Sometimes I'm so tired of fighting

[impy]

I thought we'd moved past this. I thought wrong. You remember there was this huge blow-out in the front yard before Christmas where Widget's mother tried to defend her new husband assaulting her oldest child? And I think I mentioned that there were rumors of new husband forgetting her promise that it would never happen again? (You did notice she promised, right?)

Well, you might also recall that the school was informed. I just figured that they couldn't really do much and had jumped through whatever hoops they could and nothing came of it.

At his doctor's appointment this morning, Widget went on and on about it again. And the doc had to report it which means we get to go another round with DSS.

I kinda want to run away. Jump in the ocean and just float out to sea or something. The odds of this ending well are so close to zero that it's best if I just assume the sky is falling and react accordingly.

How fucked up is this goddamned area that the people who abuse the kid are the ones who are declared the best fit?

Goddammit.

I'm gonna go wash some dishes or something.

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[zallia.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you're looking for a raft-mate, I'm still looking to just gtfo of this life and leave all the stresses and worries behind, too.

What is he saying that's putting them in the good light that he could be placed back with them? That seems crazy that the dude's obviously abusive, but he could still end up there!!

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

No idea what's going to happen this go round so I'm not sure if this Ben can talk his way out of things. I'm sure he'll play up the Marine card but unless he's fucking stupid enough to admit he did it, it'll come down to a he-said/she-said and since she completed her whatever classes and the boy is on record for having failed his drug test every time (skills, you lack them, boy) DSS is always, always, always going to prefer her to the boy.

Or has, thus far, anyway.

I say we head off and find some place that loves cats and has a low tolerance for life kicking the ass of its inhabitants.