Post by carolyngrace on Oct 28, 2015 8:11:07 GMT -5
I need a new random's thread today to share the craziness going on in my family. My sister who currently lives in New York has always struggled to get it together. She is on her third marriage, to an alcoholic, and her husband recently moved home to Maryland to be with his family after getting evicted.
She started to somewhat get her life together this year. She got sober herself for going on two months now. And she got a job teaching in a public school. Well, last week she started talking about feeling abused by the principal. And without making a long story decided to quit her job yesterday.
So she is thousands of dollars in debt. Her husband doesn't live there anymore. And due to her addiction and crazy personality she doesn't have any friends there anymore. So she is considering moving home to Pittsburgh. And DH and I are considering letting her live with us for a couple of months. Obviously there is a lot to consider, and I plan on talking to her more this morning.
So anyway, everyone in my family is texting back-and-forth like crazy trying to figure out the best plan for her. It's insane. If she moves here all of our lives would change a lot! But, I believe there's a chance it could help her turn her life around.
It's good that she has you to be so supportive! I'm sorry you and your family have to go through this. It'll be hard if you let her live with you, my dad has been an alcoholic since before I was born so I have some experience. I wish I had some advice to help you, but it looks like you already know what could potentially happen. FX everything works out well for you guys!
That's a lot going on carolyngrace, I hope whatever ends up working for you all is the right decision and good for your sister too!
This may sound crazy to some of you, but I just made plans for my first baby/kid free night since DD was born for this Friday. A friend is inviting some other girls over for a night in. I'm pretty excited for me and to see how things go for H as his first night alone with both kids!
That's a lot going on carolyngrace, I hope whatever ends up working for you all is the right decision and good for your sister too!
This may sound crazy to some of you, but I just made plans for my first baby/kid free night since DD was born for this Friday. A friend is inviting some other girls over for a night in. I'm pretty excited for me and to see how things go for H as his first night alone with both kids!
Doesn't sound crazy to me. My first time away from Maddie was when SO and I went to Indiana Beach and she stayed with his mom for 13 hours. She was 10 weeks old. Then when she was 14 weeks old she stayed overnight with my parents while SO and I went to a game night at a friends. You need time for yourself too!
Good luck on your decision, carolyngrace! Your sister is lucky to have a great support system. Hopefully coming to you will help her. Just don't forget to take care of yourself and your family too!
tiffbot, I know what you mean! My first entire day away from T was last weekend. I still haven't spent the night away from him yet, but my husband is really pushing for that to happen next month. I finally got it out of him that he planned this birthday trip for me and doesn't want me to have to sit with the baby all night and miss out like I did for his birthday. So hopefully I'm ready for 24 hours away from the baby by then!
My random: did anyone else enter their kid in the Gerber baby contest thing? We decided to do it last minute because those things creep my husband out and I was weirded out by putting his picture online. But we ended up entering. If anyone on here decides to browse through there, I can link T's ID on here in case you wanna vote for him. Don't worry, I'm not going to make any other requests for votes except for this post...I definitely don't want to be like the jamberry ladies.
carolyngrace and Kristykristyleelee, those are some huge decisions. I hope your families are both able to find a good solution that will work for everyone. tiffbot, that sounds awesome! I don't think I've had 2 full baby free hours yet, so I feel your excitement! We're off to the dr today to find out if E will need PT for his neck. The ped said he has a nice round head, but she noticed he tilts it a lot. I just hope it is mild so it can be correctly fairly soon.
carolyngrace & Kristykristyleelee good luck with your family decisions! At this stage in my life I wouldn't want any other family members living with us as selfish as that may be, but if you can make it work well then that would be amazing.
Kristykristyleeleecarolyngrace its an amazing thing to be considering supporting the family like that. Many ppl wouldn't consider it, hope you can make a decision that keeps everyone happy. I'd probably be torn too...
Its a rainy, blurgh day and I finally stopped procrastinating and started my mountains of citizenship paperwork. I've been putting it off for over a year and I can see why, I'm drowning in tax returns, immigration documents and complicated forms. Maybe I'll take a quick break & go planner hunting on amazon. @kristennflick you did this! Lol.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Oct 28, 2015 18:56:28 GMT -5
Ladies, I have an announcement to make! I finally got my period today! Considering my desire for NO NEW BABIES, I'll be celebrating its arrival with several beers tonight.. woohoo!!!
Post by carolyngrace on Oct 28, 2015 19:17:43 GMT -5
Thank you guys SO MUCH for all the encouragement. It is looking like my sister will be moving in this weekend (!!) for the next 2-3 months.
We only have a 3 bedroom home, and right now the biggest bedroom is our "tv/guest room". So we will be temporarily moving into that room and giving her our bedroom. The reason is so that my husband can still have his chill space (if we gave her the TV room he would have to move his computer and stuff into the living room).
So yeah, please send up your thoughts & prayers! We've never had her around for more than 1 week at a time, and it's always been SUPER dramatic. But she's always been using, and right now she's sober. I really think she can do this, and would love for her to be a part of my baby's life (and her other nephews).
tjanca22, erbear, are you guys having any problems with the site? Half the time, I can't even find my kid in the gallery and then my family and friends are telling me that after they vote they go to their profile and it says they haven't cast any votes yet. Weird.
Thank you guys SO MUCH for all the encouragement. It is looking like my sister will be moving in this weekend (!!) for the next 2-3 months.
We only have a 3 bedroom home, and right now the biggest bedroom is our "tv/guest room". So we will be temporarily moving into that room and giving her our bedroom. The reason is so that my husband can still have his chill space (if we gave her the TV room he would have to move his computer and stuff into the living room).
So yeah, please send up your thoughts & prayers! We've never had her around for more than 1 week at a time, and it's always been SUPER dramatic. But she's always been using, and right now she's sober. I really think she can do this, and would love for her to be a part of my baby's life (and her other nephews).
Best of luck!!
GL carolyngrace! It's such a great thing you're doing. She's lucky to have you as a sister
tjanca22, erbear, are you guys having any problems with the site? Half the time, I can't even find my kid in the gallery and then my family and friends are telling me that after they vote they go to their profile and it says they haven't cast any votes yet. Weird.
Yep! My sister said it would tell her she couldn't vote at that time.
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