Up and down we go, where it stops, nobody knows

[SirPrizeMe]

ha ha ha! That gave me a good laugh, Grace!
and I needed it.

Bummer today.
I did not get to testify after all. There was no testimony.
The judge seemed rushed, seemed like she did not carefully read the reams of filings we had made. She wasn't clear on the details. None of the inaccuracies came out. None of the lies.

It feels so important to me, yet the judge was very clearly in a hurry to get through it.

ah well.

The punch line - the DVPO was granted, for a year.
Too bad for me. As for my motion for temporary orders - denied. The next step in the path is a parental evaluation, to be conducted starting in the next week or so. After that assessment, we'll come up with a parenting plan, and the court may modify or even rescind the DVPO at that time. Essentially the judge threw her hands up and said - I don't know what to do so I am going to ask for an expert evaluation on this.

I'm not feeling the best right now. It's not a significant change from what I have now. But, I was hoping to get an improvement. I thought a full "hearing" (in the literal sense, not in the legal sense) would allow the truth to come out, but we didn't have time for that. So ... status quo.

Afterwards, I phoned some of W's friends. Even now, none of them understand how she could be so angry at me, how our marriage went so bad so quickly.

One of the big things my wife said is that I have called her friends to intimidate them, so they would not file statements on her behalf in this case, and so on. I phoned these family friends back again today to inquire - not one of them said they felt intimidated by me. Not one. Someone here is not telling the truth... It's either my wife or all of our friends. I know which one I'm betting on.

One of those friends shared some memories with me of 2 years ago on my birthday. Their family was at our house, we had a big shindig, lots of people, lots of laughing and smiling. I told this friend that when I went to bed that night, I thought I was the luckiest man alive. I thanked the Lord for my blessings, most of all to be surrounded by my family and friends. I was very moved. I went to sleep smiling.

It was only a month later that my wife jumped into the sack with the former friend of mine (who was also at the dinner table with us that night). I can only shake my head.

My attorney got to see my wife for the first time - she remarked to me "She is really angry." Apparently that is very clear even to the casual observer.