Starting today, I have a kid going into 8th grade and one going into 6th grade.

My daughter is finally out of elementary school. I’m so amazed that we’ve gotton this far. But with the pride in my offspring and their achievements, comes the apprehension of a pre-teen girl in middle school who is having emotional problems. One who still wants her parents to get back together, and resents anything that could make that difficult. Well, resents anything on MY side that makes it difficult. She doesn’t seem to have problems with her dad’s side of things. Mind you, her dad wasn’t considering marrying anyone or was having another child. It is saddening that she seems resentful of B being here, but it’s also completely normal for someone in her position, who’s been through all she has to feel the way she does. I’m in for a seriously long haul with her and getting her back to smiling again.

My son is doing awesome. His attitude is great and he’s not giving me any trouble yet. He’ll be taking his math class at the local high school next year. He’s passed his high school credit geometry class, and so he has to take the second year of algebra at the high school. And if he passes that class, he’ll have his two algebra classes and his geometry class finished before he even starts his freshman year. One needs three math credits to graduate high school. I think it’s cool that he’ll have them done to start with.

We will be doing lots of stuff this summer. A is about to go to the beach with a friend, E will be going to a horse camp next week and in two weeks we all are heading to Utah with Blondguy to visit his family and introduce them to the new baby. It’ll be an interesting trip. Origionally it was to be some time for BG and I to get to explore things more. But he told me yesturday that he’s found someone else who “he’s very compatible with” and so the aim of the trip will be just to introduce the baby. I feel heartbroken and a tad frustrated, but not surprised. He kept dating the last ten months and you can’t really work out anything when your looking elsewhere.

I guess I should count my blessings that I wasn’t married this time around. My main concern now will be custody. We are going to have joint custody, but he’s made some side comments that make me think he just might try for full if he gets married. Especially if he feels his new wife would be a better mom then me. His exwife won’t let him have hardly any contact with his first son, and he just may try to over compensate for that with this one.

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