The X’s I mean. Why, oh why must she do this crap all the time? I am such a patient person, and I know that is why I get walked on all the time. I understand life happens, because excuse me, as a full-time mother of five children living in a blender, there is nobody that understands better than I, that life happens. *sigh*
So she calls me Monday night (like 9pm). Yeah…that’s right…ME! (not him). Tells me that Tuesday (her normal night) this week won’t work for her because she is having a tire keep go flat on her car (she has just recently moved more than an hour from our house - so she just comes up for dinner and the library). So would Wednesday work? Sure, Wednesday is fine I say. Never mind that Brie could have had her other horse back riding lesson TUESDAY night, but it was too late. Never mind that I now had to find a way to entertain five children, rather than just two. It was aggravating, but I am accomodating and I did it with a smile (besides, I hate when they leave, just like to be prepared).
So I get everyone ready and we are waiting at the door watching country music videos on my laptop when the phone rings. hmmm…Mike is at work, one friend is at the pool, another just got home from work and is making dinner for her kiddo’s, my mom doesn’t call in the evenings, so who could possibly be calling my cell phone. Yep, you guessed it. HER.
And guess what? Yes, at 6pm she is telling me that she cannot make it because her tire went flat again on the highway and some stranger fixed it for her and now she has to go back home, so she will see them all on Friday for her weekend. *sigh*
Okay, not usually a problem. Except I was planning on taking my two to a sub shop for dinner, which I nixed cause it costs too much to take them all. So what in the heck do you prepare last minute for dinner? Especially when the entire household but one is on a pasta hiatus!
So we improvised. We are having Chicken Nuggets and Swiss and Bacon Mashed Potatoes. Healthy huh? It just drives me nuts that she has to do this last minute all the time. I would have taken out something frozen if I had known I’d have had the whole bunch. Anyone who knows me knows I don’t mind cooking at all and in fact love it -not so much tonight. *sigh*
Worst part? Mike doesn’t even know yet. Why oh why do I let her get to me? I know it was out of her hands, but still…..
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Sounds like you are juggling more than just 5 kids. In a way you are almost kind of parenting an adult too (and that being an x-wife is nuts). Does this woman know how difficult it is to change plans like that? Don’t let her get to you, I would sit her down and tell her that she has to manage her schedule better!