For those of you who know me, I wanted to just say hi and let you all know that I'm fine. I have a new job, started 6 months ago and of course there is no time to fuck around on the Internet. Things have been going fairly well. GB is 18 months old, she is the prettiest, smartest and most loving creature I've ever known. We see her at least 4 times a week because BM20 has come to depend on me and my family to help her with the baby. She is still a total loon, has more mood swings than I care to count but I think she's figured out which side her bread is buttered on. BS18 is in his second semester at college. Hopefully doing better than his first semester which was a total disaster. He comes home at least once or twice a month so he can spend time with his daughter. He does FaceTime her every single time she is with us and it's quite adorable to hear GB say "Hi Daddy!" Every time he calls. Things with DH are good. He's been very supportive and loves GB probably just as much as I do. There have been lots of drama episodes with BM20, too many to list and I'm writing this on my phone so I guess I'll get into them another day. The main bullet points though...she's not very good about keeping GB healthy. GB is always sick. If it's not one thing it's another. The illnesses have been back to back. I am sure they are due to her smoking around the baby. Most of the issues are respiratory. She apparently got kicked out of her parents house and now lives with boyfriend #3. This part scares me, even though I've met the guy, I still am uneasy about it. I have however subtly warned her that if he or anyone hurts my granddaughter, they'll regret it. She gets 30.00 a week in CS, which she says isn't enough but I told her that she can take that up with the courts. I refuse to enter into any agreements with her because she's too unstable to be trusted. We pretty much go by the court visitation schedule but we never say no when she asks us to stay with the baby. We feel she is better cared for here, so we take the opportunity to spend time with GB as often as possible. I still keep all our conversations via text so I can have records. I save every receipt whenever I buy something for GB and I only do pick up and drop offs in public places where she can't claim I tried to kill her or something. As far as SS23, he moved back in last October. He's got until Oct of this year to get his shit together and move out of my house. For the most part he's following my rules and has maintained a job. I still want him outta here, but because DH has been so good to me thruout all my struggles, I felt it only fair to help him with his son one last time. SD15 is doing well, thank God. She still hasn't turned into the little demon witch that I've been waiting to show her ugly face. So I'm gonna count my blessings and be thankful that Stephell has taken a turn for the calmer. BM43 is still a bum bitch and still tries to get DH to pay for everything SD related. Thankfully, almost 15 years later, he's learned to shut her ass down at every turn. So I hope you are all ok, I don't know how many of my old friends are still here but I hope things are better for you all as well. Xoxo...