The journey begins

[ClingingToHope]

I know. The only other thing she talked about was D7's birthday in July. I have that week off and will have the girls, but she took D7's birthday off and wanted to make sure she could see her.

A reasonable request.

Again, the mediation session went really well, but there was one point I really had to keep myself from saying something. She's planned for the girls to stay one week with her mom this summer at their campground.

I asked if I could go down and visit them one night that week -- she said she'd check. This is the part that p*ss*d me off. She said that's the week her dad died and her mom always gets sad and needs people around her.

Do you know where STBXW is supposed to be that week? In Sturgis, S.D. with her best friend at some motorcycle retreat. So she's ditching her mom and dumping her daughters on her so she can go get drunk all week.

Now, her best friend really likes me. She's the reason we got together in the first place and was the maid of honor. Hours in a car with the BFF actually might open her eyes. But even as I type that I know I can't expect that.

Still, I plan on going down and seeing them that week. Last summer they were really sad at the campground because I wasn't there. STBXW and her mom just sit around drinking coffee and talking and don't get out in the water with the girls. That was always my deal.

So unless STBX-MIL shoots it down I'm going. I don't think she will.