Good, bad, ugly...

Today was a mixed up day, some good, some bad. I didn't work today. Instead Ron and I, Samantha and Owen all took Samantha to swimming lessons. While we were there I signed Samantha up for the next session. Another $40.00 to the August budget. After swimming lessons we went out to lunch at Round Table. Ron and I split the bill out of our blow money. Then we all went to get Owen's arm checked out. They removed the cast and did an x-ray. After the doctor looked at the new x-ray she said that she didn't see any signs of a break and that she thought that he had just bruised it badly. It turns out the cast was a bit of over-treating but it really seemed to make him feel better so I don't mind. I'm glad it's off though. Tonight he took his first bath in two weeks!

The bad part of the day started after we got home and had put the kids down for naps. Ron started talking to me about how he really feels like he can't live with Robby anymore. He feels like he spends a significant amount of time each day picking up after Robby or fixing things that he has broken (he threw a chair the other day because he was frustrated with his computer and made a big hole in the wall of his bedroom). Ron said that he has even thought of moving out to get away from Robby. I can't really say that I blame Ron. Robby is extremely difficult to live with. He obviously has no respect for the house or the other people who live here. He leaves his clothes and wet towels all over the house, his room is trashed, he goes into our room and helps himself to change or gum or whatever he wants, he's lost his millionth key....the list goes on and on.

At the same time I feel frustrated with Ron because he refuses to address any of this with Robby. He says that he doesn't want to work on a relationship with Robby, that he just wants him gone. I feel like it would go a long way if he would sit down and talk to Robby about this stuff, kind of man to man. He says he can't. I feel like it really puts me in the middle.

Unfortunately, in the middle of our conversation Ron had to leave to catch a flight to Alaska. He gets home tomorrow night but it wasn't the best way to have him go.