Confused

Had that child support hearing today.  My two youngest daughters went with me, we had to be there at 9 am and didnt get called until 245pm.  He didnt show, had his lawyer there.  She is wonderful, completely cooperative with us.  Anyway, we get this award, a fair amount, more than I had origiannly asked for.  However, the confusing part is that arrears were awarded only back to the date of me filing for the support. Not a cent for the past ten months.  My daughter was so angry she was crying.  I specifically said to the judge. " So am I to understand he is not responsible financially for his children for the past ten months?"  He replied, "No I am not saying that at all" and nothing was changed in the order.  He mumbled something about being limited to how for back they can go, but that just seem to sit right to me somehow.  Anyway, now we wait to see if he pays

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testing

testing again

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First Blog......Multiple Times

Since this is the second rendition of my first blog, it just doesn’t have the same ...feel to it for me, but here goes.  I’m doing this because it seems like a lot of people find great satisfaction and theres got to be something to it.   Might as well start off with a thump.   I work 48-60 hours a week as an emergency room nurse, try to take care of three teenage girls, and recently found out that I STILL manage to play halo 1-4 hours a day.   Cant for the life of me figure out why I suck so bad at the game.   God hates me?   Why make me so terrible at something I love so much?   Sighs.   I just finished a 60 hours in 5 days week and this morning I walked 4 miles.    I am finding that only by working out almost every day do I have the physical strength to actually work like I have to at the moment.   Which brings me to the next thing?   I have my first child support hearing on Friday.....finally.    If you are thinking of divorcing, plan on a very long protracted year or so of BS.    Hopefully soon I wont have to work 20 hours of overtime to not be able to pay my bills   Its funny how things work.   The other night, the parents of the woman my soon-to-be-ex lives with were in my ER.   I learned more in 20 minutes about what he is/is not doing than I have in the past 6 months.   He is not working, not fixing up her house, not getting along with her daughter(she’s moving out), not paying child support (well, duh), he is going out to fancy dinners, steaks at home a lot, driving all over the tri state and further and buying things for his 180 gallon reef tank, taking trips to the Caribbean. ; When her parents asked when is he going to get a job, they are told he "isn’t ready to go back to work yet".  I’m really looking forward to what the judge has to say about why he quit his electrical engineering/ automations control job and isn’t working now.   My daughters are looking forward to hearing him explain why too

My Reasons for Being

Evy, Brilliant On The Left

My Amazing Middle Child, Ellie

The Unstoppable Katie

Teddy, He Who Thinks He Is God

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