My wife wants to spoil me. Here's the deal:
My wife wants me to be able to take a vacation to go back to see my family in Arkansas. I feel like it shouldn't be looked upon as a "need." Sure my family misses me, but they are also very understanding.
I am prioritizing more importantly the "up-to-date" news about the boys' mother. My wife and I found out today that she is supposedly coming home to Minnesota within 6 months. This news might change again.
Heck, yesterday, we thought we only had 1 month to find an apartment. But the premise for her returning home early is due to her having a pre-existing back injury and she cannot go through her training and endure all the pain.
She wants to come home and have surgery done and therefore cannot return immediately back to the National Guard after her surgery, as far as I know. She didn't even tell my wife this news. We both found out from her friend, who the boy's Mother had spoke to over the phone in the same night.
It's as if she had planned NOT telling us that she was coming home so that we both MIGHT help her take care of her boys, as she was undergoing surgery and all. Well, that aint quite the POLITE way to ask for help. Plus, my wife and I have plans of our own. We both still want to have our own place, go back to school and such.
The boys' Mother, nonetheless, has got quite a lot to learn when it comes to parenting. Their Father does somewhat better. But, all-in-all, my wife and I have learned a lot about "What Not To Do" when you are raising your children.
Well, as much as we endure and put all our effort into taking care of her two cousins, I have to admit that this experience has taken quite a toll on both of us physically and emotionally. And this living experience has been quite an "eye-opening, challenging, and something that can really try your patience." ---Along with the *you might have guessed it* --> CABIN FEVER.
We've just started looking for apartments and I honestly feel as if I need to get a job as soon as possible. My wife however would rather me go visit my family first, then try to get a job.
I know that we probably need space. We both feel as if we need a break from this living experience. So, we are just going to try to hang in there. We'll try to spoil one another as much as we can as we always try to do. My wife works nights. I don't have a job yet but I am still looking and filling out more and more job applications.
We've starting out with some really out-of-control kids who were quite ignored by their own parents and *NOW* they get so much attention from us that it can just drive us *CRAZY* sometimes. It's nice to know that we've both made some progress with the boys. And the boys have taught us in return a lot about ourselves.
We both can't wait till the day that the boys' Mother returns home. I am usually always up to one of life's challenges. But this task seems more and more too very troublesome.
I hope that once this experience is DONE that we both feel a greater strength, as opposed to a feeling that something has possibly broken our spirits.
My wife wants me to be able to take a vacation to go back to see my family in Arkansas. I feel like it shouldn't be looked upon as a "need." Sure my family misses me, but they are also very understanding.
I am prioritizing more importantly the "up-to-date" news about the boys' mother. My wife and I found out today that she is supposedly coming home to Minnesota within 6 months. This news might change again.
Heck, yesterday, we thought we only had 1 month to find an apartment. But the premise for her returning home early is due to her having a pre-existing back injury and she cannot go through her training and endure all the pain.
She wants to come home and have surgery done and therefore cannot return immediately back to the National Guard after her surgery, as far as I know. She didn't even tell my wife this news. We both found out from her friend, who the boy's Mother had spoke to over the phone in the same night.
It's as if she had planned NOT telling us that she was coming home so that we both MIGHT help her take care of her boys, as she was undergoing surgery and all. Well, that aint quite the POLITE way to ask for help. Plus, my wife and I have plans of our own. We both still want to have our own place, go back to school and such.
The boys' Mother, nonetheless, has got quite a lot to learn when it comes to parenting. Their Father does somewhat better. But, all-in-all, my wife and I have learned a lot about "What Not To Do" when you are raising your children.
Well, as much as we endure and put all our effort into taking care of her two cousins, I have to admit that this experience has taken quite a toll on both of us physically and emotionally. And this living experience has been quite an "eye-opening, challenging, and something that can really try your patience." ---Along with the *you might have guessed it* --> CABIN FEVER.
We've just started looking for apartments and I honestly feel as if I need to get a job as soon as possible. My wife however would rather me go visit my family first, then try to get a job.
I know that we probably need space. We both feel as if we need a break from this living experience. So, we are just going to try to hang in there. We'll try to spoil one another as much as we can as we always try to do. My wife works nights. I don't have a job yet but I am still looking and filling out more and more job applications.
We've starting out with some really out-of-control kids who were quite ignored by their own parents and *NOW* they get so much attention from us that it can just drive us *CRAZY* sometimes. It's nice to know that we've both made some progress with the boys. And the boys have taught us in return a lot about ourselves.
We both can't wait till the day that the boys' Mother returns home. I am usually always up to one of life's challenges. But this task seems more and more too very troublesome.
I hope that once this experience is DONE that we both feel a greater strength, as opposed to a feeling that something has possibly broken our spirits.
