropping the skids off at school, stayed on here all day, did some online shopping, then slept for a couple of hours before my best friend came over. We normally get together at least once a week for wine and catchin up. She has been gone for 3 weeks and so we had a lot of catching up to do. It was a wonderful stress free evening!! We ordered pizza, DH stayed up with us for a while then went peacefully to bed, we went through 4 bottles of wine before at nearly 4 am I came to bed and she stayed on the couch, no reason to drive home at that point. We drink cheap delicious wine but it's only 5-8%alcohol and so yes 4 bottles seems like a lot between two girls that each weigh less than 130 but I assure you this was between 7pm and 4am so we weren't drunk but no reason to "risk" it. Haha! So we have decided that 3 weeks is far too long to go without catching up, and well, this post really had morning to do with step parenting except to muse what my life would be all the time if they didn't exist. Can eat crap if I want and not feel bad, can enjoy DHs company and not be discussing something pertaining to them and subsequently arguing, being able to enjoy my living room that I love without hearing cartoon and video games from the loft where the skids are playing. Oh what my life could've been...