The skids are here for 5 weeks straight. It's now day 5 and I'm utterly depressed. It's so much easier to deal with knowing that I only have a week before they are at their mom's for a week. I can take a breath and think that it'll be over soon. This isn't new though. We've had the skids full-time in the past for over a year, but it's so hard to muster up the mental energy to do any stint over a week again. I'm just so over dealing with the skids, SS is particular, BM, and DH.

So far I've been annoyed by the following:
1) The skids were dropped off a day early. We found out 15 minutes before they showed up with all their stuff at our door.

2) DS got a nasty viral infection and for the past 5 days I've felt like a single parent with a sick child because DH is too busy entertaining and dealing with stupid SS shenanigans. I'm already effing home all day with a sick child, but DH spends his evenings and weekend with SS.

3) SS is refusing to eat dinner at every meal. My cooking apparently makes him want to barf. But, DH is fine with him going out to buy cinnamon buns and cookies for his meals. And, when he does sit at the dinner table, he eats nothing. This only makes me want to make dinners that I know he won't eat (which isn't hard because he eats a total of like three foods, none that are healthy)

4) DH almost does it right - He tells SS that if he's too sick for dinner then he can take a shower and then go to bed with no more screen time. SS defies him and plays video games. In order to not get in trouble, SS makes stupid excuses and cries. So, no repercussions from DH, just a speech. This is the theme throughout the past 5 days. So, instead of getting a husband that helps me with a sick toddler, I get one that spends hours disciplining, then placating to the neediness of a near 14 year old.

5) No hot water for my shower! SD takes ridiculously long showers even though we repeatedly tell her not too. It is not subjective either. When visiting the grandparents, we warned them that SD uses a lot of water and they said that they had never ever run out of hot water (they've lived in the home for 30 years with quite a few adults living there at a time), so there would be no issue. But, of course, she was the only one to shower and she used up all the hot water, so DH couldn't shower. You would think that he would do something about this, but no, it continues.

6) DH's phone addiction. He says he's not addicted, but he's been told at work that he needs to stop using his phone. He's attempted to not have his phone with him during dinner, but can't do it. He is always looking down at his phone instead of helping me. So, I get a needy toddler asking me for things and to play while I'm trying to make dinner, clean, paint, whatever and DH is on his butt completely engrossed in his phone instead of spending time with his child.