In today's episode...

We need to flash back to Monday. J and P had a very frank meeting with J Jr's team of teachers. In a nutshell, due to his deep emotional disturbance, they fear for the safety of the other students and themselves. You see, this has been precipitous. Over the years, his behavioral outbursts has increased, his acting out has increased. He has many different diagnosis'. ADHD, O.D.D., mild Turret's, and it was confirmed some type of mood disorder, but no professional will put a label on it because of his age. I think it is bipolar. Another contributing factor to this fiasco is he had a very young exposure to video games (and we aren't talking Pac Man) and has always walked a very fine line between reality and video games. I always thought that was a load of rubbish psychologists came up with. Until I saw it with my own eyes.

The week prior to the meeting, J Jr had not liked what another student had said to him. So, in the middle of passing in the halls, J Jr SCREAMS " I'll kill you someday!". To the student. In full hallways. He was immediately suspended.

At this meeting, P remained silent. J did all the talking, coming up with courses of actions, listening to the teachers, filling them in on the behavior we have observed in our home. P has been telling the school for months that she was getting J Jr help, and (SURPRISE!) never followed thru because she was LYING. The school were at their wits end with her. According to J, that was quite apparent at the meeting. The next day, Tuesday, J Jr had a scheduled appointment at our local psych center for a Psychiatric Eval. J and I had gone over a list of all of his worrisome behavior and ended up having 2 pages full of things. P? She was silent. Until it came to J mentioning that J Jr has some form of eating disorder. That is when she piped up saying when he is with HER, he eats all good foods. You know what? Not buying that anymore, shithead. A child does not DOUBLE his weight in 1 years times by eating roasted chicken and salads. Whenever he was here, he would only eat cheeseburger subs, hotdogs or pancakes. When we went to my parents house for any holiday occasion? He ate biscuits. That's it. No ham, no turkey, no mashed potatoes, no veggies..just biscuits. But NOOOOOO, no problem there, right? Ugh. Whatever.

So, Tuesday night comes along. J Jr called J as he was on his way to pick him up. J Jr starts lambasting J because "Mom told him he was going to take away his video games" (something that was said between the parents and the Dr at the psych center). So, J says "fine, if you are going to continue to act like this, I don't want you over." End of story. Until.....

Today. This is our weekend. J Jr informed J that he has no intention of coming over since the only reason he ever did was because he could have access to some video games. I know this crushes J. I know that, and feel so badly.

Me?? I am thrilled. I can't stand the sound of the little fuckers voice.


It totally sucks that J is stepping up, trying to do what is right by his kids, whether they agree with him or not. What makes this beyond tragic is that P TELLS the children EVERYTHING that is said, and uses it against John. Makes me ill thinking what she is doing to them. What little chance they may have had in life is being evaporated so quickly under her "care".