The journey begins

[ClingingToHope]

Really, I keep hoping I won't have to take it. But I will, Antlers, after I get her wish list. I've heard it's a really, really sad class.

Side note, I'm going to need W to be flexible. Turns out I marked down the wrong weekend for working my first running race. It's on a weekend I do have the girls, which means I need W to flip flop weekends or I'm out $350.

So I sent her an email and then texted her telling her there's an email because she rarely checks it.

I used it also as a way to finalize the spring break week plans. I know I told her about the trip to Florida, but we never talked about it at length.

Basically, if we switch I'd have them the weekend before and after spring break, plus I'd have them that week.

So I'm throwing out there that they could stay at her place Monday and Tuesday night since we fly out Wednesday and I'd bring them over Sunday night because the next day I go to Cincinnati for opening day.

One fly in the soup. Last year I gave her $80 of every $350 I made in this second job. I hadn't seen an attorney yet and thought I would end up owing it plus I was still in "nice guy, this will blow over mode" and I didn't want her falling behind on the house payements.

My L told me it since the work is irregular and I'm an independent contractor it would unlikely be included in a divorce settlement so it's up to me whether I want to give her any.

Well, I'll owe taxes on this next year and will no longer have the mortgage deduction so I planned on putting every cent I make into credit card debt.

I worry she might say, yes, I'll switch, are you giving me some of it.

But I'm letting my mind work ahead. First things first, let's see what she says.

Good news, is the six of the other seven races that I know I'll get work on are on weekends I don't have the girls and I can always work smaller events to make up if I miss the first one. It's just that I'm in such a debt hole right now I want to work as much as possible -- and I seriously had a four-pack of abs at the end of running race season last year.