The day I have been waiting for has finally arrived. And so has the day I’ve been dreading for six years. (Okay, been dreading both for about six years or so, but whatever.)

So first the dread.

In the car this morning Jaiden asked me how babies get inside a mommy’s tummy. OH NO. I was NOT ready for that one! Luckily (for me) we were close to their school, so I told her we’d talk about it later. She has not brought it up, though, and I don’t know whether I want to. I know I should be a good mom and answer her questions, but I’m not ready to answer that. I don’t know how I’m even going to attempt to answer that one. Don’t we get a few more years for this one? Goodness. What am I going to do! lol. She also asked me how to spell broccoli; I think I can handle that one.

And now the excitement. (Yay!)

The day I have been waiting for will arrive soon. I just found out about an hour and a half ago, but Monday will be my divorce hearing! Pardon me if I don’t stifle the giddiness, but I am SO excited! I have been going through with this nonsense for a long time; he left me the first time in March 2005 and the second – and last – time in Sept. 2005. I filed for child support in May 2006 (and just started getting it in March of this year). I filed for divorce in July 2007 after finally getting extra money. It’s been a long, exhausting process and I am so ready for it to be over with! This could be the last Tuesday I’m ever married to him. Ha. (I so want to use exclamation points EVERYWHERE, but I know that’s a bit of overkill!)

I have to bring a witness with me and this person has to be able to testify that he left me, he’s not been around and whatever else he decides to ask. My mom was supposed to come, but she will be out of town until the 27th. My lawyer said Darin could do it (and our relationship wouldn’t be brought up; we’re no longer dating, by the way), but he will also be out of town until the 27th. So I asked Tyrel and Katie, and they are going to be out of town as well. lol. Gee. No one is willing to cancel their trips to help me FINALLY get divorced? Ha. I’m kidding. (I know the world doesn’t revolve around me, but it needs to on this day.) I asked my dad if he’d go – and that was kind of like having to ask him to buy me a pack of tampons or sit in on a pelvic exam or something – and thankfully he’ll go and answer whatever he can.

Holy wow, this could actually HAPPEN. Please tell me it’s not a dream.

ANYWAY. That aside, more excitement!

I downloaded the new Firefox 3 today. Ha, just kidding. (I mean, I did download that, but it’s not what is exciting.)

Jaiden’s sixth birthday is coming up at the end of next week! We’ll be having her birthday party next weekend and my brother has arranged for an ice cream truck, “Brain Freeze”, that was tricked out by CMT’s Trick My Truck to come. (Their other truck happened to be broken down in front of the place in which my sister-in-law works and Tyrel was also there by chance, so he helped them fix it or whatever, so they are doing this as a favor. I am SO not made of money. lol.) The kids will get to tour the truck and pick out their own ice cream, which I’m sure they will love. So we’re going to play off of that and do an ice cream/pool party theme, which should be easy to pull off and easy on the pocketbook (she originally wanted to have it at the children’s museum or Chuck E. Cheese, but I can’t afford to take everyone there again). Don’t you just love planning birthday parties? Ha. I need to come up with some original games/party favors. On Friday night, her actual birthday, we’ve asked two of her friends to spend the night, so we’ll be doing a sleepover too (her first). So much fun to be six, I tell ya. lol.

Remember how last week I gave myself a black eye at parenting class? Still have it. It’s almost gone and I can at least play it off and match my left eye to the right with makeup. Thankfully. lol. I always find some way to embarrass myself! On Sunday I wore a new dress to church. It’s made out of a silk-like fabric and is really pretty – black with silver polka dots. Anyway. So after church, the kids and I took a father’s day card to Darin and he noticed one of my seams had ripped. IN THE BACK. Someone at church told me I looked attractive and maybe it was because he saw five inches of my underwear during communion? I don’t know! I have no idea how long it was there. This morning I sewed it up and wore the dress to work. Justin (from Channel 5) and I (along with a Channel 5 intern) went through Arkansas to an island that is actually part of my (our, I guess, since Justin lives here too) county which can only be accessed by land via Arkansas (don’t ask – the crazy Mississippi River screwed it up some time ago). Our sheriff’s dept. opened a new substation over there and the grand opening was attended by almost all seven of the island’s residents (yes, seven) as well as all kinds of people like our DA, the sheriff for the county adjacent to our islands and his deputies, game wardens, etc. And guess whose seam did not hold? Yeah. But thankfully I had the foresight to bring a pair of gaucho pants that matched and so I put those on and tucked the dress in. I hate this dress now. Too bad it’s so cute. Hopefully my mom can fix it for good when she gets back. I do not need to be embarrassing myself anymore. lol.

Related posts:

1. Happy Birthday, Jaylen! On Saturday we held a birthday party for Jaylen, who’ll...
2. From the BUSY Files .. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I haven’t been...
3. P is for Party See my beautiful girl? For weeks I’d planned to have...