Just to reduce my stress levels....

I failed to mention in my last Harley update something that's really gonna help with my stress levels...On Sunday when Scott was here (respite) he had mentioned he wanted to take Harley to Walmart because he needed to get a tripod for his camera. I told him we had already had three meltdowns this week at Walmart and that I didn't feel it was a good idea...not only that but it wasn't something HARLEY wanted to do...and we have had our respite from DAY ONE to be things HARLEY wants to do...That is just ASKING for a meltdown when you take him somewhere he doesn't want to go...BESIDES respite is not so that the provider can run his errands and do his shopping -- that is NOT what he gets paid for....

So he says, "well then Harley how about if we do like we do?"...Huh? I asked what he meant by that...he tells me "when Harley doesn't want to go into a place with me I leave him in the car"............

Well, guess what that lead to? YOU'RE FIRED....DO NOT COME BACK!! He was then reported to his "employer" (thus one of the meetings yesterday) for an investigation...IF that investigation leads to prove that he has in fact left Harley in the car while he did "his thing" in the past...He will have criminal charges to face....

Ahh, yes respite really helps relieve my stress!!?? Haha!! That's quite a joke!

Well this is just frustrating...because this is the THIRD respite provider who does not take his job seriously...the last one had an "issue" with being afraid of Harley -- and was taking Harley to his house rather than to the places we had agreed on...the one prior to that had taken money we sent Harley with was used to buy a dozen donuts and Harley was not given even one donut and we had HUGE problems with Harley about dontus for the next two weeks...until Harley could explain what had happened...

*sigh*

What are friends for?

Ha! First my 'friend' who happens to be a plumber wouldn't come over to fix my leak (or help fix it) yet he calls me at least once a day to find out if I have found him a job yet. He doesn't like doing home health care (which is what he does now) and wants me to find him a job doing apartment maintenance or something...Like I'm gonna take my own time (what extra time do I have anyhow?)...He's rescheduled to come tomorrow instead of today because my kids are home till 2pm and he doesn't like them interrupting...Well, maybe he should find someone else to help with his job search?? I swear the only time people call me is when they want something....*sigh*

Then my other friend calls (the one who ran my car into the ground and it cost me over $400 to get it fixed?). She wants to borrow my carpet cleaner (I haven't heard from her since I told her she can't borrow the car a couple of months ago). I told her I sold it so that I could recoup some of the money it cost to repair the car. So she gets all upset and says she would've bought it (yeah, right, she would've wanted a payment plan and never paid)...Then she asked what we were doing for a carpet cleaner so I told her we got a new one. We haven't even gotten to use our new one yet, but she gets all offended that I won't let her borrow that one....

Jeeze, who's gonna call next and what are they gonna want???