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Personally

I started blogging back in March of 2001. God I feel old. I had my first son in January of 2002, I had my second son in October of 2009. They will be almost 8 years apart. Yes, they have different fathers, or as I like to say “baby daddies”.

My oldest son’s biological father has chosen to not be involved in his life. It used to sting but after having my son live with him for 5 miserable months, realized it’s the best thing for him, aside from one day getting him to sign over his parental rights. There’s a lot of drama involved, some of you know/saw/hear/read it all.

My son however, completely adores my boyfriend and my boyfriend completely adores my son. I know, I’m lucky! We have chosen to homeschool/unschool my oldest this year which is very exciting for everyone involved. Already my son’s interest in learning has slowly started to come back.

I am a fraternal twin. My sister is two minutes older than me with a little baby girl, who my son calls his sister… close enough! I have a younger brother but we don’t have much in common, since he still hasn’t settled down yet.

I live in Des Plaines, IL. It’s expensive because we live close to Chicago. 10% tax in these parts! I used to work for Geek Squad (for almost two years). Once I became pregnant with my second baby, my work place (Best Buy in Schaumburg) became very stressful. I have a lot of bitterness about it and have had a lot of previous co-workers validate my feelings on the way I was treated.

I currently live in a house with my 8yr old son, my baby son, my boyfriend, and a cat who is massive and I call “puppy”, although his name is Rokky. I hate the spelling but the cat existed here before I did.