Life as I know it....

Wow, I went from 2 to 5 followers in one day! **WAVES**

After the cookie attack yesterday, I did pretty well for the rest of the day. I just let it go and got back on track and didn't let it turn into an "Oh well, another day wasted" day. That was a big step for me.

I will try to explain the dynamics of my  house a little so that you will know what I am up against.

My husband and I got married in 2000. My dad passed away in October of 2001. In February 2002, my mom moved in with us. Then, due to the fickleness of the game industry, my husband has gotten laid off 3 times and we have moved from Texas to S. California, back to Texas, to Florida and now we have hopefully settled in the San Francisco area. We have been here for 4 and a half years. During that time, my mother has moved with us except from Florida to hear, and then she followed a year later. Other than that, she has pretty much lived with us our whole marriage.

Then there are the kids. I have a 20 year old daughter and a 19 year old son. They both live with us. My daughter came to us about 2 years ago and told us she was pregnant. So we also have our granddaughter who will be 2 on New Year's Eve. Daddy went to college, dropped out, got cut off by his mom and dad so now he is with us too and they are planning on getting married sometime soon.

That is a very watered down version of it all. For the most part, I love my life, I get frustrated with them, but living in a 3 bedroom house, there is no way to be on top of each other all the time and not get annoyed from time to time.

None of them have jobs. Only O (hubby) and I. So I put my foot down and refuse to cook or clean. They are there 24/7, they can do it. This does become an issue from time to time since I am trying to follow the pre-op diet. But they try.

K (daughter) and M (son) are going to college so I am very proud of them for that. G (daughter's boyfriend) went yesterday and interviewed for the Cordon Blue Culinary Academy. He is so hoping he can get in there. He has kind of waved the white flag with his mom and is talking to her about paying for it. This is a new found love that he discovered when he had to take a night to cook as well. He is an awesome cook and makes things work around what I can eat. I love that. I wish his parents would see what an awesome kid they have instead of defining him by his faults. (Re-reading this, it sounds like I like him best.....but I am really blessed to have all three of them in my life. They are all great kids who don't cause trouble, don't get in trouble and don't want to be around it.)

C (granddaughter) is all over the place, she is 18 months old and is just a really cool, happy baby.

I work in a psychiatric facility doing accounts payable and some billing for our VA patients. I love my job and am actually taking classes so that I can get my degree and move to the medical records dept. This is such and awesome place to work.

O works, as I said, in the game industry and his company just completed Bioshock II so now he is working on the down-loadable content. He loves what he does even if he has to work 15-20 hour days sometimes.

So there you have it, my life in a nutshell.