Not good!

Ok, well I am really sick of all of my posts being so negative. But here it is....

I just got home today about 4pm today. The week was pretty good. My convention was great, great classes, great food, great parties (aahheemm, mixers) great hotel etc. Unfortunately things at home have not been so GREAT.

Jim had a VERY difficult time with the boys, mainly Ean. Since Jim is not generally the disciplinarian Ean threw the biggest fits, beat up his brother and basically destroyed the house while I was gone. Ean lost Jim's car keys three days ago. We had to drain the pond because there were two towels, a bunch of sidewalk chalk, a brush, and maybe the keys in it. Jackie was still here all week and Jim only had them ALL DAY, today until I got home. My brother David came over and helped and so did Shirley and her granddaughter so it wasn't even the whole day. It was very hard for me to hear the tone of Jim's voice when I called and the screams from the background of a fitting two year old.

When Jackie left yesterday she asked Jim to have me call her. He asked if things were ok and she replied with a simple "yes". As of Friday she had completed her first two weeks, a time frame that in the contract gives her OR us the out if things are not working, so we were nervous. Jim immediately called me and I in turn called her, she didn't answer. I tried several more times last night and into this morning with No answer. It ran through our minds the reasons she might want me to call her. It is possible she wanted to thank me for the $100 in wedding gifts we sent her, or to report something about the kids, or to follow up on a prior discussion about some time she needed off this coming week for a doctor appointment. All things were likely and it was not odd for her to want to talk to me since Jim is not the most verbal with her.

She finally called me back this afternoon, she told me that her fiance has two brothers that are going to be coming to live with them and she has to quit working for us because she needs to be home with them. She originally tried to say she was scared to take them places, but when I told her maybe we could make it so she wouldn't have to she told me the family thing. We are again devastated.

Ean and Ben have already grown to love her and she has been doing such a great job with them it kills me to lose her. It is unreal, the luck we have had. I am tempted to hire an agency eventhough the prices are high, to save time. Jackie said she will give us all the time we need and stay on until we find someone, but I don't want to drag this out anymore than necessary since everyday the boys grow closer and closer to her. I guess it will be back to the drawing board come Monday.
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I might have a few pictures to postfrom my trip, not sure yet, the bags barely made it in the house. Like I said it was fun but not worth the pain and suffering of the family. Won't be doing that again.

Look for updates, maybe tomorrow.