Ok so I raised the issue of the phones and the other things that have been bugging me with Brad. Thanks for all the wonderful advice I have received from you all, dear blogger friends! To be honest even though things have been better, I am still a little bit miffed at him and I don't feel like anything got fully resolved. I got so worked up trying to talk to him about how I was feeling. I tried to remain calm and keep it more like a helpful discussion rather than a roasting. But a few points he argued with me on and therefore we got a tad fired up. For example when I raised the issue of him not phoning my manager for me to tell her I was running late, he said I was at fault for that incident because if I had've gotten out of bed earlier I would not have been so rushed. To which I said (rather annoyed) that I already get up at 5.30am to get Nickie up and dressed, get myself up, showered, hair done and dressed, breakfast eaten (Nickie has breakfast at daycare), get Nickie's bag packed, get dinner in the slow cooker, put Nickie in the car and take him to daycare, then get myself to work by 8am. I then work 10 hours until 6 and then get home about 6.45pm. I said to him, how much earlier does he want me to get up? And maybe if he helped more in the mornings then I wouldn't be so rushed to fit it all in. All he does in a typical work day apart from doing his actual job is pick Nickie up from day care. While I appreciate that and it helps me, I feel I do a whole lot more. So that started arguement number 1. And so on....
Anyway, we did sort through a lot of stuff and he did see my side and has been helping more around the house. He didn't see my side at all with the phone issue and if the truth be known he kind of thought I was greedy for wanting one of HIS phones. Never mind that he has gotten a new car and the phones among other things to start this business meanwhile I still have my same old crappy prepaid phone that I have had for the last 5 years. I can't even read the screen on it to read text messages as it has a crack in it. So we will have to agree to disagree on that one.
Onto the business though, it's going pretty well. Brad has only been in operation as a driving instructor for a few days and already has 12 clients. A full book is 40 so he is over a quarter of the way there and that is promising. He is very happy with life at the moment. Today he is home with Nickie and I as the lessons he has booked for this week happen to be all later in the week except for a couple he did yesterday. It is nice to be with him in such a relaxed mood. So far as well his clients are happy with him and have been rebooking for more lessons. Nickie is enjoying having his dad around so much. Brad is coming to his swimming lesson with us on Thurs morning before doing lessons in the afternoon so we are looking forward to that as he has never seen Nickie swim yet.
Tomorrow Nickie has an eye specialist appointment as we are wondering whether that is the cause of the delay in his motor skills. I will keep your posted on that.
Have a great week everyone!
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Glad you were able to talk to Brad! At least you were able to do that...that's a big step! I hope he's able to help you a little more in the mornings.
Thanks for the email you sent me. :) I really appreciate the advice you gave. Thanks so much for thinking of me and emailing. (((HUGS)))
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