When Does School Start?

I have been counting the weeks before school begins again. Matthew is getting on my nerves. I know that I should do more with him, but I just can't. I'm not really mad and angry at Matthew. Who I'm angry at is myself and John. I'm angry at myself because I made another stupid idiotic mistake. Marrying John was the mistake;having Matthew wasn't a mistake. There were so many RED flags in that relationship. I placed blinders on and chose to walk through life, oblivious to what was staring me in the face.

John is very messy. He would rather eat McDonald's that home cooked food. He grew up seeing his mother and sisters controlled by his father. He can deny it all he wants but that has a profound impact on a young boy. His parents were predeceased before we married. I never was able to meet either of them. I often wonder what their reaction to me would have been. His mother, Priscilla, and I might get along. His father, Robert, and I would not. The one thing I can almost guarantee is that his father would have told him to end his relationship with me because I was too strong, too forceful, too outspoken. John would have been caught in his father's cross hairs. He would have had to make a major choice. A decision that would impact his relationship with his father for a lifetime. The answer would be would he make the choice he wants or what he was instructed to make?

Getting back to Matthew, he seems to want to be his father's clone. I have tried, unsuccessfully, to get Matthew to be his own person. I want him to be independent, self-sufficient, and capable of his own decision making. His paternal grandfather would be proud that his son sired a son. All I want to know is:When Does School Start?