Tonight at my place...  

secret_lade 49F
14311 posts
6/9/2020 3:03 pm
Tonight at my place...


I came home to a fucking mess. Paint all over the counter, Popsicle sticks stuck to every surface in the living room, empty snack wrappers floating in the breeze...

Yah... I was pissed.

"Do you guys think you can just lay around all day, making a fucking mess, and I'm going to come home and clean it?? Get off your asses NOW and get this shit picked up! You WILL NOT be laying around all day and expect me to be your fucking maid. Not going to happen."

Blank eyes staring back at me.

"You, garbage! You, dishes! NOW!!"

Moving in slow mode, tears, you'd think English was their second language or something.

Noticing the Middle never came back in from taking out the trash, I glanced over at the key hooks and, sure enough, his truck keys were gone.

Are you kidding me??

Pulling out the old cell phone I decided to give him a ring.

"Hey, how come your keys are missing?"

"I'm at Subway."

"You're where??"

Have I stepped into some alternate universe where it's ok to just leave in the middle of cleaning up your own filth to get Subway??

Without telling your parent??

Needless to say, I'm currently taking 5 so as to not wind up on the 11 o'clock news for killing my .

Wish me luck.

12:28am Update

remain amongst the living. it was touch and go for a minute...

came home with Subway for everyone. Spawn gave me a good 45 minutes to cool off, then sat next to me on the couch, stared at me until I looked, and opened her arms up to hug me.

"What's this?"

"I think you need a hug."

You know what? She was right, I did. It's tough being a working, single mom. You worry that you're expecting too much, that you're not a good enough mother, and that they hate you for it.

So, moments like these... They mean the world to me.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/11/2020 2:24 pm

    Quoting citizen4722:
    Kids, ay! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
Ain't that the truth!


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
6/11/2020 8:11 am

Kids, ay! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/10/2020 5:06 pm

    Quoting lindoboy100:
    What a roller coaster! Up, down, all over the place, and always a happy ending!
I don't know.... the last time I was on a roller coaster, I puked. Lol


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/10/2020 5:04 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    I was very happy to read your update this morning! Proves that you've done an awesome job of raising them.
Thank you.... I'm doing my best, not perfect, but trying like heck.


topherific 61M
5209 posts
6/10/2020 9:36 am

    Quoting secret_lade:
    They were so much cuter when they were babies....


lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
6/10/2020 3:26 am

What a roller coaster! Up, down, all over the place, and always a happy ending!


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
6/10/2020 3:04 am

I was very happy to read your update this morning! Proves that you've done an awesome job of raising them.

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/10/2020 2:44 am

They can certainly make me mad sometimes.... But, they're kids. They'll always find a way to redeem themselves.


Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
6/10/2020 12:25 am

Awww... That was sweet !


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 9:17 pm

    Quoting topherific:
    Luck! remember, they were babies once
They were so much cuter when they were babies....


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 9:16 pm

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    Hi secret_lade

    good for you

    hmm

    be safe

    The Beatles - "In my life"

    There are places I'll remember
    All my life, though some have changed
    Some forever, not for better
    Some have gone, and some remain
    All these places had their moments
    With lovers and friends, I still can recall
    Some are dead, and some are living
    In my life, I've loved them all
Thank you... And, yes, they remain amongst the living.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 9:13 pm

    Quoting lonlyforlove2:
    I thought a subway was a trick ride at the underground...
    I thoroughly understand, I have just finished almost 3 months of 4 grand kids all day, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, trying to keep them from killing each other , tearing up the house and of course doing their home work and attending their class meetings each day. it was trying, I made it, and to get help , dishes, trash, one would think I was a warden at the local pen...

    All you can do is keep on, keeping on. sane thing each day. they will grow out of it,,,,I HOPE !!!!
You know my pain... Lol I'm living proof that you grow out of it. It's up to us, though, to keep teaching them about life, responsibility, and being an adult.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 9:09 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    I think this is why some parents just lock their offspring in the closet till they're around 30 something, then set them free into the world. lol
I think you're right!! Lol


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 9:07 pm

    Quoting jolielaide:
    consider yourself lucky that he even answered the phone; most kids don't
They are all really good about answering when I call. They've both just gotten really lazy with all this time they've had off, spending time at home. Sometimes they need a reminder that we pick up after ourselves.


topherific 61M
5209 posts
6/9/2020 8:51 pm

Luck! remember, they were babies once


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
6/9/2020 7:34 pm

Hi secret_lade

good for you

hmm

be safe

The Beatles - "In my life"

There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone, and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead, and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

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Good luck!!!


lonlyforlove2 81M  
32704 posts
6/9/2020 6:31 pm

I thought a subway was a trick ride at the underground...
I thoroughly understand, I have just finished almost 3 months of 4 grand kids all day, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, trying to keep them from killing each other , tearing up the house and of course doing their home work and attending their class meetings each day. it was trying, I made it, and to get help , dishes, trash, one would think I was a warden at the local pen...

All you can do is keep on, keeping on. sane thing each day. they will grow out of it,,,,I HOPE !!!!

Stop by at lonlyforlove2
also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow
Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker"
also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
6/9/2020 6:17 pm

I think this is why some parents just lock their offspring in the closet till they're around 30 something, then set them free into the world. lol

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


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6/9/2020 5:51 pm


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 5:35 pm

    Quoting redrockrascal:
    Sorry but your post is a bit hard to believe. It suggests Subway serves food. The Subways here only serve bad attitudes (slowly) and bread - occasionally with meat waved over the bread.
Our Subway restaurants are actually pretty decent. They are all owned by the same people and they take it pretty serious.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
6/9/2020 5:32 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    OMG that sounds so familiar, and my oldest is a Subway freak! But she doesn't drive.......yet.
Just wait until she gets that license to freedom... Its nerve wracking. Last night he wanted to hang out with friends and didn't come home. I tried calling, no answer. Finally I called my ex, he went home to his house and his phone was dead. Ugh.... New communication rules came out as a result of that one. From now on, both parents in the know or its a no go.


jolielaide 52F  
1754 posts
6/9/2020 5:14 pm

consider yourself lucky that he even answered the phone; most kids don't


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
6/9/2020 4:55 pm

Sorry but your post is a bit hard to believe. It suggests Subway serves food. The Subways here only serve bad attitudes (slowly) and bread - occasionally with meat waved over the bread.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


mc_justmc 63M

6/9/2020 3:59 pm

OMG that sounds so familiar, and my oldest is a Subway freak! But she doesn't drive.......yet.


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