Rebuilding my castle...foundation is halfway...

[LoisB]

...complete.

Job,

It will be interesting to see if they follow through on the support. This is definitely a good ol' boys sorta company and there were parts of the meeting where I was treated a bit like a child with the lecture..."We all have to do things we don't like."

Um. OK. But, No.

Anyway. Oddly enough, this morning before heading to the meeting I bolstered my confidence by sending out a few resumes.

Received an interesting email back from one. Now, it's not ideal. It's for a part-time reporter in the Finger Lakes, mostly evenings. Just a reporting/feature writing position. However, it would leave me time to write freelance in the morning and continue to homeschool. Ithaca is one of the areas where I have been looking because it has a strong homeschooling community and loads of Autism support because of Cornell. I've heard it's very artsy-craftsy too.

I happened upon a beautiful apartment right in the area where I'd be reporting. $725 for two bedrooms and nothing extra for pets. In the country, but 30 minutes or so from Ithaca where there are loads of homeschooling opportunities.

I'm sure the reporting pay is lousy, but could be a nice foundation income for other writing.

Strange how things work out.

Also, Matt sent money for D12 to attend a concert she has been dying to attend. I sent him a text saying thank you. He was obviously a little leery and sent me this jagged reply with all these questions "What are u doing about an atty" and "What are you doing about this?"

I was nice and told him whatever he told D12 must have made her feel loved and she is thrilled with the tickets. "Good job."

He loosened up quite a bit and sent me a lengthy explanation of their convo.

I was so proud of her. He was the one to bring up the concert. He asked, "How are you?"

She asked me if she should be honest. I told her this is between she and her dad. If she felt she needed to reply, then go for it.

She said, "Well, I'd be better if I could afford to attend this concert I've been looking forward to."

He said, "I sent your mom money."

She said, "Child support doesn't count as concert money."

Honestly. Didn't have a thing to do with this response. This kid seems to get her father's M.O. very well.

Anyway, turns out he sent some money, aside from child support, for the concert. She handled it. And, the ticket convo allowed her to vent some of her frustration which I think was really good for her.

Not sure where his head is at, but I appreciate that these tickets she has been working toward and obsessing about...glad they are in hand. Good seats too!!