Good morning StepTalk,

For those of you who may read my postings, you know that my SD17 returned last night for summer visitation with my DW. SD17 was sent to live with her father back in February after it was discovered that SD was cutting 5-10 classes a week, smoking pot, and secretly dating gangbaners. SD17's bio-daddy, aka Mr. Walking Anus, has been dealing with her for the past 3 months. Now, though, school is out, and she is here. Uggh.

I know that I shouldn't complain too much, since SD is now gone most of the year, but she is already getting on my nerves. Upon reaching our house, the first thing that SD did was plop down on the couch and start watching her ridiculous TV shows. She is a big fan of obnoxious "prank" shows like Jackass, and will literally sit in front of the TV for hours on end, laughing like "Butt-Head" the whole time. I am seriously thinking of calling SD17 "Butt-Head" on here, because she laughs EXACTLY like Butt-Head. And of course, the shows that are making her laugh are played at a high level of volume, and include "bleeps" every couple of seconds because they contatin so much profanity.

Of course it goes without saying that SD just plopped all of her crap down on the floor of the living room. It would never cross her mind to put it up in her bedroom. She just leaves it wherever she feels like leaving it, and DW says nothing.

Also, DW brought back a bunch of shell casings from her dad's house. I know this because several of them spilled out of her backpack onto the living room floor. I pointed this out to DW, and she said it's "no big deal, they are just shell casings. They aren't live bullets." When she said this, I said "Well, if she has shell casings, I'm sure she could get actual bullets, and probably has them." DW, of course, had no response to this. I wonder if SD17 is trying to send me a "message?"

Lastly, it is good to see that SD17 still has a tremendously over-inflated sense of her importance in the world. DW recently quit her job so that she can travel with me for my work. When she told SD17 about this, SD17 said it was a "mistake," and that DW shouldn't quit her job just so she can supervise SD during the summer break. Although we had considered this during the decision for my DW to quit, it was a minor factor. But of course, SD17 thinks that she is that the world revolves around her, and that DW would quit work just to keep an eye on her.

It is going to be a long summer. I hope that I get an assignment for work soon.