The divorce that never ends!

So, today was another day in court! I'm becoming a regular. I must say that I was nervous going in, but ended up being fairly pleased with the course of action.

My ex, decided to go to court today to try to have his child support reduced. I thought, how funny since he doesn't pay it anyway! Well, the judge tore him a new one this morning. I was thrilled to hear the judge finally, for lack of better terms, "put him in his place".

I live each day for my daughter. I wake up excited to care for her and go to bed anticipating our next adventure. I work hard to try to provide the very best for her and try each day to figure out how I'm going to afford to finish school, while her father goes on his merry way and provides no support for her. He constantly harasses me and tells me what a bad mother I am. He tells me how I think of no one but myself and for a split second I started to think I was the problem. Then I realized he's talking about him self. NO ONE can ever say I don't love or care for my daughter, because I will do ANYTHING for her and love her more than words could ever describe. I only want her to grow up feeling happy and loved and to have God by her side. If that's the definition of a bad mother, than so be it!

He did get a temporary reduction, but no where near what he was trying for. Thank you God, for being by my side again. I hope for peace, soon!

Colorado Bound!

Well, Wednesday's the big day! I'm so excited about going to Colorado. I'll admit I'm a little nervous about how I'm going to occupy Ms. Ashlyn on the plane. I'm so excited for her getting to be with mommy for an entire week, away from everything here. I'll have to find a neat charm for her charm bracelet so when she's older I can tell her all about her very first BIG travel experience. I think we are going to have a wonderful time, and the weather seems like it's going to be very nice, with the exception of the evenings. How can a place be in the upper 70's to low 80's one minute and drop to the 30's the next? I guess I'm about to find out! :) I can't wait to tell all about it when we get back. As for now, reality lurks in the midst! I have a final exam to take tomorrow and one more day of work! Gees! Good night, and tell everyone to please stop worrying about the swine flu!

Update on my sweet baby!

Well, this morning didn't start out so well. Ashlyn was still feeling bad. She really has me worried because she is such a happy baby and she has just not been herself now for two days. She is obviously very uncomfortable. I had to call her doctor this morning since she still wasn't feeling well, or acting like herself. The doctor asked me to bring her into the office, where they checked her out and sent her for a repeat x-ray. The x-ray looked a little better than it did last night but still had a significant gas pattern. The doctor also suspects she has intersucception, that keeps correcting on its own.

They wanted to admit her this evening just to monitor her, but weren't going to do IV or anything else, so I told them I could monitor her at home. I also said I would definitely be back if she worsened during the night. I'm praying she will feel better and I don't have to make the dreaded Vanderbilt ER visit. Not to mention, I just want my baby to be all better.

Well, I'm going to try to get some sleep now. I'm exhausted!

A long Evening in the ER with my baby girl!

Today has been a rough day for my little lady bug, but it all started last night. We had a very busy day yesterday with gymnastics, an Easter Egg hunt at the church, and her cousins first birthday party. When we got home, she was acting pretty lethargic, but I assumed it was because she had a very hectic day. Boy was I wrong! This morning she woke up and was acting sleepy, but I decided to go ahead and give her a morning bottle. Shortly after finishing it, she vomited all over my mom and it was projectile. Then she fell asleep and sleep for hours. When she woke, she was in vomit again. I decided to call my ER friends and see if I could bring her in and have one of them look at her ears, because she had been tugging on ears. My mom and dad decided to follow me there because I was suppose to work, but on the way to the ER it was like the exorcist was in my back seat. I first heard a gurgle, which scared me to death, and then the heaving. My poor baby and my backseat were covered!

At the ER, the doctor came in to look at Ashlyn. She decided to have an IV and some fluids, draw some blood, and get some urine. The IV went well, but broke my heart. It's so different when it's your own. They drew the blood when they started the IV so she only had to be stuck once. The urine, well she decided she wasn't going to pee-pee her panties this time. Later, they sent her for an x-ray after suspecting intersucception. The blood results came back normal, the x-ray showed a lot of air in the upper portion of her abdomen (which shouldn't be there), and the pee-pee, still none. Finally, they did an in and out catheter. It was clear, but showed a lot of ketones.

After deciding that she didn't need to be admitted after all, we were sent home nearly six hours later and told strictly clear liquids all day tomorrow. If no improvement, follow up with her pediatrician in the morning. Well, my baby is home and sleeping right now, but she does keep whimpering here and there. Hopefully, we will have a better day tomorrow.

