And winter break officially starts
SheSloth just walked through the door, and she doesn't go back to school until after the 1st of the year! PLEASE let her go to BM's tonight (as she did talk to her yesterday) and stay there all week...AT LEAST! But knowing DH, if SheSloth does go, he is going to want her home tomorrow night so that she can go to church on Sunday morning, and then she will be home during the week. How I hate school breaks! Turns into lazy fest if DH doesn't arrange for the girl to be somewhere...getting up at noon, laying on the couch in front of the TV until DH comes home, getting up to look for junk food in the kitchen like every 30 minutes...slamming doors in disgust that there simply isn't any junk food, but she was hoping some magically showed up in the 30 minutes since she last looked. Talking loudly on the phone in the TV room, or playing music from her devices loudly while also having the TV on. Monday is the only day I work...thank goodness! The other days? I plan on being out of this house by 8:00 a.m. so that when she finally decides to get up and wants to be taxied everywhere, I won't be home! Have half a mind to lock the TV remotes up in my office when I leave, as well as every last DVD in the house!
I've stopped buying anything
I've stopped buying anything that can be considered junk food or snacky. If we have saltines in the house? She will make meals that consist of only those! If I do want to keep crackers around (like this time of year, if it is cold, and DH may want soup), I have to hide them in our room. I refuse to buy sugary cereal, because she will eat the entire box in one day. DH got some ice cream last week while I was up picking BS20 up from school. It is gone now, because DH told SheSloth on Saturday that she could have SOME on that day, and to SheSloth, that means that it is then fair game for her to eat whenever she wants. I'm pretty sure she goes over to BM's and tells her that there is NEVER any food in our house. There is always plenty of food...just never anything she wants to eat! Right now in the fridge, there is pot roast that I made on Wednesday, left over shephard's pie from Monday, salad stuff, lunch meat, cheese - there is also bread, peanut butter, canned soups (meat and veggie kinds)...SheSloth could have had any of these things for dinner last night! What did she have? A pack of Ramen I guess got unburied in the pantry! Then, she finished off the ice cream!
SD19 is home from college,
SD19 is home from college, and trust me, THAT is a much worse break for STs than a HS break. She is in her room on her laptop, there is a strange blue glow coming from across the hall. I haven't said "Hello" yet, don't care to. As I was going down the stairs, I looked at the front door and it looked "off." Took my thumb and index finger and pulled gently back on the LOCKED doorknob. Front door slipped right open. SD19 has done this since we've lived here. Too fucking stupid and lazy to pull on the door and check that the door is shut all of the way once she's inside.
DH just called on his way home and I asked him if he could SHOW SD19 how to secure the front door. He said if you lock the deadbolt, and not just the doorknob, then you know for sure. I have a good mind to lock the storm door if SD19 goes out and doesn't shut the front door behind her. She's such a dumbass. Classes don't start until Jan. 26th. I just don't even want to be around her or appear responsible for her. She is a nutbag. She hasn't taken up residence nesting in the LR, so maybe Dh told her it's not her bedroom down there.
~ Moon
Jan 26th? Holy cow!!! BS20
Jan 26th? Holy cow!!! BS20 has to be back Jan 7th!
Any school break is bad...doesn't matter if it is 2 days or 2 months! What is worse? On our way to the concert last night we were rear-ended...pretty hard! My neck has been tight all day. DH is bugging me to go have it looked at, especially since I had an injury to my neck 20 years ago in a car accident. He's thinking that maybe the same vertebra have slipped. So when she walked in the door today, and that usual tension hit...yeah...I'm not feeling well right now at all! Luckily, I haven't heard a peep from her since I heard her bedroom door closed. I'm thinking she is so worn out from doing crappy on exams that she went to sleep. One can hope, right? I talked to DH to ask him if he could bring some food home...I really don't feel like cooking. He didn't say anything about SheSloth going to BM's...not a good sign!
Ugh, my SS is the same way
Ugh, my SS is the same way with the door! He just walks out (without telling anyone he's leaving) and leaves the screen door and front door unlocked. [AND, no matter how many times we've told him not to, he lets the damn cat in every. single. time. This is the (neutered) cat who pees on everything if left unattended for too long.] He also never takes his key with him. I've locked him out numerous times, but he just rings the doorbell and DH comes running to let him in. I wish I could lock them both out for awhile and just pretend I'm not home...
Can't~ Get a long sock
Can't~
Get a long sock without holes in it, and put in a lot of rice. A 5lb bag is good. Microwave it for 2 to 2.5 minutes and wrap it in a hand towel. The weight will help hold the heat on your neck. I have been shuffling all week because my FM has flared up. So much so that my balance is off and I hold onto things when walking around the office. I's horrible. Trust me, I feel your pain, Take it easy.
