The Ides of April

Today is the day! The last day... Well, not really. Don't people have longer if they e-file? Anyway, who cares? I already did mine. One thing that I do before the last possible minute. Well, this is the first year since I have been married that we didn't have to pay. I didn't even realize that people had to pay until I got married. My husband's finances are, shall we say, not so good. I have learned a few things in these (almost) four years of marriage. One of them is that I need to handle the money. He is a wonderful person, but we all have our weaknesses. I think bills should be paid on time; he agrees, but does not do it. Well, such is life. It took me a while to realize that this is who he is and I just have to accept that. I can say that I understand why the number one reason for divorce is m-o-n-e-y. Scrilla. Ducats. Cash. It can put a strain on your relationship when the finances are not right.

Anyway, today is my stepson's 11th birthday. He has been living with us for the majority of the year for two years now. He only sees his mother, who (thank God) lives halfway across the country in TX during the summer and, this past year, at Christmas. I have a problem. He still calls me by my first name. Not cool. I think his father should be the one to tell him about it, though, because he is the one who first introduced me years ago by my first name. When I introduce people to my two-year-old queen, I have her call them Ms. or Mr. So and So or Cousin So and So. Whatever. Some kind of title. I was just raised that way. Call it what you like. I call it respect. I don't think that it is right for me to do all that mother stuff and get called by the same name that my best friend since preschool calls me. Your thoughts?