Wow I needed that long weekend. Things have been a little strange around the house. Scout was still in denial that I was seeing Danny but he has not said anything for the past week. Yeah! He still has a problem with little D but we are working on that too.
On Saturday I went to lunch with my friend Beth for her b-day. Iguana Mia's. She wanted her free lunch. Then I went home. On Sunday I went with the kids to my brothers house. My other brother and his family were down for the day from NC and it was great to see them. And on Monday I was lazy but I did streighten up the house and tried to take the boys to the park but it started to rain so we left.
The kids dad has been a real butt-head for about the last week and a half. He lost his job and has been going to danny's work to chat. He just realised on Saturday that we are seeing each other and he kinda flipped out. first saying that he was about to get into a fight with danny then saying that I as sneaking around then it was that the kids would get taken away, now its back to can I bring the kids over and can he talk on the phone with them. The anwser to both of those ?'s is NO. I mean the restraining order is a year old now, he knows the rules. As of right now if he wants to see the kids he has to make an apt with the visitation place and he has supervised visitation. They can meet for one hour a week. Last time he set up an apt was six weeks ago.

Had an OK Mothers day yesterday. I as oken up at 7am by Baby and then Scout made me breakfast. Burned eggs and toast and some grits. He said the eggs were bad and thats why they got burned. Feret got me a card and Mom and Dad stopped by on there way the my brothers house for dinner there. But thats where the fun stopped. Scout got into a discussion as to why I need a boyfriend and then Danny came over after work and we got the kids something to eat then he went home. He kind of figured that if the kids don't want him there he is not going to hang around. Pissed me off and I really didn't talk to the boys for a while last night. I havn't talked to him today yet but I hope he comes around. I mean just when I find a good thing someone else dosn't like it. figures. I'm sure this will all pass over.

What was the problem...

We had a very successful Bike Rodeo at the Scout Show on Saturday. I know because I got a sunburn and I sweated my butt off, unfortinatly not literally ; ) !
I showed up with Scout at 8am but then we had to wait around till after the opening ceromony to set up. The scoutmaster Stan showed up and after opening ceromony we had two of my cubs show and four Boy Scouts. Mike from the sheriff's dept showed up and we proceeded to set up our Rodeo. He went through the whole course with our boys and then we started letting the other kids ride through it. We had at least 100 kids go through. Most of them were already scouts but I think about 20% were just visitors.
When a kid came up to go on the course we had someone there to help them find a bike that would fit them then that same person would lead them through the course. All the scouts participated and even had a little fun too. Like when there was some slow times the boys hopped on bikes and had a race.
I never even had a chance to see the other displays and or games that was at the event but when I started hearing kids ask how much does this cost I was releived that we did not charge for our booth. Turns out that the other booths were charging for the games. Then they ended up giving the money to FOS. Which I guess is fine but maybe they should have just asked for a donation instead.
So after all was said and done I don't know what the big deal was for me to get a call from Steve saying that we did not have enough scouts to run a bike rodeo. Not only that but that I was threatened verbally. I never said one word to Steve all day long and he never came up to me to say anything. I personally think we did a great job and think that we deserve some kind of pat on the back. I know it was not the traditional Bike Rodeo in the sense that the kids bring their own bikes but we had nine bikes to pick from. I think the only complaint we got was about the hot hot hot weather. Must have been 100 degrees out with no cloud cover. I got burned even though I put on lotion, twice!
Well at least I don't have to worry about it anymore.
Scout had a Band concert last night. They played really well. Feret and Carlos were supposed to keep the Baby buzy so I could watch the thing but sure enough they were back and left Baby with me. He tried to be patient but the view of the doors to the outside were too much so we walked out for a few min. then he let me come back and watch again.
Danny and I are doing well. He comes over all the time after work and I go see him at work when I get off. I have lucked out and have not had to cook dinner this week at all, Thank God. I really do like cooking but when the kids only eat three things it gets kind of difficult to make them eat and you end up making two dinners. Last night Danny came over and brought me some pink tulips and a card that asked if he can love me forever and ever! Really cute.

I got a disturbing call yesterday that really threw me for a loop...

The Scout Troop and Pack decided a few months ago to sponsor a Bike Rodeo at the Scout show. We met up with the guy from the dept. and he came to talk to the boys about what he does. We were all set to do this thing and the I got the call
"Hello, Listen I just want you to know that this Mikes carreer is resting on your shoulders and that if we don't have a good showing of boys there that the county is going to pull funding and he will loose his job."

All I could say is "OK." and all I was thinking was, talk about putting the preasure on me!
I called our committee chair and asked for the Scoutmasters pone number. I breifly explained everything that I was told to her and she said that we can only do so much. I called the Scoutmaster and he told me he would call all the boys again to make sure they show up. I went about my business and made the sign for the rodeo and when I was on my way home I got another call from the scoutmaster and he said he called the guy in the dept and he told him everything was ok. I am terrified that this is going to blow up in my face. Our group has never been to a bike rodeo so I thought that all we had to do was help grade the kids and give them pointers about riding their bikes. The guy who called me said that we are supposed to run the entire thing and the dept guys are only supposed to give us pointers.
Anyway, two days ago I was only worried about how I was going to get water and ice to the event, now I have to make sure that I have all my scouts there to run this thing. The scoutmaster assured me that I have nothing to worry about but I am a nervous wreck. I dont think I will plan another event! Seriously!
Right now I only wish that this entire thing was over and done with It makes me sick to my stomache that he would put all this pressure on little ole' me! I thought I would be fine with taking the baby but now I have to scramble to see if I can find a sitter on one days notice.
On another note-Danny and I are doing really good. He has been coming over almost every day and I have cooked more at home than I have in the past month. He started back to work but is already finding that on the days he goes to dialisis he is really tired after work. He is staying over tonight because someone has to wake him up to make his Dr appt. He wears a hearing aid and when he takes it out he can't hear the alarm. Should be interesting since I have not had another adult sleep over in over a year. And no we are not planning on having sex yet. We are both taking this really slow, good and slow.