~ Moon
LOL...when I first started
LOL...when I first started reading that, I thought you were going to tell me to smack SheSloth with the sock!
I've got a heating pad. When I'm done working and I can kick back in my easy chair, I'm probably going to put that on my neck. I swear this crap is messing with my ears, too. I've felt like I've had pressure in my ears since about 20 minutes after the wreck...and we hadn't even gotten to the concert yet. Luckily, I was still able to enjoy the concert. I am so thankful to be driving a Subaru. The hit was not a mere tap...it was hard enough that it caused the visor/cover for the moonroof to slide open a bit. The back gate still opens, nothing look out of alignment..just paint completely taken off of the bumper, and part of the plastic has a small crack that I didn't notice until I looked at it after checking the mail. Have handed it all over to the insurance company to work out, and hopefully I will hear something while I'm on my days off so I can do all the running to the body shop and stuff then.
The only problem is if I'm still in the stinking rental when BS20 needs to be back up at school. I'll have to make sure that I can take the thing out of state and/or not have a mileage limit on it.
Subarus are the best! I've
Subarus are the best! I've been looking at a 2015 Outback. With the new safety features the thing about drives itself. You can tell the cruise control the speed and how many car lengths to keep between your car and the one in front. It will slow and speed up by itself in traffic to keep the correct distance. A simple step on the brake or gas will cancel the cruise control. I am a bit of a control freak and a bit leery about the car doing too much on its own - but it is a cool feature.
Hope your neck gets better.
LMAOOOO @ SheSloth- that is
LMAOOOO @ SheSloth- that is hilarious!
And THIS is how the winter
And THIS is how the winter break starts!
SheSloth brought home a paper for DH to sign that will allow her to take ASL2 the second semester, because she already knows all the stuff from ASL1 (apparently from hanging out in the ASL classroom last year with the teacher who was getting too friendly with students...in my opinion...who ended up living at SheSloth's ex-boyfriend's house and now mysteriously is no longer teaching the class). Again, evil me just can't keep my mouth shut! "They are going to let you do that even though you got a C in ASL1 for the semester? How do you get a C if you know it already?" DH hadn't bothered to look at SheSloth's grades at all, so I go ahead and bring up that SheSloth failed her chemistry and geometry exams, BARELY passed her world history exam to the point of one more wrong answer would have given her a failing grade (she got a 70), got a 72 on her English exam...and that when all was said and done, the ONLY classes on her schedule that didn't end up being C's for the semester were band/guard (which everyone was given a 100 in) and the communications class that graded her on making s'mores! THIS after getting all A's and B's the first grade period!
This sets DH off, and he goes into a tirade, that starts her lying through her teeth...and he actually calls her on that this time! From this point on, I sit back and watch the show! DH tells her she lies about everything, she uses people...especially him, he can't trust her, etc. It is priceless! I just keep giving him supportive looks to let him know he is on the right track to let her have it! I am SOOOOO proud of DH....and then.....
When the storm settles, he goes back to being a pile of marshmallow! SheSloth is sitting there with a look on her face that her favorite dog just got killed! DH starts with the "I want to trust you! I want us to do fun things! I want to be able to be your friend...not your prison warden!" ****GAG****BARF**** They have their little hug fest, and then SheSloth is acting all overly giddy and sweet to DH...***you want some bread with that butter***
As we are going to bed, DH tells SheSloth to get a good sleep, they are going out tomorrow (which is today). WTH?! I have to work, so naturally, that puts me stuck at home...meaning I can't guard his wallet, if you know what I mean! I immediately let him have it that there is NO money to spend tomorrow, and SheSloth is not one who is known for being able to go on outings that don't involve spending money...especially on her! The I get in trouble!! "Why do you always have to try to poop on everything? I is possible to go out and do things without spending money!" Sure...but NOT WHEN SHESLOTH IS INVOLVED! DH says that THIS will be a lesson on having fun without spending money! They will just go out and take pictures or something. Yeah right..."Then that is going to turn into 'lets go walk around the mall' when she gets bored with it after about 5 minutes, which is going to turn into her asking for everything in sight, which you seem to have a very hard time telling her 'no' to ANYTHING! Then, she will want to do a Starbucks or ice cream run...and that will cost another $15-$20 before she is done...oh, and then she will want to go get lunch, because there is NOTHING good to eat at home, etc." I told DH that she would better be spending her time cleaning her room, and washing all the clothing she has EVERYWHERE in her room...which should make up about...I don't know...20 loads (probably exaggerating there, but the girl does have tons of clothes, but always claims she doesn't have any). Seriously...the girl needs to clean the room, because if I don't have the wax melter going, this fowl stench of poop and who knows what else fills the house now that the heater is running regularly...and the air intake is right by her room! I told him, "You want to do something fun with her, you can do it right here without spending a dime, then you can't get manipulated into pulling out your wallet! How about play video games with her? Sit through some movies she wants to watch? The whole time, her laundry can be going!" I just rolled over and went to sleep, disgusted with the man...if one can even call him that right now!
