So I don't know if it's PMS or the overwhelming stress of moving into our new home (probably both), but I had a very short fuse with BF's kids this weekend. They were not being particularly horrible either. It was me. Thankfully my response is just to get really quiet and remove myself from the situation before I put my foot in my mouth, but I had to bite my tongue so many times! I very rarely have to urge to snap at the kids, but it just kept coming.

I didn't know that BM was hitting BF up for money outside CS on a regular basis. I didn't know that she was blowing up his phone while he's working with these demands and threats that she'll take him to court. I didn't know that BF regularly receives mail from BM's lawyer. I have no idea what the mail from the lawyer could possibly say--BF pays CS every month on time and picks up the kids according to the custodial agreement.

Last week SD called BF in the middle of the week to tell him that she got her ears pierced. BF was all excited when I got home from work and he told me about it. I wasn't sure what was so special about it-- I mean, yay she can now wear earrings, but why was it such a big deal? BF seemed a little put out by my lack of enthusiasm, but he explained that SD has been adamantly against this since she was old enough to be asked.

Well, I planned to spend Christmas Eve with my family (it's my mom's bday) and Christmas Day with BF and the kids, but things didn't work out that way. Due to a series of unforeseen events (mostly people having to work extra hours around the holidays), my family decided to gather on Christmas Day instead. BF already arranged to have the kids on Christmas Day only, so BM could have Christmas Eve. I was a little sad that I couldn't spend Christmas with BF and the kids, but I saw them in the morning before I drove up to see my family.