Three boxes with food and sundry items, emails, a few texts and rare phone calls and here we are, nearly a month into being 75% of a family! The good news is I am really enjoying CD2 and we are spending lots of time together. I can say the only part I don't like is the "taxi" part, but I keep reminding myself that soon that will change and he will be on his way to "out"! I am, therefore, trying to relish every car ride and lunch date we engage in!
Seems the only calls of late have been for $$. We purposely didn't set anything up, as we weren't sure how it would all flow, but now KD and I have made the decision that delivering a "set" amount into CD's account every 1st of the month is the thing to do, and we shall begin that 10.01.09. That way he doesn't have to make the "dreaded" call home for more money, so the calls can be w/out some of the angst, AND he know how much he has to deal with each month and can choose to do or not do accordingly!
Of course there will be swim team trips that will "up" the ante, but we will have to play those by ear. My latest email has gone unanswered, where I told CD I was feeling a bit frustrated because it seemed the only time he was calling was for money. No calls to "share" or "inquire" of our family, just about transferring money. I DO get that those calls happen and I want him to call if he needs something, but a few in between saying "hey, love you" or "hey, I wanted to tell you this about my day" would be nice. I have been warned those calls from boys are more rare than from girls, but I'm holding my breath that maybe he will get the message...... probably not a smart thing!!!!
