DH and I don't get to take that many vacations. Being tight on money right now coupled with our work having us on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it's very difficult to get away. When we do plan something, we do it very far in advance then have to plan accordingly and keep our fingers crossed and prey that we don't have to drive back home for a work emergency. (which has happened before). So we usually end up going on 2 or 3 little weekend trips a year, trying to find places a few hours or less from home.

Skid weekend on Saturday. I will have two choices for this lovely little visit

a.) Go fishing with DH and his kid, brothers, brother's kids, and SIL. (I actually really love to go fishing when it's not with people who drive me nuts) Not be able to get in a word to DH because kid will inevitably interupt me at every attempt. Listen to her whine, cry and throw tantrums the whole time and here the "daaaaaaadddyyyy helppp i'm ssoooo scarreddd" when she finally does catch something and is terrified of a fish.

OR

I'm not a monster, not a terrible person for thinking the way I do, that's just who I am.

When I read all the posts on here and think about all these situations as well as my own, I think to myself why is there so much drama when it comes to skids?

This last weekend was a SD weekend. MIL called during the week to say that BM had plans with SD so she wouldn't be out.

Have to admit I was relieved. It was going to be beautiful weather, and we had just gotten a bunch of fishing gear and there were some really good spots out at MIL's house. I was excited we would be able to get a chance to go fishing as well as I wouldn't have to hear whining and screaming and deal with bratty princess behavior the whole day.