WAW w/Exit Affair or WW? - Divorced Anyway (6)

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Pretty good week with the kids. We met up w/my sister, BIL, and niece at a lake house last weekend and the cousins had a great time playing together. Even though it's ExW's week I got to spend all day Monday (holiday), Wednesday (after school/dinner) and all day yesterday (snow day) with S6 and D3 because ExW had to work. We played in the snow, did dominoes, a pretty extensive puzzle, watched shows, read books...etc. Lots of good bonding time. My fear of losing out on their lives is not as bad as I initially thought, as I'm spending quality time with them the majority of days on my off weeks as well. I did sign up to coach S6's baseball team again this year and lined up one of his buddies to be on the team (whose dad will help out) and I'm still coaching soccer so the Spring will be busy! But it's fun and give me an extra special connection w/my son.

This weekend w/o the kids I did a golf sim league and food & drinks last night w/a buddy who's also going through a D, hit the gym with two other buddies this morning, going ice skating this afternoon by myself, and tomorrow meeting a group of friends for brunch to celebrate one of their birthdays. So trying to have fun and stay active and social when I don't have the kids.

ExW did notify me last week about her new employer/job/salary. She got a 17-18% increase over from her previous income listed in the divorce agreement just 9 months ago, which hits the threshold for opening up the possibility of renegotiating child support. She seems to be under the impression she's required to formally review in family court for some reason, which I don't think is the case, and asked how I wanted to approach - either go to court or figure it out between the two of us - to which I replied the latter to avoid lawyers costs and court appearances (plus the math is fairly simple) but she responded saying she changed her mind and wants a judge to review any financial issues. So unfortunately less than a year into the D I may need to deal with court again, but on the bright side ExW was transparent about it (as she's required to be under the agreement) and if anything I should benefit financially.