Her mother found herself another boyfriend to take advantage of. She [...]]]> My oldest daughter adores her mother for some reason, even after she has broken her little heart time and time again. My girlfriend told me just the other day that my daughter said she wanted to be just like her mom. That really disturbs me.

Her mother found herself another boyfriend to take advantage of. She started going to my daughter’s school on Wednesdays to spend some time with the girls, my daughter gets out of school early on Wednesdays. Her boyfriend was the one driving her to see her kids.

Fortunately, her boyfriend broke up with her (that’s another story we will get into in another story…but it’s a good one). The past two Wednesdays my daughter has anticipated her mother picking her up from school but it never happened. She anticipated it because her mother said she would.

I always stand right out in front of her classroom when school is out. Usually, the door swings open and I can see my daughter in line behind everyone else waving to me from inside the classroom. It is actually one of the highlights of my day. But the past two Wednesdays she is looking for her mother. When she doesn’t see her, she just walks over to me, buries her face in my chest, and starts to cry. My heart drops and I just sit there and hold her a bit until she is ready to walk to the car.

Yesterday, she tried calling her mother. She was getting mad that it wouldn’t let her leave a message. I listened to it and found that she had either changed her phone number or cancelled her cell service. Another broken heart for my daughter. Who knows how long it may be until we hear from her.

As always, she didn’t call or [...]]]> My ex-wife has been throwing a fit about not seeing the girls and saying that I am keeping them from her. On Tuesday, she and I talked and she was supposed to come over on Wednesday to see them. She was even supposed to pick my oldest up from school.

As always, she didn’t call or anything on Wednesday. I picked up my oldest and went home. When I got home, she did call me and said that she “Forgot she had court”. I had plans to decorate our Christmas tree that day with my girlfriend and all the kids. So we planned on the next day for her to see the kids.

Again, no phone call or anything for her Thursday visitation. We were outside hanging Christmas lights when my girlfriend said “Hey wasn’t the girls mom supposed to come over & see them”? I just told her yes and that this is the way it always is. SO on Thursday, the ex-wife didn’t even call until later that evening.

Thursday evening, she asked if the girls could spend the night with her on Friday. She said she was able to get her own place and that her now boyfriend is flipping the bill. I told her “yes” and the plan was to meet up for her to get the kids on Friday.

Friday rolls around and I text messaged her saying my oldest got sick and stayed home from school and that I also needed her new address. I certainly wasn’t going to let the girls go without having her address. No response from the ex-wife. My oldest daughter even called her & left her a voicemail and text messaged her twice. Still, no response.

So there you have it! I am NOT keeping the kids away from their mother; she is doing it just fine herself.

Yesterday when my son woke up, it looked like he got punched in his left eye!!! It is all swollen up but luckily it is not draining anything. This morning when he woke up, it was even worse and now yucky stuff is coming out. He has a doctor’s appointment today so who [...]]]>

My sons eye

Yesterday when my son woke up, it looked like he got punched in his left eye!!! It is all swollen up but luckily it is not draining anything. This morning when he woke up, it was even worse and now yucky stuff is coming out. He has a doctor’s appointment today so who knows what’s going on there.

UPDATE!!!

He had his doctors appointment today and he just has allergies! What the hell!!!

He is going to come over tomorrow afternoon. I am hoping he will be up here before I go and [...]]]> My kids are super excited. Their Uncle (on the ex-wife’s side) just got home this evening from Iraq. We received a call just before 9 p.m. this evening from him and that he is now home.

He is going to come over tomorrow afternoon. I am hoping he will be up here before I go and get the kids from school, that way he could go with me to surprise them. That would be really cool.

Although he is my “ex” brother in law, he has always treated me like I was his true brother. He has even treated my family with the upmost of respect. I am really happy he is now home and somewhat safe.

So today I am pressure washing sidewalks and [...]]]> I have been pressure washing the sidewalks and stuff around my house. My dad let me borrow his pressure washer and I have really been doing it because I am starting a new business and wanted to test some stuff to see how long it would take.  

So today I am pressure washing sidewalks and stuff in my back yard. It was a great day for it. It was sunny and hot. I was wearing shorts, floppers, and a tank top. It was really a perfect day for it and I got a ton of stuff done.

So I am outside pressure washing when all of the sudden it gets dark and overcast. I’m pretty much thinking “What the hell”??

All of the sudden it starts to sprinkle. Not little rain drops but really big ones. I didn’t think much of it because the rain water would have actually helped me out. But then it starts to thunder and lightning. My two girls were outside with me when it started to thunder. It was so freaking funny to watch both of them pretty much crap their pants and run inside. I so wish I had my video camera.

So I put my stuff away and got inside. I am really bummed out because I really wanted to get this stuff done. But I will not be working with water when there is lightning around.

Oh, and don’t forget the ladies. That’s [...]]]> Although we had a very good summer, I am so excited to have the kids go back to school. It is such a great big load off of my shoulders. I don’t have to deal with a bunch of crap all day and the house actually stays pretty clean.

Oh, and don’t forget the ladies. That’s another great part about being a single dad and taking the kids to school. I get to look at a lot of good looking mom’s and not feel guilty. It’s great!!!

The only downside to the kids being back in school is, I have to wake up at five a.m. every day to get my son ready and off to school. The bus picks him up at 6:25 a.m., luckily the bus picks him up in front of my house.

I can deal with waking up early in the morning as long as my kids are at school all day.

My son received his new electric wheelchair. This thing is killer!!! He has had an electric wheelchair before but he was confined to basic kind of flat surfaces. He could take it pretty much on only sidewalks, hard dirt areas with no hills etc.

This new chair, he can almost go anywhere he wants. It is [...]]]>

My son received his new electric wheelchair. This thing is killer!!! He has had an electric wheelchair before but he was confined to basic kind of flat surfaces. He could take it pretty much on only sidewalks, hard dirt areas with no hills etc.

This new chair, he can almost go anywhere he wants. It is really neat. I have two levels in my back yard. The top level is where there is grass; the lower level is where there is just dirt. In the lower level, there is this small hill that he just loves. He constantly goes up and down this little hill.

He also controls it with his head. The control wraps around the top part of his head from behind. When he wants to go forward, he puts his head back. When he wants to turn, he simply looks in the direction he wants to go. He can also control the speeds and forward/reverse directions by pushing a button. It has a computer screen on it that tells him whet direction he is in, how fast he is going, and what speed he is on.

When we first got the wheelchair, we took a long walk around the neighborhood. It was super nice to be able to walk with him and not have to push him. The girls rode their bikes while he was in his chair and I was walking. It was a good feeling and I guarantee, we will be doing it more often.