Just a rough couple of days. Late night on Wednesday, didn't get much sleep. Then yesterday T watched our kids at our house, which meant her crew was over as well. This was exacerbated by my Dr. appointment running 1 and a half hours late which meant I didn't get home until after 6.
First regarding the Dr. Appointment, this was a pre-op appointment for the surgery I'm having next week to have my Taylor's Bunion removed and some other corrections on my foot. I kind of knew what he was going to do, but I hadn't really thought about the impact this will have. Basically next weekend, I will be laid up in bed or on the couch the entire time. Which is going to be very tough because I won't be able to do my part with the kids, especially Emily. So, while I am looking forward to walking without pain, I am not looking forward to the surgery.
Second, regarding T and her kids. The problem is one of respect and laziness. T is lazy and doesn't have respect for anything, and this has been passed along to her kids. So when her kids spend the day at our house without myself or Kim around to keep an eagle eye, things get trashed, lost or broken. Last night I was almost physically sick with anger when K & I were reviewing the so-called clean up job and discovered that 2 of the boys Christmas presents had been broken by their cousins, and one of DW's other presents had been gotten into and took some work to recover. I get so angry when dealing with T, that when I pick up the kids from her house I can barely keep myself from lashing out at her. We've talked about having a big 'intervention' with her, but we realized it wouldn't work because C would not back up the threats we would have to use to try and get her to realize how serious things were. But I don't know how much longer I can just keep up with how things are.
The big problem is T is our de facto babysitter during the week since we can't afford day care while K is at work. So we can't afford to just totally cut our ties with her. It's a mess and I don't see any clear cut solution right now.
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