lakishia partridge
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I’m a stay at home mom of 2 autistic boys, and an extremely rocky marriage. It’s 2021 hopefuly through writing, I will find my worth and get back to me!
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Really Xfinity?
So unless you've been living under a rock for the last ten years, you need the internet. Among the top providers is Comcast/Xfinity. I've had Comcast/Xfinity since 2011, mainly because where I live, we can not get any other provider. At times this has proven to be extremely frustrating. Why is Xfinity the only provider that I'm able to get? My neighbors can get AT&T; however, my address says they can not serve me. Which I guess I understand. I am tucked away on a dead-end street next to factories. We had Dish for a bit. However, we did not have good reception due to the factories, so back to Xfinity, we went.
By lakishia partridge5 years ago in Humans
365 day journey
Today I think I want to talk about the boys. For the sake of my kids and me possibly putting this online, I am going to call my boys by little and big. This way, I can keep their identities safe. Or at least feel like I am. So for reference. Little is my three years old. Big is my 11-year-old.
By lakishia partridge5 years ago in Families
365 days of a Lonely house wife
Today my husband woke up and acted like everything was fine, which is what he normally does when he gets overtaken with stress. However today I don't think I want to talk about our issues. I think I want to talk about how we met. Let's take it back to the beginning.
By lakishia partridge5 years ago in Families
365 Day Journey.
Day 2 Today my husband woke up and acted like everything was fine, which is what he normally does when he gets overtaken with stress. However today I don't think I want to talk about our issues. I think I want to talk about how we met. Let's take it back to the beginning.
By lakishia partridge5 years ago in Families
A day in the life of a lonely stay at home mom.
So today like many Others Robert came home with an attitude. I don't meet his needs? I left garbage on the floor in the bathroom, I don't put his clothes away. I don't take care of the kids right either. I'm one person In a-house of 5. Maybe I should start by explaining the boys. We have 2 boys Jeremiah(Jt) & Noah. Jt has ADHD, DMDD, and Asperger's or ASD/ High functioning Autism. Noah has been diagnosed with ASD, mixed receptive language disorder, ADHD, and global development delay. He also has Severe asthma due to being born at 32 weeks. I quit my job back in January of 2019, rob and I were separated then and I was working full time, Jt was in private school, and we lived with my parents( just me and the boys), Noah unfortunately due to his asthma could not be in a daycare setting, he kept getting colds that caused his asthma to flare up, noah (1.5 at the time) saw PICU 7 times in just 2 months, and that was the just withinh the last 2 months of the year prior. I begged rob to help and stay with Noah so I wouldn’t lose my job, but he didn’t, so instead of being fired I quit, I knew it was coming, I had just had a meeting with my boss 2 days before noah’s last hospitalization. You know the spiel, “ your an amazing worker” “you do twice as much as everyone else” “your a great asset” “your our best collector”. Also I would like to add that i was able to work remotely only for overtime, yeah I know makes no sense! Any way, all the hard work of me working on my credit, and everything went to crap because I could no longer afford it, but I thought oh well, it’s my kids, my credit can suffer, my stuff can be put on hold. I’m a stay at home mom now anyway I don’t need to worry about credit or a Career. Noah does get SSI, so that’s all we got monthly plus food stamps, it’s not a lot, ha its pretty much nothing, so rob and I decided to work it out and I moved back in with him. However, nothing changed (maybe I’ll write about our issues another time) So now we are at the present day, Jan 3, 2021, after crying and going for a drive downtown, I decided to write, write everything, first off, we wake up at 5 am we are out the door by 7 am I drop Jt off at 7:45 am then Noah at 8:30 am, my boys go to 2 different schools, Jt gets dropped off first, his private schooln is 30 min from our house and Noah's is downtown where he gets ABA, Speech, OT, PT, and social work, plus preschool. Then I drive 45 min back home, it is about 9:30 am when I get home. Anyway, when I get home, I do laundry, I put away what I can, I clean up, toys, toys and more toys, I do dishes, the old fashoion way, our dish-washer broke months ago, and no one else knows how to wash dishes, we live in a tiny trailer, there's no room for anyone, or anything, no closet’s either so whatever clothes don’t fit in the 1 dresser each person has then they sit in baskets. By the time I’m done its 2 pm time to leave to get Jt by 3 and Noah by 4:30 pm, we always have some time so I stop at McDonald's to get them food, then we sit in traffic from downtown to where we live, we get home by 6 pm. Noah is Exhausted, Jt has homework or boy scouts. Then it’s getting ready for the next day, and I do it all over again, let me add that due to COVID, Jt is not in sports, if COVID was not here, we’d have basketball, track, alterboy on sunday and possible crosscontry. Now, in between all of this, I volunteer at church to clean pews as part of the reopening, I’m on the school board at my son's school, (secretary now) I am the president of the fundraising Committee. I help supervise lunch some days, I’m also a room parent so if the teacher needs assistance I help rally the other parents. Also, I handle all phone calls and problems with my husband's 4 unit building he decided to buy. the tenants call me for everything, not him. But that’s my fault. If it was up to him they would be ignored. Oh, I also have my dad, who hasn’t worked in yrs, living with us. (That's a whole other issue). So you see I don’t understand how he thinks I don’t do enough or that 1 person should be able to everything in 1 day? I’m not Superwoman I try but I’m not I fall short, he said if I did all these things maybe he’d help fix my credit or pay for my nails. Like what I do isn’t worth that already? I understand he wants a hot meal, but making sure our children have the best shot at life is important, which is why I do what I do, unfortunately, dinner is not done for him, or me asking for him to put his clothes away like I do a lot can you at least put them away? I fold them, I wash them, damn!! I hate feeling like this is all my fault Like I’m inadequate, am I? Is he right? Am I’m not good enough? Am I doing everything wrong? I’m so lost. I wonder when will I wake up and see my worth? When will I stop letting him do this to me? I know, never, he's right, I’m weak, I’m not strong enough, and I know why. I’ll have to write about why another day.
By lakishia partridge5 years ago in Families
