Dc are off to their dad's tomorrow and back to school next week. as am I, so it's our last day together and it's shit.
Weather is lovely but ds2 was at a sleepover last night and has been in a foul mood ever since he got back. Can't work out if he's just tired or whether something happened to upset him (he says not), but, as a result we're just hanging around wasting the day.
having managed to keep him off fucking Roblox/Spotify until after lunch he's now in major strop mode as I've told him 2 hours was enough. He hates me, he's got nothing to do, he's too hot, too tired blah blah. Ds1 is listening to Jaws on the radio 
, occasionally coming down to try and persuade ds2 to play and then shout that he hates him/me/life because he won't.
I feel down and probably not handling it right. I just want us to get out and make the most of the last day but don't want to make things worse. I had the idea of going to a nearby pretty town for an ice-cream and play after an early tea, but it's a 40 minute drive and could be a busy road, though probably not at that time. Ds1 has said fine, but I can tell he's not fussed, ds2 looked at me like I'd shat on his Ariana Grande CDs.
Now they have started screaming at each other. After what has been a lovely summer this seems like an utterly shit ending and I feel like it's all they'll remember. WIBU to drag them out or shall I write it off as a loss, open the wine and let them do whatever they want? Problem is, they'll get unlimited screen time at dad's...