doa and UD - I have not done a thing with the settlement offer. I'm not sure that I want to continue with the attorney that I met with or change. That is my goal this week - to figure out the attorney situation.

I have done a lot of thinking about the settlement offer and the more I think about it, the more unacceptable it is. But I am no longer spinning over it. It really is more like determination on my part.

I find that I spin for about a day when I get bad news and then I get down to business. Now if I could just spin for about an hour and then get down to business, I would be making progress....

D is better today. I think she just holds it all in until she can't anymore and then it comes rushing out. Next month, with the holidays, should be a rollercoaster of emotions for her.

Yesterday when we were diving up the ornaments, the girls were mumbling about having to give some away. I told them that we weren't giving them away - they were going to Dad. They said he probably won't even get a tree. Even my happy-go-lucky D11 was saying this and grumbling about the ornaments. And both have been complaining a little more about going there. It is sad because I just see their relationship with their dad not going in a good direction.....

Another consequence of his actions.....


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