So it is 10:15 and Landry and I are just getting up. This is unusual because we are usually up at 7:30 - 8:00 at the latest. The reason for this is that we were up all night long. I am pissed!
Yesterday, my sister went to pick up her kids from their dad. She dropped them off last Friday and went to pick them up yesterday....so she hasn't had them for an entire week due to spring break. She got home around three and said she was going to take them bowling and asked if Logan wanted to go to. I said that would be great - for yesterday he was being a little butt and I could use a small break. She got home at 7 and asked if I could watch her kids while she went out...actually she didn't ask she just said, "Hey since I took Logan bowling, I am going to let you watch the kids while I go out. I am about to leave, but I will be home by midnight." I was taken aback because at that point I realized she wasn't taking Logan bowling to give me a break, or because she thought he would have fun....she did it so that I would owe her. She left the house at 7:30. At 11:30 I was exhausted so I tried to get her kids in bed. NEITHER of them will sleep on their own - they have to sleep with an adult, which wouldn't have been so bad except that I have to be close to my daughter to hear her wake up so that I can feed her! So, I sent her a text message, in which she replies that she had gone to dinner and had just gotten to the bar. She said to tell her kids to get in her bed and put on a movie and she would be home before the movie was over. Ummmm....at this point I had already tried the whole...get in your moms bed and go to sleep thing...it didn't work. I called Randi Beth and she talked to Isabella, so when she got off the phone we went upstairs and I put on a movie for them and went and got in bed. But I can't sleep knowing that I have children under my supervision that are still awake. Which was fine, because 5 minutes later, Landry woke up to eat. So I took care of that and put her back down, then headed upstairs to check on the kids. They were still awake...ughhhh - at this point it is 1:15. I call Randi Beth...she says she is paying her tab and then heading home...
OH CRAP - OK THIS WILL MAKE MORE SENSE...I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT MY DAD IS OUT OF TOWN UNTIL SUNDAY AND MY MOM IS IN GALVESTON UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT! So it is just JR and I and he had to work today and tomorrow! So basically it is just me!
So at 1:15 I get in bed with Isabella and Isaiah, hoping that they will fall asleep and at 1:25 I hear Landry crying downstairs, so I get up to take care of her (she has some sort of allergies or a cold...runny nose, watery eyes, a cough that is keeping her up - BUT NO FEVER) I get her back to sleep pretty quickly and head back upstairs. By 2:30 neither of them is asleep but I keep nodding off, so I head to my room and wake up JR (who has to be up at 5:30}. I call Randi Beth and get no answer - she sends me a text back saying she wasn't in her car, she rode with a friend and will be leaving her friends house in about 10 minutes. I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow and JR came to the couch. He ended up falling asleep but at least he was close to the door so he could hear if one of the kids decided to walk out! Landry got up again around 3:45 and JR got up with Landry who didn't seem to want to go back to bed any time soon. At 4:30 I woke up hearing her cry so I fed her and called my sister again, she gave me this whole song and dance about not being able to find her keys or her bank card. I was like - um did you check the bar...I also here her saying "take a left here" so I know that she is in A car. She was like the bar is closed....no shit - its 4:30 they close at 2. So then she asks if I could drive to the Junction (a 15 minute drive) and pick her up. I was like how are you going to get to work tomorrow....she works in Austin which is a 45 minute drive and she has to be there by seven....do the math - she has to leave this house NO LATER than 6:15. So she says she is going back to Evelynn's to look for the key and card again and she will call back if she needs a ride. By the way, her kids ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR MOMMY and I have put on their 4th movie. After I get off the phone I realize that she was in a car and that she said she was going "back to Evelynn's" (Evelynn is the friend she rode with. So I start thinking.....If she is going BACK to Evelynn's where in the hell has she been??? Ughhhh I am so pissed. I go upstairs to check on the kids again. I turn off the movie and give them their gameboys...I tell them they have 10 minutes and then thats it...Its ridiculous that they are still awake. Isabella looks at me with tears in her eyes and says, " please leave the lamp on, I am afraid of Chucky***." Isaiah starts crying and says he just wants his mommy. My heart broke for them. So I left the door open and the hallway light on and went to be with Landry so JR could go back to bed. I put Landry down at about 5:00 and laid down. I heard Randi walk through the door at 5:28. I didn't say a word to her. She left this morning for work at about 10:00 - soooooooo she was late. Wonder what wild story she came up with for them. The thing is, she works 16 hour shifts on the weekends - so I have them all day today and all day tomorrow. I am so PISSED!
***SIDE NOTE - The reason Isabella said she was scared of Chucky is because her grandmother (her dad's mom) decided it would be a good idea to let her grandkids watch the movie Chucky - ummmm the oldest grandchild is 8 followed by Izzy who is 7....>REALLLY - now the child is terrified. Also, when they were at their father's this week....another BRILLIANT idea - they decided it would be great to let Izzy and Isaiah watch them catch a chicken, break its neck and pluck the feathers. UMMMMMMM REAAAAAAALLLY????
My heart breaks for those kids, I honestly dont know at this point if they even have a fighting chance in this world. I wish my parents would kick Randi out and file for custody of the kids themselves. I love Luis, he is a great dad - but he works ALL the time which would mean they would be at his mom's house - and anyone who thinks its a good idea to let a 7 and 4 year old watch chucky or the killing of animals probably doesn't need to be watching those kids.
I just fear that they will live a life always struggling - never go to college, maybe never finish high school....I am saddened by the thought of this, and I just dont understand it.
3 comments:
Oh my god I would be SO pissed! If you are the one who has to watch her kids during the day while she is at work, shouldn't that be how you can "repay" her for taking Logan bowling?
I can't believe that she would leave you in charge of her kids all night when they can't sleep without her. If she wants to go out all night she needs to not train them to need her in order to sleep.
We don't live in a 3rd world country where we have to kill our own food. That sort of thing could traumatize those kids for life! LET ALONE CHUCKY. Are you joking me? I didn't watch that show until high school and I haven't watched any of the sequels since. NO THANK YOU.
I think you need to put your foot down. Your parents enable Randi enough as it is!!
I hadn't really spoken to her about the whole thing. I decided we have less than 2 weeks left in this house and I didn't want to deal with any crap....until she called on Saturday night from work to ask about the kids. It was 9:00 so I told her I had just put Isaiah to bed...her response was, "ummmm...he was awake when I got home last night." I said I know, and she was like, "Well, that's why we dont put him to bed that early!" Her tone of voice sent me over the edge...and I said, "Well, when I watch them I will put them to bed at whatever time I see fit. If you dont like it, do your job and hire a babysitter or put them to bed yourself!"
Ughhhh....I was so pissed.
So much for being grateful.
Post a Comment