Mediation Orientation finally attended and our Talks.....

DD's dad finally attended mediation orientation last week. 3 months after he was released from jail and 3 weeks before court. What an ass!

He wants overnights and I keep saying No. I keep telling him we'll discuss it then but I don't want him to have these and be ordered to 20% of the time when he's never exercised this in our daughter's entire life. He keeps telling its different this time but the problem is that he was clean and sober for 7 years and it never made a difference before. I've decided if he whines in mediation about finances, I'm brining up the fact the girl he moved in with is on low income housing and with him working, there is no way they could possibly be low income. That means he has more money to pay his $15k in arrears or the mounting medical bills I have.

I've accepted less for long enough. I'm not going to just roll over because he wants to show his face. That can and probably will change at anytime. Right now he's got no choice but to be a good boy because his fall-back place to live doesn't exist anymore. Grandpa passed away and there is no where and no one that will take DD's dad so he has to make it work or literally, be homeless.

We return to court June 18th and should be hearing on mediation before then. Should be interesting once there but I'm not being nice (or mean for that matter!) I just want him to step up and open his wallet and help support our daughter. Its simple really.