PT-LawMom

Had a little cry session with my Mom today and I think we’ve figured out some different ideas.

1. Fire nanny and put Pumpkinhead in YMCA day camp from 9 – 4:30 weekdays
2. Clear house of contents into nearby storage facility
3. Put house on market
4. Send Chapin out of the country for a month’s vacation as planned
5. Go to court July 21 to finalize divorce (date/time set with attorney today)
6. Move Pumpkinhead and I in with my parents, with pool room as our mini-kitchen/living area and a sleeping area in the house.
7. When Chapin returns, pull his furniture out of storage for his apartment.
8. Get neighborhood zoning approval to build second floor addition on poolroom to add bedrooms/bathroom upstairs and redo main floor to add in kitchen area.
9. Pumpkinhead and I would live in poolroom apartment for the next year or three until I am done with school. My parents live walking distance from elementary school. We would find a regular evening babysitter to help out one night a week when my parents are at church choir practice and Chapin would commit to 1-2 other nights/week plus Sunday afternoon/evening after church to watch Pumpkinhead.

Summer school — I spoke with the Dean and she thinks she may be able to make a case for me to get a medical withdrawal from my first class. If she can pull that (instead of the incomplete), I will be able to return my full financial aid package and will be able to put off classes until mid-August. Please, please, please!!! If not, she is going to help me switch to a class that is a bit less demanding for the last part of the summer. The professor for the class that starts next week cold calls on class members and the reading is very heavy. So I’m waiting to hear back from her tomorrow.

I hope this all works out. I really can’t take on a new house without live-in help unless I give up law school. I can put up with my parents as long as they can put up with Pumpkinhead’s rambunctiousness. Hopefully we can build the addition quickly before we drive each other crazy.