4 in the morning and I am so angry (Vent)
In another post I mentioned that my daughter's addicted dad refused to sign papers so I could take her camping with some of my friends in the United States at the end of june (I am in Canada)....(In her whole life she was alone with him only twice while I went to the dentist!!!)
Well, I went to the courthouse today and met with a man from duty counsel
and he helped me fill all kinds of forms to apply for an order for permission
to travel. At the same time I applied for guardianship which I think would
make me sole guardian so that I wouldn't need her dad's permission for such
things again.
I was at the courthouse for hours and now I have to figure out how to serve
him the papers before I go visit my family on wednesday. And I won't have
an answer until june 17th! I am so angry and frustrated and sad. Having to
deal with this crap doesn't make me a good mom.My daughter was with me
while I was telling the duty counsel about her dad. Also she was hungry and
wanted some lunch but I had to let her wait and wait...We ate some after
the courthouse and drove home then I took her to the playground. I was so
tired. Just drained. Some big kid (8 or 9?) at the playground tried to climb
right over her on the slide. I kind of lost it. I told him "get the F*** off of
her".I am kind of embarrassed at my behavior but then I was exhausted and
so sad and I just couldn't deal with some kid hurting my daughter.(she's only
3). Some little kid (4?) also almost knocked her right off the slide, she was
dangling over the side... I just felt like screaming and asking what was wrong
with the kid and why were the parents accepting such bad behavior. I didn't
say anything but I felt so angry.
I am thinking of paying a company to serve my ex with the papers. i really
don't want to have a friend do it. I think it's likely to cost around $200-250
for them to drive all the way to his place and serve him and then go to the
courthouse to file an affidavit of service. I just don't feel like I want a friend
to be involved...
In the long term having the sole guardianship will probably be a good thing but.....WHY COULDN"T HE JUST SIGN THE DAMN PAPERS????