So my mom was working as a traveling nurse before I had my son (first born) and decided to quit doing that so she could be around him and watch him grow. Well now my sons almost 1 and I’m 34 weeks pregnant with my daughter and my mom financially had to go back to traveling and honestly I’m so freaking excited! She’s driving me crazy.

I think she’s going through a mid life crisis or something. Her marriage with my step dad isn’t good and things are kind of at their breaking point. She’s been staying with 2 of her friends most of the time and if she’s not working, she’s drinking. She’s bailed on babysitting or having my son spend the night so many times cause she’d rather go drink with her friends.

When my son and I do go over to visit her all she does is criticize everything I’m doing as a mother.

I love my mom but to be honest she wasn’t the greatest mom. She gave up custody of my brother and I to our dads (different dads) when we were little and it wasn’t until I was 15 and brother was 11 that she decided to get custody back.

So now she’s decided to go back to traveling and working and will be staying with my brother 5 hours away. And I’m kind of really excited. I’m excited that I don’t have to worry about how she’s going to get home at night, I’m excited that I don’t have to feel disappointment every time she decides she can’t take her grandson cause other plans came up. I’m excited that maybe being away from her friends and my stepdad will make her feel better. I’m just excited to finally get a break from her and a break from the constant worry.