Building a new life

[Jaquaia]

I'm ok, just tired.

[Paula]

Have the injections not kicked in yet?

[Jaquaia]

I'm not as stiff

[Suzi]

You sound really low - how's your mood doing love? How's J? The kids?

[Jaquaia]

I'm a bit flat but it will pass. The children are with Cruella, A asked if she could stay with us instead. J is on nights so he's exhausted, especially as I had to wake him up as his parents arranged for the cleaner to come this afternoon.

[Suzi]

Why are his parents organising a cleaner? Surely they don't know his day to day commitments, or yours?!

[Jaquaia]

They pay for her. They started when Cruella moved out as the house was a mess. They have a copy of his roster and checked with me first. They said 1pm when they were here at the weekend and I said no, 2pm at the earliest. His dad then rang to ask for 1pm and got told no again. I'm not sure what's hard to understand about J working nights and rarely being awake by then. As it was I had to wake him up. The idea was to keep her on to make things easier for me but she's done the windows today and I'll be doing them again tomorrow as they're awful. They're so streaky and they're annoying me. I don't think his parents like it that we won't have her in when the children are here.

[Suzi]

Can you not tell them you don't need her anymore because you're better and more amazing?

[Jaquaia]

Tried but his parents started talking about how she'd lost clients and needed the money. She'll clean the bathroom, hoover right through and change beds if asked. I hate cleaning the bathroom and sometimes struggle with the other 2 so she can stick to that

[Suzi]

Fair enough... They sound quite controlling?