The Big Scramble

So we found out last night, less than 24 hours ago, that we are to have the baby for the ENTIRE month of July. And no one bothered to tell us this! And I had previously emailed our lawyer after I saw in the new court orders of May 30 that there were some summer visitation options for us, but that discussion got lost in the shuffle of everything else that's been going on. What happened was, I drove up north to drop off the baby last night, with Mano in tow b/c S was home sick with a cold, and the whore never showed up. So I began calling lawyers, i.e., ours and the amicus. My lawyer called back and told me to quit waiting for the whore and go home. Then she called back again and asked, "What is today? July 1?" Then she realized that since, according to the court orders--again, of May 30--we were supposed to let the whore know by April which summer dates we wanted for visitation. Well, since we didn't let her know by April, since, once again, these orders were not signed until May 30!--by court order default we get the month of July.

So I brought the baby all the way back home, not even all that pissed b/c mainly I was too busy being perplexed about what the hell we are going to do with her in terms of childcare. I told S we were just gonna have to enroll her in the daycare behind the house. So S went over there early this a.m. to see about doing so. I woke up early this a.m. as well and something was bothering me. Then it hit me--I wondered if we'd need immunization records, etc., which we don't have! So when S called me from the daycare saying not only did they NOT have any openings for July, but they need immunization records, the baby's birth certificate, and her social security card--again, none of which we have--I was not too surprised.

Ma to the rescue. This a.m. I took the baby down to my mom's house. But while driving to work, I thought a phone call to my friend J. (the Mexican Martha Stewart) might be worth a shot. She and I had previously discussed her babysitting for us once we got custody of the baby anyway, and even have already agreed on an hourly dollar figure! So I called J. and she said she is totally free for the month of July and would be happy to help us out! And as a bonus, she don't need no stinking records, etc.! So we agreed on a dollar figure, and the best part of all is it is much cheaper than a daycare would charge us, to boot! Still, she gave me her dollar figure and I upped it, wanting to be fair and also help J. out, since she is currently not working.

However, once I got to work I still called the whore b/c no matter what, we still need copies of all of the above. I figured either way we'd win: either she does fax me those records like we need, and/or if she didn't, then we have even more ammunition against her to use in court. I taped the conversation, natch, and she actually did agree to send the records but probably not until tomorrow. So once I get the records then I'll call her later this week and tell her, "Oh, we decided not to put her in daycare after all!" Ha ha!

So on Sat. I wrote in my blog that something needed to give for me, and soon, right? Thanks, God! I have now requested a bunch of vacation time this month at work so that I can have as much time with the baby as possible and also so she doesn't have to spend any more time with J. than truly necessary. J. is actually only going to need to be "on duty" for 3 weeks beginning next week anyway, or possibly starting the end of this week.

Also, I sent out 2 more resumes today. One of them is for a part-time job I absolutely have to have! It's actually the soon-to-be ex-p/t job of L.'s mom, who has promised to put in a good word for me with her boss. I already got an email back from him saying they'd put a short list of qualified candidates next week and let me know. I am SO qualified!!! "God, I hope I get it! I hope I get it!"

So yesterday--before all the crap of last night--was fun. I slept in, man! And then we went to the local Baptist church with Mano, who'd stayed over again. I think S is sold on this church, and I like it too b/c, true to all Baptists, everyone there is scary-friendly and they have that awesome library where me and the baby can check out books. Then we went to eat at this great quick-eats place called Amazon Grill and the food was really good and reasonably priced. But poor S was suffering with a bad cold. Still, he managed to suck it up long enough for us to swing by the Chirren's Museum for a quick visit.

So I'm taking tomorrow off from work and then Wed. is a much-needed holiday. I tell you what though, I'm not going to try to be SuperMom b/c I do need a break myself. Instead of trying to do 3-4 big things a day like I usually do with the baby, I'm going to limit it to 1-2. This weekend when I have S's help we'll rock and roll, but this week I've gotta chill.