The journey begins

[ClingingToHope]

OK. This is where NC is a problem. W was turned down by two of the afterschool sitter candidates and hasn't heard from a third.

So she sends me an email at midnight. I respond (at 3 a.m. when I got home) that the old afterschool sitter may work another week and I'd liked 5 candidates so has she called the other two?

No response so far, which is not surprising, she doesn't check email much. So I sent her a text.

The last part of her email is "what do we do if we can't hire anyone and old sitter won't work."

I'd already thought of that. I asked my boss a couple of weeks ago whether I'd be able to be in the office until 2:30 p.m. and then just work from home for rest of day if necessary.

She said OK.

I didn't put that in the email because I want her to sweat a bit -- yes, I know that's a little evil.

My guess is I'll be putting the ad back in for sitter candidates and spending more time at home with girls.

I won't mind and it'll be a nice point to bring up in the custody discussions. I can make adjustments in my schedule easily. W can't.

I'm spending the afternoon in at the office trying to complete a major project. Next weekend I'm working in Chicago at the Shamrock Shuffle and the two weekends after I have the girls bookending spring break and our trip to Florida.

Final note. I promised a friend I'd do the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Class through my church before I made a final decision on bankruptcy. Now I know the guy is good, but I can't believe he can help me create a plan to wipe out $16,000 in credit card debt when my take-home check is likely to be around $900 after the D.

The class starts tomorrow and I signed up to see what he has to say -- and to be around people. I have the second round of my Marriage Rebuilders Class starting on March 23.