Took daugher to practice her driving manuverability tonite, but needed to cut it short as I had a basketball game tonite(kids were at mother's tonite).

Anyway, we were running late, and I told daughter we would have to rap it up so I could take her back to her mothers and get to my game at 6:00. She said that mother could pick her up if she called before 5:30 as mother was going out tonite.

Why does this make me mad???? I go to my basketball games every Wed nite and usually stay out for a beer or 6 when I have the kids, but she goes out and I am semi bent about it.

Part of it she only takes the kids on her days off. She works 3-4, 12 hr shifts per week(7a-7p or 7p-7a) and no weekends. She wanted to take the kids every weekend, but I said no as I want some fun time too as I have homework, getting them to school, working myself, feeding them and getting them where they need to be.

I probably had too much too drink toniet and am feeling particularly sad for myself tonite. <img border="0" alt="[Teary]" title="" src="graemlins/teary.gif" /> ( ps, we lost, and played poorly).

<small>[ February 26, 2004, 12:33 AM: Message edited by: RWD ]</small>

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</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">RWD

Better luck next week. and i know what you mean about the feeling particularly sad. It usually is about # 5 or 6 that does it to me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Of the 5 days the kids were there, I think they only saw her about 2. She was out Wed nite, she worked 12 hrs(7a-7p) on Fri so someone had to take my kids to school and back. Thurs nite my son calls and is crying because he is worried about a math test. His mother is in bed becaus eshe gets up at 5a.

I see the kids at a HS b-ball game, they are spending the nite at others. On Sat, another parent asks me if my son is going to the park afetr baseketball, and when I said I don't know, she says neither of you(meaning x) know what is going on. I tell her that the kids are with the x so I am out of the loop.

Sun comes and I am out of town and my d calls asking when I will be home. She came home at 4:30 and it was 5:30 when she called. X refuses to tell me when the kids will be home. IF I am home early, then they come home late. IF I am away, they come home early, yeesh!