Monday, June 4
Elizabeth was awake all night… again; and she screamed forever. I feel sorry for the neighbors. I must make sure I don’t see them today. Sarah slept through it all, of course. She didn’t touch her cereal or toast. I think she was worried about the big meeting at work this afternoon. She ran out in a hurry, as always.
After breakfast, I gave Elizabeth a bath. More screaming. But when she was in clean clothes, she suddenly fell asleep, so I was able to get about two hours sleep myself. Great! Then I tried to fix the TV but couldn’t, so I called the store-they’ll be here on Friday around four.
Elizabeth and I ate dinner alone, as Sarah called to say she would be late…as usual. When she got home, I was mad because it was after nine-where was the family time? She was complaining about work, of course. No surprise there. I don’t think the meeting when very well, although she never tells me any details.
Tuesday, June 5
Met Samantha in the supermarket this man to be a “stay –at-home dad,” as she calls me. It has been almost a year since I started taking care of Elizabeth.
Full-time, yet she still says things like, “why don’t you want to work Lee?” and “I can ask Tom tonight to find you a job if you want.” I don’t see the problem. Most of my friends support what I do, so why can’t she? I’m glad we don’t work together anymore.
For dinner, we had steak and salad, as I’m trying to diet. Sarah said the steak was too tough-she said I cooked it for too long. She is always complaining these days. I know she’s under a lot of stress at work, but she’s responsible for all the arguments we have. Life would be better if she relaxed more and worked little less. I don’t know why she wants to work so hard all the time. She should think about other things apart from her job-like Elizabeth and me!