Out of Town

I'm at Casey and Vickie's house as I do this blog. It is just as hot here as when I left Pensacola yesterday. Their house is very nice and everthing I epxected it to be from all the pictures I have seen. Today I went to see my aunt and uncle who I haven't seen in a few years. The live about 30 miles away and I drove in the middle of rush hour traffic; it's been a very long time since I've driven in traffic like that!!

Tomorrow we are going to Comerica Park to see the Yankees vs Tigers. It has also been very long since I've been to see the Yankees. I'm very excited and can't wait to go. I'll be like a kid in a candy shop!!

Gone

I'm sure that many of you already know that Kristofer is gone. In a nutshell we could no longer play the games his mother wanted to play so we had her come get him. How are we doing? I think that I'm fine, almost relieved in a sense; Joe - well, who knows how a man feels because they sure don't tell you. And Marcus seems to be doing OK. He's asked about Kris a couple of times but doesn't seem saddened by it. I'm looking forward to getting credit card bills paid up and the air conditioning fixed in my car.

I can't wait to leave on my vacation next week!! Casey and I are going to the Yankees vs Tigers game while I'm there. I haven't seen the Yankees play live in at least 7 years so that's just an added bonus to the time I'm spending with Casey. Vickie is taking Friday off so I'm sure we'll have fun (and some cocktails too!!). I just don't know how I'm going to get thru this weekend!!!

Unsure

Joe and I have decided to send Kris back to his mom's after school is done this week. Barbie got Kris Sunday around 2pm (she was supposed to get him for breakfast with his Nana). When she arrived she sent Kelsey to the door so Joe went out to speak to her. She was very agitated and when Joe told her we need to sit down and talk like adults she said we would at the right time since we've served her papers. Joe told her he had no idea what she was talking about since we can't afford to take her to court. She told Joe that she is trying to do the best she can and that she HAD to get a job since she's not getting Dann'y child support. I'm very proud to say the Joe didn't blow a gasket nor did he tell her, in his smart ass way, that child support is for the CHILD not the lazy ass mother!!!! At 8pm Sunday she called to say that she didn't have enough gas to bring him to the house, that she would bring him to school on her way to work on Monday morning; she had to be to work for 9am. Y'all know before I go any farther that it did not happen. She lied. Kris didn't go to school; Barbie dropped him at out door at 4:15pm without even making sure we were there. She told Kris that he could go with her for the summer and than come back for the school year. Joe and I have decided we are no longer going to play her games and we are returning Kris permanetly.

I feel bad but I'm almost releived. My hard work on Kris will all go to waste and I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in the foster system after awhile. As for Kris the only reason he could tell us that he didn't want to stay with his mom is because his sister pinches him. I have decided to take him to the counseling session so that maybe talking to the counselor about going back to his mom's will help him. I feel I've done all I can do and (like my Mom and Casey said) I need to work on me and my family. I need to feel better about myself and my marriage. Who knows, maybe with out the stress of Kris, maybe Joe and I will finally have another of our own.

Sleep? What's that?

For some reason I have not slept well in the past couple of days. It's just 0500 (my usual time to get up if I'm working) and I'm already up, showered, dress and on the internet. I'm not sure what's wrong. I think it's money worries but we aren't doing that bad yet. I paid off the homeowners insurance before hurricane season (YEAH!) and we had some bunk beds given to us so now all I have to buy is the mattress. I really only need 1 now. Maybe it's the fact that I have to get new car insurance today. Or that in 2 weeks school's done and Kris's daycare doubles. (Casey, I know what you're saying!!!) I really felt sorry for Kris Saturday. He was somewhat showing out so I told him he needed to call his dad to see if he'd take him for the summer. Well, both of dad's numbers are disconnected. He told me he'd guess he'd call his mom and see if she'd take him for the summer and I had to tell him once he left he wasn't coming back. Well the poor thing looked so rejected and said "But I don't want to stay with my mom". Isn't that the saddest thing you've ever heard from a 7 year old?

1st Party

Tonight is my first pary - the Pampered Chef Party. I don't think that it is going to go over very well. My attendance is poor; hell even the people I work with 4 days a week aren't coming. Thank God for my friends from the previous shift I worked on that ARE coming.

I've been cleaning like a mad woman for the past 3 days to get ready for tonight and in that process, I broke my pinky toe on my right foot. It's purple but doesn't hurt as bad as my heel on my right foot. I have no idea what is wrong with it but it has hurt for about a month. It's probably from being fat. IT'S HELL GETTING OLD!!!!

May Days

Well, it looks like May is going to be a good month for me. I'm trying to think positive in an attempt to change my mind set and get back on the road to healthiness. I have not signed up for WW like I mentioned in my previous blog, but I'm trying to get rid of the junk we've accumulated and replace it with some healthier food and also for the most part just stop eating so much.

This is also my month of "Parties" . I have a Pampered Chef party schedule for this Thursday and than 2 weeks for this Thursday is my month to host Stampin' Up. For the most part I think I really like being a hostess; I like having people around and I think that they have fun also. But this has been a little harder because due to circumstances here (you know - the Kris thing) Joe and I have let the house go. So today and tomorrow are devoted to cleaning and yard work. Joe has been trying to get the pool running; it's a very pretty shade of blue but cloudy. He also tried to clean the back porch and for a man I'm sure it looks good and it will pass for Thursday, but it wasn't really cleaned like I'd like it to be. Today when he comes home we are going to work on the yard.

And last but not least for May, I fly to Detroit on May 30th. I am soooo looking forward to that - It's a chance to get away and to see Casey, whom I miss alot. I just can't wait!!