I'm so glad to see a LBS who isn't "afraid" to take charge and do the right thing for himself and his child.
Heading down to hire the other guy right now.
D1 was doing great this morning. She ran towards me and reached up and I scooped her into my arms. She laid her head on my shoulder and clung to me for about 30 minutes not wanting me to put her down or for anyone to take her. I kissed her, and the daycare workers were able to get her interested in a cheese ball for a snack so I could sneak out.
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
Newton's Third Law: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That is whenever a first body exerts a force F on a second body, the second body exerts a force -F on the first body. F and -F are equal in size and opposite in direction.
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
D1 was doing well this morning. Not as clingy, was playing peek-a-boo and smiling at me with her huge toothy grin.
My "cryptic" response yesterday is to note that I have read all correspondence between W's attorney and my old attorney. It is clear that she had no intention whatsoever of having her client follow the court ordered evaluation.
She filed all the motions against me as a smokescreen and in a retaliatory fashion because she knows she is in violation of a court order and doesn't want the Judge to find out about. She also knew my attorney wasn't going to press the issue.
So I fired him, and my new attorney has clean hands - and the Judge is only going to be looking at one person as to why the evaluation is not completed - W's attorney.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. I am the last person in the world... Puppy knows the rest.
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
W's attorney contacted me. I informed her I could not speak with her directly as I had retained other counsel. She is contacting him currently I'd imagine. Should be interesting.
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
I had D1 today. I picked her up around 9:00am at MIL's home. MIL seemed nervous, W seemed somber and didn't look at me much, and D1 lit up and grinned from ear to ear and came walking towards me.
I made small talk about a few things, and then D1 followed me out the door without looking back.
We ended up going to the mall, she and I walked side-by-side for a bit and got lots of "oohs" and "ahs" from all the women-folk who saw us, a daddy and his daughter walking from store to store.
I got her to do the "wave bye and blow a kiss" to a friend who works at the game store. Afterward we went to the public library, and I found a family law book written by the Judge who is handling my case. It made for an interesting read - specifically on how he factors in adultery and mental/emotional problems into his decision making process.
Enlightening. Especially as he has tended to favor the idea of fathers/mothers having an equal right to custody since at least 1996 and doesn't buy into the whole "tender years" doctrine.
Anyway, I dropped off D1 at MIL's today, and saw BIL and W. BIL looked kind of nervous, but I engaged him in small talk and tried to lighten the tension. I hate it because he and I were close when this started, and now there is damage there because of W.
No incidents, D1 cried a bit when I went to leave, but otherwise it was fine.
I spent the evening at a book store drinking coffee and reading spider-man comic books. I remember when things used to be much more simple...
"You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into."
