Mozza's own success story

[Mozza]

Big week.

STBX has lost her job. It was a question of time and even she knew it. She called me 20 minutes after it happened. She didn't seem flummoxed at the time, but I expect that it will sink in. It means she won't be working with OM anymore but also that she'll lose the only social network she hd since she left me.

The hairy part is that I'm her (immigration) sponsor, meaning that I'm responsible until late June for any expense the government incurs for her, namely unemployment insurance in this case. So if she claims it, I will have to repay the government for it. So not only am I paying the apartment alone since she left, but I'll have to pay for their love nest, their meals and activities. It's an amount in the thousands for which I'd have to dig into my savings. Again. The D cost me tens of thousands already. I'd be legally bound to pay it, but given that her parents are well-off, I'd hope that they'll step in. If it gets there, I'll suggest to her that it borders on outrageous that she would make me bear the consequences of her choices once again. If she were with me, sure I'd pay for everything. But she left me for OM. Maybe he could pay... (he can't). Of course, STBX is turning to me to help her figure out her situation, because I'm a citizen here and more familiar with the ins and outs of the programs. Bleh.

Also, much progress on the D front. Ironically, STBX sent the final mediation agreement to the lawyer 15 minutes before getting fired. We've made some progress since then, but the lawyer has proven incompetent again by getting some stuff wrong in the final version. She even prepared the court paper, which we didn't ask her to do (STBX email was ambiguous however). I've some stuff to review and maybe we'll be able to finish mediation this week or next, and then hire a lawyer for the D papers. I expect that the topic of money will be even touchier now.

And tonight, I did research to book a week under the sun in late April with New Girl.