In the midst of Ashlyn being in the ER, so was Claudia, my niece. They suspect peanut allergy with her. She is also home and doing well. No more peanuts for her! Pray for our girls!

History Project that was understood!

So, this evening I had to turn in a paper for history about something in the news and how it relates to history. I was under the impression the paper had to be at least 500 words and no more than 1000. Well, I was ever so mistaken! It was to be no less than 1000 words and no more than 5000. How in the world did I get that messed up?

Luckily I have an extremely understanding Professor who found my experience to be quite humerous. He agreed to let me re-write my paper and turn it in next Wednesday, so guess what I'm doing all day tomorrow? I think I better come up with a new topic as well since my other topic was a bit too broad.

I'm glad I'm doing well in the class and my professor is understanding, otherwise I would be up a creek without a paddle. I only have two weeks of class left and can't afford to mess it up now! My new topic, I think, is going to be about invitro fertilization and the octomom. I know I can write 5 pages on that! hehe

Ashlyn, my little darling!

Today was an exciting day! I woke up this morning prepared to take Ashlyn for her first day of gymnastics. I was up almost all night with great anticipation! I thought to myself, "This can go one of two ways, really well, or what was I thinking." Much to my amazement, it went really well! In fact, they told me she did so well, that it would be perfectly fine if she went to the two year old class! GO GIRL! She has done so well at everything thus far in her life, I only hope it will continue on.

The next big adventure for the day was going to be Easter Egg hunting at the Williamson County Recreation Center, which didn't happen. It started at 10 am, we got there at 10:15 and people were already leaving. I would have parked and tried to see what the deal was, since people were still lined up, but Ashlyn was beginning to get a bit sleepy, so I decided a nap was far more important. Besides, she has two more Easter Egg hunts lined up these next couple weeks.

I just love this little ladybug. She's the greatest part of my life. I look forward to each day, to see what it will bring. You just never know what she will do next. Her new thing is the dogs, she loves them. She and Cotton are buddies for sure. They play all day and she loves to laugh at him. She also loves to hug and kiss them both. The cutest is when she goes up to them and does her little fingers and says, "Getty, getty getty!" It's adorable!

Well, I have to get back to my history paper now, but I'll write more when I finish it!

Discovery Questions!

I just finished working on discovery questions for my divorce. Yes, I have been working on them for 11 hours now and only taking a break to go to the bathroom once and go to dinner a second time. The questions are so time consuming and might I add ridiculous. I'm being asked about jobs I had in high school. I'm not just talking about where I worked, I'm talking where I worked, how long I worked there, who my supervisor's were, address, phone number, pay rate, job title, work schedule, etc. HELLO! I graduated 11 years ago, therefore meaning I worked at those places almost 15 years ago in some cases. Not to mention the fact that I worked three jobs and went to high school, so there was a lot of over lapping. GEES! Oh and I love the questions about my monthly expenses and thrown in there is a question about how much I spend a month on liquor. Anyone who really knows me, knows I'm not a big drinker! I hardly, if ever, drink! They need to ask my ex that question! I have better and more important things to do with my time then to waste it on petty questions that mean nothing as to the well being of my daughter. How about asking her father a few questions pertaining to his living arrangements and why he can take his girlfriend out but he can't pay his child support. How about ask him why he wants to harrass me one minute and then try to be nice the next thinking it's going to get him somewhere! I'm really getting tired of this system we have. I filed a complaint with the child support office and was told I would be called in the next 6-8 weeks with an appointment with a case worker. It's been 9 weeks now and do you think I have heard a word? I realize there are a lot of dead beat dads out there, don't get me wrong, and I don't think I'm any better than anyone else, but if I'm told 6-8 weeks, I like it to be that! I'm just saying! Excuse me for rambling, but I have been working on these questions for hours and it is after midnight and I am very angry right now. In addition to these 28 questions, his attorney has also sent me a request for the production 18 documents. Documents that I have no clue how I am suppose to come up with because I don't know about you, but I shread things after about two years. She is asking for our joint bank account information. Well, I shredded all of that after the account was closed, why was I going to need that? Paystubs from 2004, again shredded except for the last two years. As for taxes I do keep the last 5 years of those, but the ex has them and refuses to produce them. Again, what do I do? This is the most annoying process I have ever gone through in my life and I beleive I will never marry again, for the simple possibility of divorce. I'm sure none of you want to here my complaining so I'm going to try to go to bed now. Please pray for me! I'm going to need all the prayers I can get!