Thank you all for your well wishes. Yeah, it has been a fun household this week, although Anthony hasn't been too much of a pain in the ass because all he has done is slept. Its actually been alright, given that I have a sick husband, a teenager who still needs to be run around, a chicken pox toddler and due to have a babe!! Always good to see the funny side if you can, fortunately the baby 'feel good' hormones are keeping me from going nuts!Shit timing for the chicken pox, as I have been in disinfectant mode anyway to make sure I didn't catch what Anthony had and now avoiding the chicken pox. Hoping my immune systems holds out on this one, I've been exposed many times but never had it.

Sorry to hear that some of you are having a rough time. Sounds like you could all do with a good rest but if your household is anything like mine, that's not going to happen anytime soon. Particularly in your house veiled. Oh, and I am hearing you about your babies. One thing to mess with you, another thing entirely to mess with our babies. That kid needs straightening out.

Ah yes... I do love your kicks in my arse veiled... and you know I appreciate them because they are warranted. That daughter thing is a bit out of control... and I don't doubt at all that the meeting on monday is going to get messy. If any fuc*er told my child that, well... lets just say I would be in jail. The little prick and his parents would be tied and tortured, just to get my point across. Ok, yes I can be a very nasty person when provoked.... I hate violence, but I also do it so well at the same time. Lets just say, I think I use it for good nowadays, and this type of case would be considered "good use" to me.

Glad you're feeling a bit better Anthony - listen to Kerrie-Anne and get your rest, cos you're not going to get any once babe arrives!

Veiled - I wish you well with Monday - damn brat wants his butt kicking big time (castration sounds like it would be a good option too!).

Myself - a day at a time. So much stress, so little time... Still playing the waiting game with my work situation.

You sound a bit more relaxed though Piglet.... which is positive. I will rest now, no worries about that. It is good that you seem a little more relaxed... and the waiting game gives you some room to just chillout I expect. Leave everything alone, just chill and get past this employment issue without helping fuel their fire with healing problems.

Anthony, glad to hear you are feeling somewhat better. Rest up as much as you can...before too long you know there won't be much sleep happening for any of you!

Veiled...I think it's time you open up a can...you know...that can of WhoopAss! They'd have to pull me off the little f*cker and even with that I'd still be holding onto a certain body part of his....twisting and turning it along the way....

Phew...I feel better now...

You go, girl! Adding my vote for the big can of whoop ass.

My oldest was sexually harrassed when she was 13 or 14. Teachers wouldn't do anything to stop it. I told her to tell him 'You don't speak to me like that' and if that doesn't work-knock him on his ass! She told him, he said it again, and she knocked him on his ass! I was so proud of her!!!!

It's frustrating when we have our kids follow the rules and then the system lets them down because of the apathy and/or laziness of teachers or principals.

Not too bad of a day today. Enormous improvement in feeling, thinking and functioning. Drastically different just a few days ago. Enjoyed some time and play, today with my children. Got out. Accomplished much. Have plans with someone else to go to a 6 hr. event tommorrow morning. Hoping all goes well.

My day was recovering. I lucked out and did not have to do the plumbing repairs! The ex I am OK with had taken pain killers for the kidney stones and stopped in since he was feeling good. Damn near gave me a heart attack coming in. He could not go in to work as he was on the pain killers and they don't go together, high risk job. But he saw I felt like crap and wasn't wanting to move and he "repaid" hubs favor by doing the repairs. So the well works again yeah!

Family worked as a team with my brainy teen boy going through the code of conduct and the protocols in the school's rule book in regards to every detail he could pull as a violation to the tiniest detail (his sis should appreciate that trait he has being so anal now LOL). I cannot sit still and sort through it myself. Sat with my daughter to pull every tiny detail lastnight until I could do it no more with us writing it down and her crying as I asked her every insignifigant detail, told her if a fly farted she needs to tell me and me telling her this was in no way her fault. Will go back at it tomorrow.

She was afraid of telling me she cussed at him, I said you think you invented cussing? And I am so brain dead to not know a teen does it??? Puhleeezzz... Hubs talked to his dad how to approach the principal as my father in law is a high school principal. So we are getting our ducks all in a row to nail the living shit out of them. Teen girl was confused as what goes on in threapy is private without my knowing. I told her all her bitching about me is. But when it comes to this and it comes to this level she has to tell me period so I could handle it. Does not mean she has to tell me a damn thing about other shit in therapy.

Pretty sore but considering I don't do much to a flying blind rage and can't recall all of... it happens.

Just going to try and finish recovering and getting this out and arranged so no body has wiggle room. Try to keep grounding myself this weekend and meditating and calm so I don't blow all over the office.

This zero tolerance policy now in place is BS as it seems kids who do not follow rules get looked over a lot until another stands up for them self. Then they both go down with tickets for us to pay and suspension too. Since she did not do anything except tattle it was blown off.

3 AM and a breaking news report? Saddam found guilty sentenced to hanging... hope shit does not hit the fan too hard for all our boys.

Veiled, what are you doing up?

I'm up because I went to a party. It's good to be surrounded by friends. I got commissioned to do artwork and went to his house to do measurements and found myself drinking......stayed for several hours. So here I am, pretty much impressed that I can even type, and ready to go to bed.

Veiled, I hear you. That kid has no idea what he is up against......

Glad you're feeling better Anthony. I'm thinking of you and your family and the new addition.