OW does in fact seem to be gone. So there's that.....
Basically we seem to be in the midst of establishing some sort of new normal with him in his bachelor pad and the divorce finally coming to a close.
There was a pretty major hiccup last night though. On Wednesdays he has the girls, and we also have D7's soccer practice at 5:30 (I coach). Usually he brings both girls and tries to watch a little of the practice and keep D4 occupied - and sometimes he leaves a little early because D4 is bored and I drop off D7 at his place on my way home. I always arrive to practice right at 5:30 because I come directly from work. Yesterday he texted me early in the afternoon to ask up front if I could just drive D7 to his place after practice. Sure. No problem.
I arrived at practice to find D7 sobbing. Her dad had dropped her off early (she claims half an hour but that is probably an exaggeration) there was no one there from our team and she felt she was all alone. There were some other teams around practicing but no one she knew and she had clearly been crying for some time when I got there.
It took a long time but I got her calmed down, but not before she had told all the other players on our team (once they arrived) that her dad had just left her there.
When I dropped her at her Dad's I discovered that he had some other kids over there playing on some sort of playdate, I asked to speak to him outside and informed him of what happened and what D7 had told me.
His response was "Oops. My bad. I thought you were already there". There were only about a dozen cars in the parking lot and he certainly knows what mine looks like and so I'm finding that explanation a little thin but I didn't say that. I just conveyed how upsetting it had been to D7 (D7 asked me to talk to him).
I spend so much time reassuring D7 and trying to make her feel secure and now this.
Honestly = I'm sort of flummoxed by this. It seems like a pretty basic safety issue, right? My asst coach said "I thought your ex was a cop?"
I think she's way too young - but I'm thinking of getting her a phone for emergencies.
