That's wonderful news, Maria!
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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Atropa - Mar 12, 2012 3:06:49 pm PDT #9555 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Maria - Mar 12, 2012 3:09:34 pm PDT #9556 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thanks, everyone. I didn't realize how much it was weighing on me, until it wasn't.
sumi, glad you're home. Tep, much heart~ma for your dad, and calm~ma to you.
Kate P. - Mar 12, 2012 3:14:17 pm PDT #9557 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh, thank god, Maria. Thank you for letting us know!
Hil R. - Mar 12, 2012 3:16:51 pm PDT #9558 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Vicodin nights seem to require silly movies. I just put on Mamma Mia.
sj - Mar 12, 2012 3:16:59 pm PDT #9559 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
That's such a relief, Maria!
lisah - Mar 12, 2012 3:17:31 pm PDT #9560 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
woohoo benign!!!
juliana - Mar 12, 2012 3:18:41 pm PDT #9561 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
YAY BENIGN! So glad to hear it, Maria.
Calli - Mar 12, 2012 3:51:49 pm PDT #9562 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That's great news, Maria!
And what lovely pictures, Juliana--thanks for sharing them.
Stephanie - Mar 12, 2012 3:54:55 pm PDT #9563 of 30001
Trust my rage
Maria, that's great news.
You guys, I could use some hairpats. Or at least confirmation that I'm not a terrible person. Wednesday is the final divorce hearing with the judge - the thing where we each testify about what we want from the settlement and so on. I have truly tried to resolve this before now but have been met with silence from the other side at every step.
While I want the kids to see him, I think they are too little for 50/50 given our situation, which is what he says he wants.
And so I had kept this journal the last few months about all the stuff he did wrong - being late, not showing up, etc. Stuff he said to me. It made me feel better to write it down knowing no one would read it. It was all true, but maybe not very nice or kind. And I gave it to my lawyers - the original version and a more neutral, child care focused calendar. And, of course, they gave the unguarded version to the court as evidence.
I know I didn't do anything wrong and it was all true and it goes to the matter being decided so it's needed. But in my heart, I feel sick. He's going to hate me forever.
meara - Mar 12, 2012 4:01:40 pm PDT #9564 of 30001
Aww, you are not terrible. And he may still hate you, because he's like that and there's a reason you're divorcing. But couldn't it in theory be revisited when the kids are older? (Or if he gets deployed again and they have to stay with you 100% for a while?)