Day one

The week didn't start off too well. Marcus had his "skill-builder" appointment in the morning but he was brought home early. A good friend gave Marcus a $50 gift card to buy "gifts". She stated so specifically. As you might have guessed, Marcus wanted to go to an all-you-can-eat buffet and eat himself silly. I told him no. After a hundred turns where he tried to get me to change my mind that ended with a loudly stated "because I said so", he left. It went downhill from there. He called and texted me obsessively with increasingly outrageous ideas of things to buy and a pronounced attitude. When the skill builder, Justin, told him to stop, he started banging on the car window as they drove. Then he repeatedly reached for the radio via the gear shift. I think he scared Justin. Having been driving while Marcus was in a major tantrum before, I don't blame him. Safety gets precarious to say the least. Anyway, they came home early and Marcus stomped around calling Justin all kinds of names. He picked up a table knife. I took the knife and sent him upstairs and politely asked Justin to leave after hearing his version of the story. Needless to say, he won't be back this week. So much for the building of skills.