Right now, DH has SS Saturday afternoon until Sunday night every weekend. He and BM set up this arrangement about a year ago and it has been ok for the most part. There have been some weekends were DH doesn't get SS because BM goes out of town and takes him with her, and likewise there have been weekends where DH has to go out of town for work and can't take SS w him so he stays w BM. During vacation, DH is supposed to have SS half the time (one week BM, one week DH), but DH hasn't been able to have him because of work.

DH and I only have SS on weekends but the CO specifies that we are allowed to take him on vacation when he is on break from school. We have never actually taken SS on vacation, mainly because he is about to turn 4 and up until recently taking him ANYWHERE was such a hassle! Even going out to dinner would turn into a huge ordeal, but now that he is behaving better DH is considering it. We just got back from the beach about a month ago, and as soon as we got back he mentioned that he wanted to take SS with us next time.

Has anyone seen that episode of "I Love Lucy" where Lucy and Ethel trade places with Ricky and Fred for a week? The girls get jobs at a Chocolate Factory and the guys have to stay home and do the cleaning and cooking and everything. I was just thinking about it and I thought how wonderful it would be if DH and I could trade places for a week. Not just with work, but if he could magically become the step and I could be the bio-parent and he would have to deal with my crazy ex and rude child, see how it feels. I know it's impossible, but a girl can dream...

I was on stumpleupon (best procrastination site ever!) and stumbled onto a photography site with some random quotes and I found one that made me think about being a SM.

"Just because it's not what you were expecting, doesn't mean it's not everything you've been waiting for."