How's it going? Dh just went back this weekend...:( Just one more year I keep telling myself:) This year should be interesting...the baby is much more vocal now about his displeasure with papa being busy:D And we might be moving...realizing of course that "we" means "I" will do most of the work:( Oh well, at least I can keep busy with new decorating ideas...hmmm...maybe he had this figured out? :D
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So good to hear from someone who has/is been there. Last night after the kids went to bed, I heard cursing coming from downstairs, (I was in bed watching tv) I asked what DH's problem was and it was some cash flow chart that wouldn't work out and when I suggest to him that maybe he call one of the fellow "team players" to help him, he got annoyed because it was his portion of the assignment to do.
Found out yesteray that MIL called DH at work to make him/us feel guilty for accepting Sue's offer last Saturday to babysit. Well, I am certainly not the least bit sorry and I am actually hoping that maybe his mother (adopted) will see this as a wake up call and actually follow through with her promises to help out with her own grandkids.
Oh well, it sounds terrible but my MIL's insecurity can only make things better for our family in terms of some well deserved and unconditional attention.
Sorry, about all the whining and complaining but I knew that you would understand my dilema.
Thanks for listening.
sasa
Glad to hear you are hanging in there! I think it's actually a blessing to be so busy...it makes it become a big blur & before you know it they are all done!!! This is the last year for dh & I politely told him the other day he is NEVER to come home & mention taking a single other course again:D:D he used up all his "going to school stamps";) Take it easy & remember -We WILL survive this...there could always be worse to deal with in life;)
OMG... I was just thinking about you this morning and I was wondering the same thing about you and your DH. My, my your ears must be burning or your psychic abilities are outstanding.
So good to hear from you. Things are going okay for DH. It's a lot of juggling. For instance, he had classes this week and for some reason, (maybe we were preoccupied with the death of his birth mother's husband, we tried to be there a lot for support this last week) that we both forgot that we needed someone to watch the kids while I was at work yesterday. Oh that was a nightmare, I called his mother(adopted) immediately and asked if she could possibly watch the kids as I would have to call in sick. Anyhow, she put all these stipulations on us how she had a dinner party to go to in Toronto and that one of us had to be back in time for her to get ready. Well, then I suggested that I could ask Sue, his birth mother (as she keeps offering to baby sit and it will give us a break and as she says "now that she has some extra time) Well, when I suggested this, his adopted mom got a little annoyed and insisted that she watch them. Well, it turns out that neither one of us could leave work/school early enough so then MIL suggested that she pick them up and take them back to her place in TO and get ready there and have DH pick them up. Well we live in Hamilton, so that's an hour away (she lives north of the city) and that there wouldn't be enough time. I called Sue anyway, and she insited that it would be the best solution for everyone plus she was really excited about starting to spend more time with the "grandkids"
Everything worked out in the end, Sue spoiled them, took them to the pet store, bought them toys, took them to McD's and to the beach for a walk and ice-cream then back to her place for a swim. She forgot to take the "diaper bag" so she went out and bought them swimsuits and pull-ups for the toddler.
His mom (adopted) called this morning to check on how things went. I know she was jealous but what are you going to do? We didn't have a choice but to let Sue take the kids. They had a blast and she lives 15 minutes away in the next city, not 60 like MIL.
Well, this juggling is going to take some getting used to. I hope the time goes by quickly, you promised me it would...remember? We are trying to work out a pattern where he helps me until dinner then I will bathe the kids and put them to bed and he takes off for Tim's or the library on weekend that I'm off to study. It's too distracting for him to stay home, if he physically is removed from home, he doesn't have a choice but to study. He has discovered many characters that hang out at the local Tim's.
I want to thank you for all your support. I told DH that you are in the same boat and that I know that you are surviving and I can do it too. It's only been two months, another 14 to go. My husband keeps looking at things like plasma tv's and upscale cars. He says it's motivation for when this is all done and we will be able to afford things like that.
Please, please, please let me know whenever you need someone to listen to. You've become my crutch through all this executive MBA experience. I'm so glad you thought of me.
sasa