bizarre, my friend, I knew exactly what you meant.
I am looking to protect myself b/c W is inconsistent and unpredictable. That is why I didn't respond to her e-mail and won't until I have some DB coaching input to make sure I'm saying and doing the right things.
I do think it is crap that she is calling my request for 50% parenting time w/ my D "continued abuse of her." She is really miopic in her thoughts and can't see anything except for how it impacts her directly. It is sad, but it is real and it is what I've got to live with right now.
So, D and I came home from the grocery store and as I grilling up our hamburgers and fixing the brocoli (she requested it as the vegetable of the night, so I'm not complaining), D was running around in the back yard hitting plastic baseballs off the tee and plastic golf balls off the ground. I haven't been able to get her to be sports oriented for a while now, so it was great to watch. I only wish I wasn't trying to cook so I could have played w/ her, but we got to eat, right?
Anyway, she has our day planned out for tomorrow. We'll get up and I'll make us breakfast - pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage - then we'll take the dogs to the dog park. After that, we'll clean up and head down to watch the Diamondbacks play at 1. D then said she wants to go to the driving range w/ me after the game, so that should be a fun day. Where and what we'll do for dinner is still up in the air, but all-in-all, I'm looking forward to a really great Father's Day w/ my D.
RTL PS - Right now she's watching the Mariners game w/ me and not complaining. She's actually cheering and running in to tell me updates as I'm typing here. Gotta run and help my little budding sports fan.