I survived!

Phew. I survived the week! A hectic week at the office. That's life when you are in this line of work. Datelines, datelines, datelines. Missing a dateline means someone has to pay for it, in dollars & cents. In other countries I heard its not so harsh, people still negotiate, based on compassion, on human error, on unavoidables. But here you PAY $$.

The while week I was telling my youngest that Saturday, I DON'T WORK &  THUS NO SCHOOL FOR HIM. Everyday I tell him we are almost there. And today I dont work and thus he has no school! Yeay! We can sleep in, spend time together. EXCEPT that today I have to go for a pre-divorce talk. So I was away for 4 hours. He spent time with his sisters, playing and just fooling around. And when I came home, he gave me the tightest hug. Aww. He knows I love him. I drum that into him everyday. We played the whole day and by 7.30pm he was already asleep! Heee..

I learnt a lot at the pre-divorce talk. Only me and another lady, Nor, attended so it was a close-knit session. At the end of it, we exchanged phone numbers, promised to keep in touch or just be the listening ear. Nothing like a fellow woman to understand the emotions you are going through right now. Sad. Anger. Confusion. Helplessness. Etc. Etc.

Nor is going through a more advanced stage of the divorce process. She is handling her 3 kids on her own since she "wants" the divorce so she has to take all the kids. Hmm. Sounds familiar. Since she "can't be patient" (her husband works on and off and so has financial problems), she has to be the one to find the resources. Hmm. Yes, familiar with that too. And since she "can't fulfill his needs", he has other women. Hmm. Yes, yes, sounds very familiar.

Are Men all the same???

Can't they be the one to rise to the occasion? Be the one to navigate the situations? Live out "the protector" job that God has ordained them to be?

I texted my husband: would he come to Court to register for the divorce, together with me (cheaper), instead of being summoned to Court? NO, he replied. He would rather be summoned. Have the summons pasted on his door. Bet he would like that very much. He could tell the world (esp his mom being witness) that his wife humiliated him.  Hmm. So much for letting me go in peace. As he said he would give me hell right?

Best thing is that the Court told me that there was a heavy caseload of divorce applications last month so mine was only filed last Monday. Duh. I thought a month has passed! Now I have to restart the 4 to 6 weeks count again. Double duh.