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Amy E 
First day of school. My high schooler is already off. My middle schooler is in the shower. The older one will be home in 10 1/2 hours. He's running cross country. He didn't make the soccer team. Oh, so upsetting. And unbelievable. He's played soccerr since he was 5. He was devastated, still is really. I hope he can get past it and enjoy cross country. He's smart and should do well at school, just worried about him emotionally. Such a tough blow to a 14 year old. I'll be thinking of him all day. My 12 year old is seeing such success in his life, it's hard for his older brother. This year will see less of each other than ever. Weird.
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It's been a busy summer. We went to Iowa for the track nationals. My son placed 7th and 10th in his races : 3000 and 1500. Pretty exciting.
Summer is coming to a close. Kids are back in school next week. Not sure they are really ready for it.
I had a bit of a bad experience lately with a mom from the track team. She bad mouthed me, my son and my family to a friend of mine. She didn't know that this woman was a pretty good friend. She called my son a spoiled brat and said that I think I'm better than everyone else, and that I'm a snob. Cripe. If she really knew me, she'd know that nothing could be further from the truth. Seriously. I emailed her and let her know what I thought of her rantings. I believe that what she says of me is really her projecting her own shit on me. Between her an my sister-in-law, I'm feeling a little beat up. I know that the issues are really there's and not mine, but I seem to be the recipient a lot. My friends from track have come to my aide and tell me not to think another minute about it.
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Wow! At least, the woman stands corrected now. She's probably jealous that you're a good mom and that your kids are successful in track.
I know sometimes I can't help but be envious of other women, when they seem to have it together. It's hard not to envy stay-at-home moms, people with wealth, etc. And sometimes, people show their bitterness outwardly with just outright meanness. Sounds like what this woman might've been doing.
Congrats on your sons track nationals. Wow! That is really awesome!!!
Wow, I haven't been on here in forever. It's nice to be back. I have been doing much better, depression-wise.
I have a bad problem with my h's sister. She's going through a bad divorce, three years now. She has gotten really mad at us because we won't hire her at our business. We are not trying to make her life more difficult, but it would be a really bad idea for her to work there. It's hard to explain her, but she's gotten pissed at us three or four times in the past few years. She gets really nasty. Anyway, right now, she's focused on me right now. She's called me and went cried and yelled about my h. Then she texted me a really nasty message while we were on vacation. I was really upset. I let her craziness get the best of me. We have given her $3000 the past few years, and my h has been on several attorney visits with her. We recently went out to dinner with her to meet her new boyfriend, who didn't show up. 9 days after that dinner, she was calling me and crying on the phone that we won't hire her. Drugs, bipolar or split personality. Either way, I'm done. I work with my m-in-law as it is. Long story, but she talks to this sister all the time while at work at our business. That has been a real pain in the ass to say the least.
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Yuk! One h's family member to work with is enough. Nothing like feeling outnumbered. And what I mean by that is take me for instance, I have no family here. If my h's family came & moved in me, that would feel like isolation & being overpowered by them. It could be really crushing. Sounds like a bad situation. Anyway, I'm glad to hear from you, Amy, and am glad the kids are doing well this summer!
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