Why did I answer the phone? Why o why?

I received a call from my o lets see w, sbtxw, my pretty lil mlc'er, at this point I don't even know what to call her.

She started in with how the kids were supposed to stay with her mom tonight because she has a Dr. appt. for the lump on her breast tomorrow morning. Turns out her mom is sick at can't watch the kids.

I asked her, I thought your appt. was on Tuesday? "How did you know that?" Well you told me that."Oh, well I had to change it because I have a meeting." (Our court date is Tuesday, I said nothing though.)

Now, all she has to do is drop the kids off at daycare a half hour earlier than normal, not that big of deal. Well I guess in the land of mlcville it's huge. She asked me if I could take the kids. I told her I had somethings to do tonight and that I would try to get them done and help out. I hung up the phone and starting rushing around to finish up what I needed to do. Then it hit me.

Me thinking....yes I do that sometimes, hehe. (No, trapt your not going to be able to do what you need to do no matter how much you rush around. Why anyway? Just so she can avoid having to drop the kids off a half hour early?)

I called her back 5 minutes later and said, hey I'm sorry I'm not going to be able to take them tonight. I still have too much I need to do before tomorrow. She tried everything.

MLC at it's finest:

"I thought we would still help each other out through all this."

"Fine! I just won't go to the Dr. I don't want to go anyway."

"This is great, now I have disappoint the kids and tell them they aren't staying there tonight."

"You have had five days with no kids and you still have stuff to do that you could have done already...whatever."

Those were just a few. I stayed calm and simply answered to everything she threw at me. I shouldn't have but I did. I called out the guilt thing with the kids and simply answered to all her comments the best I could. I know I shouldn't have but I did.

All of this to avoid dropping the kids off a half hour early. She is mamamad! Oh well, it's just the begining of the wonderful world of divorce. Pointless.

Don't stand still.