Mini-Jackpot

New Year's Eve - before I even ate my herring! - I rec'd a check in
the mail from my home county for over $19,000.

It was for child support and was totally unexpected.

I deposited it today and the bank said it will be available tomorrow.

Hooray!
I needed it SO badly! I plan to pay off my credit cards, pay my son's tuition from last semester, and get my tv fixed.

I'm still waiting for my 90,000. On Jan 12th (I think), the 30 days is up and I get access to it.

I sent my lawyer my take on a strategy for the divorce if it goes to trial. I do it mainly to get it off my mind - I told her and now I can let it go. She sent email back saying she has the identical strategy in mind and that Dopey's lawyer had filed an appearance. So he will be represented. The down side to this is we might have the date extended - thus I didnt continue the countdown - for the trial. She said its 50/50 that the judge will agree.

Today she is working on the settlement letter. She is sending it to me when its done and then I read it and okay it. Tomorrow then she'll send it to his lawyer.

I am so disappointed that it could be extended. I already put my grad school off by a year. That cost me a year's salary. I want to start doing the Match.com route. But cant until this is done. It will interfere with my school performance.

At what point do we stop bending over backwards to get this insane person representation? Especially since he is choosing to be insane.