Preparing for Battle

Some are aware that today I will be going to court to "take status".

What that means for me immediately...I don't really know.......what it ultimately means: I will be single and free to remarry Paola.

I don't really know what the timeframe for that is, but based on how long Jamie has stalled with the settlement agreement...it would definitely take longer to wait for the paperwork to be submitted.

We have waited far, far too long for this opportunity. I originally filed for divorce in October of last year. I had hoped that after the 6 month & 1 day waiting period, we could finalize it...but Jamie is not paying her own lawyer bill (her parents are) and elected to continue the case out further in her efforts to gain (some sort of) victory by ensuring I couldn't marry Heidi's mom before she was born.

This morning she made a comment about how she was discontent that my lawyer had changed some of the wording to the MSA that she'd written. DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know wtf kind of person thinks they have the right in any situation to decide what is fair for both parties and that they ultimately will decide what is written in an MSA. Isn't that the entire reason for court and lawyers? She didn't honestly think I was pouring thousands of dollars into a lawyer so that I could take what she says (verbatim) and sign it?

Lawl. Just....................lawl.

All that mental retardation aside....

Jimmicito came home with an awful rash on his face and chest. After a couple rounds of Cortaid 10 and some Children's Benadryl it seems to have subsided a little bit. He still has some remenants of it, and I'm not entirely sure what caused it.

My very (very) limited knowledge of rash symptoms leads me to believe that it may have been a form of heat rash, because it was kind of hot to the touch. It has also been unusually warm for SoCal the last week or two.

One of the very nice things that my divorce and engagement has brought me is a closeness with Jimmi that allows him to speak with me very freely. We talk often about the way he is feeling, the things he wants to do, and the things he wants from me. As I said yesterday, I feel like these conversations help me to prepare for obstacles that I will someday face down the road.

As I sit here now, it is my belief that Jimmicito will never excel in school. I don't feel like it's because of a lack of intelligence, he is very smart! Jimmi, however, already seems to have been bitten by the same bug that I was bitten by in school. He doesn't seem very enthusiastic about it, it doesn't seem fun to him, he retains alot of what he learns, but he only seems to want to do what is required of him even though he is capable of far more. Man, that sounds familiar. Karma has come full circle to bite me in the ass on that one.

Also, I've noted that while his artistic ability is...."sub-par"....he (like me) takes a great deal of pride in every thing creative that he does. Every EXTREMELY busy piece of art work tells a story that he does not forget and when he does something he does NOT like to be criticized about it or have someone else change it.

That really hurts his feelings.

Lately we've been spending alot of time together playing video games and just wrestling around. I'm pretty confident that he's going to be an amazing big brother ....so he'll be reprising his role in Fatherhood I and Marriage I in their respective sequels. =o)

***KELENYA UPDATE***

The latest trophy pictures from Naxx are up on the Requiem of Decay Guild Portal page! Enjoy!