At the end of May, my sister surprised us all by telling us she was officially moving out of the house and out of the state with her boyfriend, or husband, whichever he is.  (We aren’t exactly sure what they are!)  Ever since then, my mother and I have become set into a routine with cleaning, laundry, food preparation, grocery shopping, and all of the other tasks it takes to manage a household.

We found out a couple of weeks ago that my brother, and his wife had finally sold their home, and were going to be looking for an apartment to live in until they could have a new home custom-built for them.

My sister in law was born and raised in Russia, and her mother recently moved over to the states to take care of their almost one year old daughter while they both worked.  Her uncle has also been here for 2 months now and still has about another month left until he heads back to Russia.

The search began for an apartment that would accommodate the 5 of them for the time being, however, no apartments in the area are available to rent at this time, so next Wednesday, the 5 of them are moving into our 4 bedroom home.

My brother, his wife, and their daughter will all be staying in our guest bedroom.  The mother in law will be staying in the office, which will be transformed into a bedroom/office, and the uncle is going to have to sleep on the couch.

Because I currently don’t work, and am in the midst of applying for disability, I am home most days, all day long.  I tend to enjoy the time alone during the day as it gives me time to relax and not worry about anything, however, beginning next week, that will all change!

You see, the mother in law and uncle, whom I shall refer to as ”The Russians” obviously don’t drive, and big shocker here, DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH will be here all day long with my niece.

Now, I know what you’re thinking…How awesome!  You’re going to have two people at your house who you can talk shit to all day and they won’t understand you!  Not exactly.  They understand english, and the mother in law, KNOWS english, but refuses to speak it.

In addition to that, I feel as if the care they have been providing my niece with over the past couple of months has been horrible, to say the least.  She, as in, my niece, barely speaks, or shall I say, makes any noises, anymore, and if you say the word “No” around her (not even TO her) she starts screaming and crying.  At around 4 months of age, I had her being able to hold her own bottle.  Today, a few weeks shy of her first birthday, she can’t even hold a bottle anymore.  I feel as if they also neglect her.  At this age, 11 and a half months, she should be eating more than one banana a day and not drinking formula as her main caloric intake.  Also, living in the south, she needs to keep hydrated and they won’t even give her water or juice.

The mother in law also HATES me, due to the fact that Danica and I have a such a bond at her young age.  If I hold Danica and walk out of the room with her, the angry Russian follows me around monitoring my every move.

This is going to be an amazing journey which I honestly can not WAIT to blog about!