Mr. Kate called me after court today and said that he has a big decision to make. His lawyer suggested that he hire a second lawyer (at least, I think this is a lawyer) who will come to a decision about custody, settling this whole case.

I told Mr. Kate last night that there have been too many inconsistencies with him lately and that I've lost trust in him, so...its over.

Before doing what I knew I needed to do, I had to complete my investigation of some unexplained holes in a few of Mr. Kate's stories. I don't know if I did it for closure, because i had to know, or what...but for the last two weeks, I've been taking a look in the garbage can on garbage day right before we leave for work, waiting...and I saw it-huge empty bottles of whiskey.

[edit] I've removed some information (actually, a whole lot) from the post for privacy reasons [edit]

Mr. Kate and I have a few complications in our relationship that I haven't mentioned here, as they are not blended/step-family related. I didn't want to clog things up here with non-step stuff, but, at times, it bleeds over and its hard to give the whole picture without mentioning those things.

Just got back from the wedding without Mr. Kate.

Recap: I drove to my parents for a wedding by myself because Mr. Kate's daughter wanted to visit him on Saturday and I didn't want to take her on the 10+ hour drive, or add an uninvited guest to the ceremony 3-4 days before showing up. I told Mr. Kate that a 10 year-old shouldn't be dictating his (and by association, my) schedule. His argument was that with the start of the custody battle, he's only able to see his daughter weekends and Wednesdays now. Previously she came over whenever she wanted (weekends and 2-3 weekdays)...