Maximum 24 hours of happiness

I have noticed here in ABQ that the whole fam can only seem to be happy for a maximum of 24 hours.

Someone has to have some external or internal drama to make everyone in the house go from happy to melancholy.

Then, no one shares plans for the day except for me. Even stranger, there are often claims to do things for the family, but really have personal motivations, without any thought of the consequences, whether financial or emotional, of the actions. For instance, we have portable air conditioners that only can handle 1/2 of the downstairs, but one is always upstairs, instead of the 2 required for downstairs, and someone keeps opening the windows during the hottest parts of the day. This makes the A/C never turn off and the electric bill just keeps rising. Somehow, they are surprised when the bills go up. Even in the upstairs room, they open a window "for fresh air," but leave the A/C turned down even more. We got a second vehicle to make taking the kids around easy, but again, the happiness only lasted a maximum of 24 hours and then everyone is sulking and hiding in their rooms during the day.

If it is still going like this after I get done with court in October, I am going to strongly suggest they start going to a psychiatrist for individual and/or couple sessions.