We had parent conferences this week...oh joy. Anyhow, everyone is doing stellar except for my 9 yo. His test scores are "awesome" according to his teacher but his "lack of effort" is seriously effecting his grades. He is taking hours (<-- Yes that is a S) to complete classwork that is taking 15 minutes for everyone else to do. Yet he knows the answers. Two hours to complete 15 sentences using his spelling words. We have the same "lack of effort" at home with his chores too. Taking out... read more

I just got dumped, but not really because she has suddenly decided we never were "girlfriends' to begin with. Really, would have been nice to know before I slept with her, skipped spending a night with my (now) deceased grandmother or passed up on other connections because I was considering her feelings too. So, I'm suddenly only married, feel like the past 2 years have been a complete joke and I'm pretty damn sure a Mac truck just ran over my heart...twice.

And to think, I almost los... read more