So my honey will FINALLY be home in about 9 weeks. I am so f'ing excited. Checked my grade from this last summer session- I got an A+ (don't mean to brag) in my psych class. That made me very happy. The only down side is it was an Undergrad course, so it doesn't bump up my grad GPA. Have been trying to work on my thesis transcriptions, but am taking a break from school.

I want to get another husky, but have to wait til Dave gets home and meets Picasso. If he likes him and sees that he isn't TOO big, then we will probably get one.

I gotta quit smoking again. I just like it too much. Physical activity is not part of my domain...but I know I should do something.

As for my niece...one week with her mother undid everything we taught her over 7 weeks. So now she is at her mom's for another week and it will be interesting to see how she is next week. This is the first weekend I have not worked in who knows how long, it feels good.

This has been the weirdest summer that I can remember in MN. It has been mostly cool, with temps in the 60-70 degree range. The leaves are already changing color and we broke record cold temps a couple of weeks ago. Makes me miss my honey, this was how the weather was when he left. But at least he'll be home soon. Don't get me wrong, am enjoying the cooler temps simply because that means the 'squitos aren't out and about. And I hate wearing shorts, so I've been able to get away with wearing jeans most of the summer.

What else..???.,...

Not much. Mom's got issues with her brother. He's being a dickhead about settling their mother's estate, so that is an added stress around here. My niece's mother plays nice until she has to pee in a cup on Monday(s) then she goes back to her drugs and we have to deal with her freak-outs for approximately two days. It sucks. So life is a constant roller-coaster around here. I never knew how bad meth was until now. Am so glad I don't use anything but alcohol anymore. It's too scary of a world.

I just wish things would settle down and return to a sense of normalcy. Oh well. Some day it will. I just hope my (step)brother can pull through this and be stronger for it. But it seems that some men are the weaker sex. Giving in when they shouldn't...

I hope to get to the State Fair on Monday, but may have to go to the Lawyer with my brother instead. I want the straight facts and not his distorted version of the truth. He has a tendency of stretching the truth and twisting it to some degree, but not to the same degree as his ex. So at least if I go, mom and dad and I will get the real facts of the matter. Hopefully she can undo what this last judge did by awarding 50-50 custody. We'll see.

Hope all is well with my friends.

I'm Free!!!
I do not have to be responsible for my niece anymore. The judge today took me out of the equation. Now Melissa and Scott will share custody for the next year, 1 week with mom, 1 week with dad effective tomorrow. I get a break. Everyone around here gets a break.

Went and took my final today after driving all over the state and as I handed it in, my prof told me I already had an A. Which means I didn't have to take the final. But if i did better on the final than my lowest score (81%) then that score will be dropped and replaced by my final score. So either way, I win. Yeah me!

So now, finally I get to have a little bit of summer and start planning my events for when Dave comes home. We are almost to the 75 days to go mark. Yeah us! And we are going to Key West for New Years. So I gotta try to make reservations or something.

Finally, things are looking good again!! Yeah me! Yeah you! Yeah my love of my life! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Doesn't it just figure

It is my last week of class and my stepbrother's wife is making life more exasperating. She is taking us back to court on Thursday, which is the day of my final (it is optional, but I'm an over-achiever and want an A) So I am debating on whether to go and take it or not. We have to be in court at 9am and my final is at 3, technically enough time to get there, but I have to drive from one end of the state to the other.
I am sick and tired of playing this game, she (the mother) likes to take things that are said and twist them to suit her purposes. Her daughter, my niece, knows EXACTLY how to play her mom. She puts on an act when she is on the phone with her, makes her voice sound like she is crying to get her mother upset and bummed out, all the while she is making faces and whispering to those of us around her. Last night I asked my niece if she wanted a shower or a bath (while she was on the phone with her mom) and she whispered "bath" well her mother heard the word "bad". As in she is bad for missing her mom, or something to that effect. The mother is selectively taping the phone calls, and it is noticable on our tape, cuz our tape cuts out when she does something on her end with her tape recorder. It is rather annoying.
If she spent half as much energy trying to better herself and get a job as she is expending on making our lives more difficult, she would be employed by now. She wants economic assistance, but probably can't get much if she doesn't have my niece in her custody.
This whole situation is making me a nervous wreck, and I need a vacation!!!