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January 8th, 2010 at 09:49 pm

**MIL is coming around a bit. Though in the past we tend to never get anywhere when it comes to certain boundary issues, it seems that she has at least retained some sanity, and respected dh's wishes, in this case. Honestly, it may be a FIRST! (In the past certain things have come to a head and just have never been resolved...)

I know - sounds too good to be true. Will see how it pans out. But his family seems to think he is intelligent, after all, and seems to be supporting him. No doubt this outpouring of support came from MIL telling them about their conversation. But I think it signals that she is listening. The opposite would be some sort of intervention of sorts, for his terrible choices, which is what we were more expecting. The fact that he got so much encouragement/support after their "showdown," seems to signal that it was instigated by her. At last - Sanity!

**BM is in total heaven because he got to go to "after school care" this week. "It's about time!" would be his words. He is the sole extrovert of our immediate family. Oy vey. Though we would have gladly sent him off earlier, it's not exactly cheap. In the end, we didn't really have any reason to sign up before, but I think long after all this, it will come in handy. I suppose he will be attending more. (At $6/hour or $24/day, or $330 per month, it's not TERRIBLY expensive, either. Certainly not for the convenience factor).

If only LM were so easy! *sigh*

I suppose what it comes down to, is BM will go to school like always, and I will go to work like always. & though LM is not the easiest to please, and the clingiest, his is the little world that will be turned upside down. It's not quite so dramatic - I know he will be fine. But, I think it will be easier on BM and I since not too much will change for us.

Anyway, BM is trying out the school care on an afternoon next week (short school day) and then we will just use it as needed, once dh has surgery. I think we could largely live without it, but may utilize it to keep some normalcy, for BM. Will see...

Still working on some trial runs for LM with the neighbor's nanny. (Cloaking it as play time with his friends - which he will be a little more open to). Again - even in the best of times - more drop-in options are always good when it comes to daycare. You just never know when something will happen...

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I suppose I lied to myself. As the weekend approaches, I Feel like I should be getting as much overtime as possible. Decided to work most of Saturday.

If the weather co-operates, we may take the kids to the snow Sunday. IT's long overdue. We made it last year, but just stayed at the cabin where it was pretty icey. We will drive up to the *real* snow, this time. The snow parks here are $5 to park - with sleds and snow clothing kept at the family cabin. We bought some new stuff to take up anyway - to add our contribution. So we will stop by the cabin, check on it for Grandma, and borrow some snow stuff for the day. But for gas and $5 - and maybe a meal out - will be an overall frugal outing.

We are happy not to *do* snow, but to visit it once every year (or few!)

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**It all reminds me when I was on maternity leave with my first, and we barely touched all the savings we had piled up for the event. I am starting to think that it is possible that we will save money rather than lose money on all this surgery stuff.

For one - dh is going to be too out of it to shop. & this time of year we don't tend to spend much anyway (we live/eat/breathe work, it seems).

I am so overwhelmed with daycare and food offers (in a good way) that I wonder if my grocery bill will be nil, instead, for February.

I can only hope, right? Well, it will be interesting to see how this all pans out.

Even the medicals bills may take YEARS to materialize (if the past is any indication).

& I may work record overtime, so MIL doesn't drive me insane!

Maybe 2010 won't be so bad, financially, after all?

3 Responses to “An Update...”

  1. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    I'm glad to hear that your MIL seems to be toning down her opposition. Hopefully that will continue!

    That's awesome that you are having so many offers of help. I hope that it does work out for you all that the surgery, etc. turns out to NOT cost you much at all (financially).

  2. John DeFlumeri Jr Says:
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    I'll pray for you to have a smooth year financially, so you can use your time for family matters.

    John DeFlumeri Jr

  3. Amber Says:
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    Glad to hear MIL is coming around

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