I was at the pool today when a woman started having a conversation on her phone using the speaker.

I politely asked her if she could not use the speaker and pointed to my headphones.
She said, “I don’t have headphones.”
So I said, “You can just hold the phone next to your ear.”

She looked at me with a completely blank expression and said, “I’m on speakerphone.”
I said, “Well… that’s the problem.”

Apparently, we had reached the limits of modern technology.

Thank you, Val. 😌 You heard the woman.

Today was the day it happened. The father or my child (15 months) has had a drinking problem since a long time but I didn’t know! I only found out about halfway through the pregnancy when he came home drunk one day and called me “fucking slut”. He didn’t remember the next day. There has been so many occasions of this man getting drunk and ruining things between us. He promised to stop drinking as the baby was born but that didn’t last long. He would get drunk when I would step out to go to the grocery store and while he was in charge of our child. She was only 2-5 months at the time.

His drinking problem has continued but not as often. He went to his first AA meeting a few days ago.. it gave me hope. But today my child was playing and putting the toys in dad’s work-backpack and as I was taking those out, I see several bags of cocaine. MY CHILD COULD HAVE GRABBED THOSE AND IT COULD HAVE ENDED VERY BADLY.

I asked him to leave. I am now a single mom. I used to be so scared of this. It was one of my biggest fears but now I can’t help but to feel proud of myself for making the decision that will keep my daughter safe.

Dinner: avocado toast from the other day because no dinner today. I can’t eat rn.. better days ahead