songbird's crazy world

(cross posted at Midcentury Modern Moms ) So despite the pre-holiday meltdown and drama my sisters created, Jen and Becca and I had a great Thanksgiving lunch with Drew, and a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with my parents, family and friends.    I don't think it's a bad thing for two college girls to split their holiday between two sets of relatives, and I think my daughters enjoyed being with Drew's family no matter what they told their aunts. There was no drama at either  home Thursday, though my sisters...let's just say the weekend did not resemble Thursday at all.... Becca spent most of the weekend working!  The job she had at the mall last year -- well, she can work there anytime she wants, and she wound up taking shifts Wednesday, Friday (Black Friday shopping!), Saturday and Sunday.  Nice paycheck for that, I'm sure.    Considering that she doesn't work while at school, the money will come in handy.  Of course, she made time for ...

(cross posted at Midcentury Modern Moms ) Can I just go spend the next four days on some tropical island? I am just so tired of being in the middle! My ex husband/current boyfriend wants our girls to spend Thanksgiving with him. My parents and sisters want the girls to spend the day with them.  Drew is NOT invited. Drew's suggestion, a compromise -- lunch at his house, dinner at my parents.  the girls aren't thrilled with that, but they're OK with it. My sisters are up in arms!  they told my parents that Jen was hysterically crying about how she "didn't want to go" to her father's house. My parents are upset because my sisters are upset.  And I am being portrayed as evil incarnate because I dared to support a father's right to see his daughters for the holiday.