Well I Asked For It . . . But Am I Ready?

After a sleepless night I headed into work this morning and called my atty about the ex’s latest episode of idiocy and disobedience at my son’s expense.  I left her a voicemail regarding the details and when I would be in meetings today.

She called me back fairly quickly and was just as outraged as I regarding this past weekend.

“I can’t believe he did this again!!!!!!”

Truthfully, none of this comes as a big surprise to me but I always hope that a lightning bolt of common sense will strike my ex . . .

My atty confirmed what I already knew, there really isn’t much we can do while the judgment is still pending.  She did advise me to send d-bag an email for the paper trail we need to create for what is surely another court date down the road.  I was already planning to send an email for that reason, I just needed to calm down before sending it.

We’re both perplexed that the judge hasn’t rendered a judgment, it’s almost May and the summer parenting time issue is a huge part of the decision.  I’m getting emails from my son’s daycare regarding summer registration and that I need to get the forms filled out and a check deposited to reserve a spot for him.  I have already signed my son up for summer soccer because registration closed on April 2nd.  When I told my atty about this she decided to call down and ask the judge’s clerk about the expected timeline for the decision, explaining that her inquiry was because summer arrangements need to be made.

My atty called me fifteen minutes later.

Atty “Wow this really is a small town we’re dealing with here.”

Me “What happened?”

When my atty called down to my hometown’s District Court, her call was immediately picked up:

“Judge X’s Office”

“Hello, is this Judge X’s clerk?”

“No, this is Judge X”

Needless to say my atty was floored.  In the metro area, there is a minimum of five people you have to get through before talking to a judge and that almost never happens.

My atty simply explained that she had a case pending before him and was wondering what the status of the decision timeline was because of the summer arrangement issue.  The Judge replied that he was working on it now and planned to send out a decision by the end of this week.

Here’s the weird thing, my atty never identified herself, the parties, file number, nothing.  So he was either trying to get her off the phone or knew exactly what the case was.  I suspect the latter.

So there it is . . . I’ll have a decision around this time next week.  I know I have been wishing for a decision but now that I know it’s on its way . . .

I’m terrified.

I threw myself into work the rest of the day in an attempt to not think.  When I got in the car to drive to night class I completely lost it and pretty much sobbed the whole way to school.  This caused me to look like hell for the rest of the evening but those closest to me knew what was going on so no one said, “Gee Jenny you look like crap.”

And on that note, I just have to say thank goodness for my amazing friends.  Word spread amongst the gang over what I’ve been going through during the last twenty-four hours and I got a surprise from “C” when I got out of class tonight   It made me smile . . . despite everything that’s happened and the uncertainty of next week, I am so lucky to have such great family and friends . . . I can count on them to help me through next week and they will give me the strength to face this outcome.

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