It was my intention to write a post yesterday as soon as I got home to give an update about court. It was a really looooong day/trip and I was sick (I’ve come down with a nasty head/chest cold), exhausted, and just not in a mood to “talk”. I wasn’t even sure there was anything to talk about other than how pissed I was.

I drove all the way back up North, spent $80 in gas only to get to the court house and find out that no one knows anything of any appointment for Caleb’s dad and I. Yes you read that correctly…no one knew of any appointment at 10:30am on the 18th. Considering I called on Monday to verify I had to be there and was told yes you can imagine how well this information went over with me. Not good! Regardless of how ticked I was I held my composure and for that I was proud.

I’d like to say that was the end of it. That I got in my car and drove back home. But it wasn’t. I got the joy of talking to the case worker that handles our case. You might be thinking well that must of been good. Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. And thinking back I honestly have NO clue how I held my composure through the conversation with him. He informed me that I was ripping my son away from his dad. How the hell do you figure that? He is still getting the same amount of parenting time (every other weekend) as he always has. Of course the man couldn’t stop there he continued on to tell me that I’m the one that has created the problem by moving more than 100 miles away (which he informed me that law was instated way back in the 70’s….ok if that’s the case then why isn’t THAT in my paperwork? Why does MY paperwork tell me I can’t leave the state of MICHIGAN without the prior consent of the court??????).

I’m not over reacting when I say he over stepped his boundaries in the things he was saying to me. My grandma was standing there with me hearing exactly what I was hearing. I will be making a complaint against him and the way he spoke to me, saying the things he said. It was completely uncalled for.

So NOTHING was resolved today because there wasn’t anything for me to be there for. The real kicker? Chad was notified on Tuesday when he was there that we didn’t have to be in court today. And the man couldn’t pick up the phone and call to tell me (even had he called I would of called to confirm this myself). Regardless of the things he’s done if the roles were reversed and he was living 3 hours away and I had found out we didn’t need to be in court I would of had the decency to pick up the phone and tell him!!

So now what?

I wait. Until I get paperwork saying I have a court date. So sometime in the near future I’ll be making the lovely trip back up North to go to a ‘real’ hearing.

How’s that for a great day? NOT!

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