Campfyre Stories

Yay!  The taxes are done.  This is the last year I will have to file as MFJ because next year I get to check the "Single" box.  I owed for the first time ever, even though I have them take out more than they should be.  Not sure how that happened, but on some leve it makes me feel like more of a grown-up for having to pay.

So we had the custody hearing today.  Not that there was much to it.  We’ve had the ideal situation for the past 7 years with us splitting the Spawn’s time 50/50 right down the middle.  There were no arguments, there were no questions, there’s no issue of support.  It was really not a thing.  We were in and out of family count in about a half hour.

The look on the judge’s face was priceless as the Dragonmaker and I explained that we really didn’t *need* to be in court at all, this was how we wanted it - and how it already was - and how it was going to stay.  We had been doing this for 7 years (her jaw dropped…  hee!  I giggled).  It was horrible being there at all though.  There was so much tension and negative energy. 

The judge wishes, and Spawn’s law advocate wishes, and I wish, and Dragonmaker wishes, and probably all of the people in that waiting room wish, and CERTAINLY all of their children wish that all couples could split as amicably as the two of us.

Even if we aren’t great friends, even if the man makes me INSANE from time to time, in a situation where we share a child, and will for the rest of our lives, I couldn’t ask for a better situation.  I see that incredibly clearly right now.

So the goal is to have the whole thing finished by mid-April (since the new baby is due in late April).  Here’s hoping!

~FG };^>