I commented on somebody else's post, and I go to thinking...Are any of these rules (see below) insane and downright cruel? Because according to SS9 they are, and apparently his BM and NANNA!(BMs mom [DH parents are deceased]) agree b/c they do anything they can to keep precious baby SS9 away from evil DH and myself.

IF this whole watching SS9 after school with me thing doesn't work out, SS9 wants to stay at his grandma's empty house after school, but is he 9. Is that too young? I would normally say YES but he is soo...advanced. He has been left home alone a handful of times, and he, well, he is like a 60-year-old woman, you just have to know the kid. He just BREWS HIMSELF a pot of COFFEE and sips coffee and reads. He has a genius IQ but that doesn't mean he is emotionally equipped to handle something like strangers at the door, or a fire (from his darn coffee pot! nuts)

Well, Here I am, trying to be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAMN NICE about SS9 staying with ME all the time after school, when NO ONE asked me how I felt about it. Here is the latest:

I work from 3am until 10 am.

DH works from 10am until 7pm.

Look at those above hours. That means I get home from work, and get our BS1, and DH goes to work. DH comes home from work, and I go to bed for 6 hours or so until I go back to work.

I am the devil for having dreaded this at all. He has been perfect. He says "thank you" when I pick him up at the bus stop. He talks with me briefly about his day, then digs in on his homework, and asks permission for everything. "Can I change the channel?" I haven't even HAD to lay down my crazy list of rules on him. I feel stupid, petty, and RELIEVED!!! Maybe this CAN work out....Maybe I will even, dare I say, start to LOVE him??? I hope this isn't just a "honeymoon" phase where DH has scared him into being perfect for me, but I've said before, he really is a good kid.