Well, yesterday was a pretty normal day... Monday is one of the nights that my kids spend with me per my arrangement with their mother. So, I left work a little early and picked up my son from school, then their mom dropped off my daughter after ice skating. I'm not real happy with her for that. She works at the ice rink where my daughter skates, and she is there almost every day, including weekends. We previously had an arrangement where my daughter would not go to the rink with their mom on Mondays, but would instead wait at their apartment after getting dropped off by the school bus and I would pick her up after I get off work - that way, I could spend several hours with her before bed. We changed the arrangement a couple of months ago because my daughter ostensibly needed additional skating lessons to prepare for this years' big regional skating event in Colorado. Well, they ended up not going to regionals (a good move in my opinion since there's no way they could afford to go, more on that later), but my daughter has still been going to the extra lessons and I've been losing out on my time with her. I finally said something to their mom last night and she agreed to go back to our original arrangement, but she was pissy about it. She gets pissy anytime I remind her of the fact that there is more to life than ice skating. I doubt she would admit it if she even realizes it, but she is living vicariously through her daughter. Oh, I've got a lot to say about my ex-wife.
Today would have been my paternal grandmother's 100th birthday. She passed away back in March of 1998, but I've thought about her every day since. My daughter was a baby when she passed away and my son had not been born yet, so they don't really have any memories of her. She was very important and special to me, and I miss her terribly. I hope she is proud of me. It's funny that I worry more about her good opinion of me than I do about my own mother (someone else that I have a lot to say about).
Yesterday was a good day at the office, and today will be another - the sun is shining, the temparature is great for November, and all will be well!
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