Got a call from XW about allowing D to go through an exercise w/ the local fire department where they simulate smoke from a fire w/ dry ice and teach the kids what to do if there is a real fire. She wanted to make sure I was "on board" and "ok" w/ signing her up - which I was.
She also told me about calling on the pensions and we discussed her running things by me like signing up D for extra curricular activities. I brought this up b/c D told me XW and her BF had said she was going to take karate lessons and I wanted to make sure XW included me in these decisions first. I also cleared the air on my having 1st option to coach D instead of BF which XW had no issue with.
I then told her of my family flying me up for Thanksgiving and both D and I up on Christmas day. XW got really angry when I said "I'll just have you drop D off at the airport instead of the house at 10 am on Christmas day so we can catch our flight."
XW had asked for and I had granted her permission to have D until noon on Christmas Day so they wouldn't have to rush and I had said it was ok. I really didn't remember that at all and my mother has purchased us non-refundable tickets for an 11:30 flight.
So, XW is bent out of shape and she may try to make my life miserable over the loss of two hours, but in a way, I do feel bad for not checking w/ her before I authorized purchasing the tickets. It was an honest mistake and I'm no longer beating myself up over it, but I really wish things weren't this difficult.
Whenever XW doesn't get her way, she is impossible to work with. She even started to say "I asked for the two extra hours and agreed to give you extended time w/ D in return." As if D's Christmas break, which we legally split, is hers to "give" to me.
She also seems to forget that I waived my having D on New Years to let her go back to Indiana to see her family. It is irritating on one hand that I still get this from her and depressing on the other that she chooses to have things be like this.
Oh, well. If she tries to say no, I can alwasy "change my mind" about New Years as retaliation. Not sure I'll do that, but it is a card I could play, I guess.
So, that's my latest report. I'll talk to you all later.
