Another Day, Another Disaster

Gee, I thought yesterday was bad- then I woke up this morning to much more pain. It was sleeting ice crystals this morning, making my arthritis medicines pretty well ineffective. I was walking around most of this morning like the Hunchback of Notre Dame with a severe limp, and trying to get several things accomplished. Here comes the hectic:

I am still dealing with Danny's Principal, and all the aftermath of filing false truancy against me. Then yesterday, Danny brings his report card home and not only does the report card make no mention of Danny's special needs, but the teachers wrote in snide remarks about Danny being lazy and other falsehoods. The art teacher even had the audacity to make remarks about Danny's art work not being up to snuff, when in fact, Danny cannot hold the pen or pencil correctly because of his fine motor skills disability. And of course, the Principal made out the report card as if his absences were unexcused (when in fact they were excused by doctors' notes), and gave Danny incompletes on his report card that really only reflects how stupid the Principal is. This Principal did the same to Ryan's report card.

Now I have to decide if I want to proceed legally against Holy Family School with a civil complaint. I am getting sick and tired of this Principal's little shit games. The county attorney suggested that I get legal counsel because filing a false truancy report is a felony. Not to mention that he refuses to acknowledge Daniel's disabilities.

Then I receive a phone message from the utilities commission that my ex-husband has the gas/electric company dumping his bill on me by simply removing his name from the account. Boy, I wish I could get rid of all MY bills simply by putting the bills in other people's name! I don't think he can legally do this because there IS a court order for the ex to pay the gas/electric bill. But the utilities commission informed me that I had better get an attorney if I want gas/electric after tomorrow afternoon. Every single Friday so far in March, I have had to fend off the disconnect wolves from our house, compliments of my evil ex-husband.

I have a volunteer lawyer that is supposed to be working on all the mistakes and contempt issues involving the divorce Decree, but he is not returning my calls or emails. So I talked to another attorney about what I should do to avoid getting the gas/electric disconnected because I have 2 special needs children, and life/death health issues if the gas/electric gets cut off. He said he couldn't help me, and referred me back to the divorce attorney, directing me to have him help me. Effective dead-end, I must say.

Then I had the Social Security Administration call to review Riley's SSI, which he has been receiving for years- but it's not very much per month- but it helps. After the phone interview, the rep calls back and accuses me of purgery, when in fact I told him the truth. the rep simply didn't get the fact that just because the computer screen shows that my ex is paying child support, that doesn't mean that I am actually receiving it the same month because his employer delays mailing it for weeks. Even though I had proof from February that my ex was behind in child support, and wasn't paying on time. This stupid rep was going to deduct the payment amount going to Riley based on what it appears I was receiving. It is always good to rely on reality- if you can get someone to listen to you. I hate being called a liar. I called his supervisor to make sure she understood what support I was actually receiving, and the rep called back a little while ago to apologise to me for calling me a liar.

In between the five calls from Social Security Administration this morning, I received at least 4 calls from bill collector's that my evil ex-husband has sicked on me from HIS bills! I am so tired of dealing with all his shit!

Then I got a call from Daniel's soccer coach. He is calling rather late because his wife just had a double mastectomy, and their family is dealing with the mom having cancer. His family has my sympathy. Hopefully she will be fine. He gave me their practice/game schedule. However, this is the same soccer team that had to have Danny's birth certificate before he could play. Apparently the DMPS school district lost Danny's birth certificate, and the dragon lady that does registration for the soccer team wouldn't take his school id or baptism records, etc- only birth certificate. But she had his older brother's birth certificate- go figure, it's not like we have a foreign accent or anything- and it's only soccer!

Also, due to my own disabilities, I have been in the long, drawn out process of applying for disability for the past 3 years. My volunteer lawyer working on that case is hard to light a fire under, if you know what I mean. I am soooo crippled. Especially today, with all this stress and the weather won't quit. We have been playing telephone tag all week long- and I'm always home.

I'm still waiting for several return calls before I call to tell the utilities commission that Mid American Energy cannot disregard a court order to accommodate my ex-husband's desire to get out of paying the bills he is court-ordered to pay. I guess we'll see how that goes.

And all this happened before noon! I can't wait until this afternoon.