Interesting week

It's been a few days since I've posted anything and I felt the need to remedy this. To start things off, I've been in pretty much constant contact with my son about his desire to come live with me. I'm really excited about this and I hope his mother decides to let him. I know he'd be better off, away from the constant torment from his brother and sisters. It pisses me off that they team up against him and treat him like he's some piece of crap. He absolutely deserves better than this. Then there's the matter of his suffering schoolwork. I know the teachers try their hardest, but there's no support or guidance when he gets home. From what he tells me, his mother would rather sit in front of the computer all day and bark orders like some dictator than spend an ounce of time with him, let alone any of the kids. If worse comes to worse, I would have to wait until he turns 12 in December and take legal action, since the courts here take a child's opinion into consideration when they reach that age. Only time will tell.

Last night, I had my first date with a woman who I've been attracted to since the late 90's. Incidentally, I met her through work when I was at a nearby convention center and she was with the event staff. We'd flirted pretty heavily back and forth and I really wanted to date her then, but I was still with my son's mother at the time. I talked to her for a few hours on Thursday night and told her of how I felt back then. She then told me that she had wanted me to ask her out, but she knew that I couldn't, given the circumstances. She even thanked me for being honorable and not asking me out, since it would have ruined her opinion of me and made me seem sleazy. Anyway, we both had a wonderful time and I really look forward to seeing her again later on in the week.

Back to normal

It's now the third day into the new year and things are finally getting sane again around here. I took my son home yesterday, which only took three and a half hours, as opposed to the six to seven that it used to take. Beings that he's that much closer to me now, I can have him stay with me a lot more often, which is a definite plus.

He called me last night, also, to let me know that he asked his mother about him coming to live with me, to which she responded, "I'll think about it." I'm pretty excited about that, since the last time I asked her, she had responded "I don't think it's a good idea." Upon further reflection, she could, a) sincerely mean it, or, b) just saying that so Ryan quits bugging her. I'll find out more when I actually talk to her again.

My brother, Kevin, and his girlfriend, Leighann, went home too, which kind of bummed me out. They left while I was taking Ryan home, so I didn't get to say good-bye. They'll be coming down again in two weeks, but it's always kind of cool when they're here for the holidays. There's a lot more time to spend together.

I have the possibility of one or two women calling me when they get back into town, so I'm kind of excited about that.

So now, it's back to normal. Normal work schedules. Normal routines. Normal, normal, normal. I just hope I don't die of excitement.