SheSloth is currently washing clothing, and they have yet to go anywhere. We will see if anything I said last night sinks in. If they do go out, I have half a mind to make the money in the account disappear into the savings account for a day! And when he goes to pay for something and can't? If he calls me to ask what is going on, I'll get to say, "But, you weren't going to be spending any money! And I told you there was none to spend!"
Well, their little outing is
Well, their little outing is finally happening...at 2 in the afternoon. DH claims they are going up to the sculpture garden with SheSloth flag and rifle and do a little photo shoot. How quaint! He insists they will be right home after, and won't spend any money. Good, because he literally has none left from his check, especially since he keeps failing to file his expense reports, and so I have to cover part of his stinking gas bill. Which reminds me...I need to ask him yet AGAIN if he filed those things.
I'm not surprised that "taking pictures" together turned into a photo shoot. SheSloth LOVES photoshoots, and it was probably her idea when DH suggested going out and taking pictures. Yeah, this is the girl that bugs for a $2500 camera every Christmas and birthday claiming to be interested in photography. Oh, she is interested, alright...but only if she is in front of the camera...not behind the camera. I feel sorry for DH's Facebook friends! He will probably take about a billion pictures of SheSloth and post them ALL to his Facebook. SheSloth will then tag herself in every last one of them so that she can fish for all those "you're so pretty" comments, which will come from the same 4-5 people who comment on all of her other pictures when she is fishing (MIL, BM, BM's friend who is like an aunt to her, and her two lackies at school that follow her around like she is the most awesome person in the world, and worships the ground she walks on). She spent the last hour dolling herself up with fake eyelashes, thick cat eye liner, etc. I mean...gotta be perfect, right?
Funny...they weren't gone 5 minutes, and they were home! DH said that they realized that they didn't each lunch, and SheSloth really wasn't feeling well. Sounds more to me like SheSloth asked to go out to eat, and then had a little bit of a fit in the car when he said they weren't going to eat out. They came home and had sandwiches, and have been watching TV since.
UGH...SheSloth is not going
UGH...SheSloth is not going to BM's until Christmas Eve! DH used his floating holidays at work this week, so he told BM she couldn't have her until then! Luckily, SheSloth went somewhere with MIL yesterday after church, and stayed the night over there, so I don't have to hear her about the house today...at least not for a while. Not sure how long SheSloth will stay gone. Hoping she is over at her cousin's, as MIL watches my baby niece during the day now that my SIL is back at work...since my older niece is out of school now, too. Hope she stays there until she has to go to BM's to tell the truth!
So...DH is wanting to us MY
So...DH is wanting to us MY car to go pick up SheSloth and is wondering what WE are doing this evening, etc. I am going to the gym...he knows this! Christmas is not the whole week, we don't have any family other than BS20 who has come to town for just for the holiday or anything like that...it doesn't mean that we spend the whole week hanging out at my SIL's! Wednesday is Christmas Eve...and Thursday is Christmas Day. It isn't my problem that DH agreed to SheSloth going over to BM's the night of Christmas Eve so that she could be there when her brother got up Christmas morning, and now DH's family is all upset because this puts a kink in their schedule! Seriously! What is really wrong with us having our Christmas, them having their Christmas, and at some point we get together for a meal and exchange of gifts. That is the way we always did it when I was growing up! And why do we have to go over to SIL's house every day this week just to sit and watch TV? I mean, come on! We live in the same town...we can get together whenever we want!
I mean, if DH wants to go over there and hang out...more power to him. He has a car...he can go! Oh yeah, he is complaining that he can't trade in his car, and that it is making him mad because the window won't go up and down on it's own any more. Yeah...that is why he want's to take my car...because his has some problems that have NOTHING to do with the running of the car...that just irritate him! Why can't he trade it in? Because he is so freakin' upside down on it, because instead of paying off any car he has had, he has to get a new one every couple of years, and he finally got himself to a point where he still owes more than the car is worth when he hit 100,000 miles! No...instead he wants to take my car, which currently needs an oil change and new spark plugs...not to mention has body damage on it right now...because now he hates his car! He picked it! UGH...sometimes, I can really see why SheSloth is the way she is!