DH facetimes with SS every Sunday and Thursday. This afternoon, DH texted BM to schedule a time to talk to SS after basketball practice, which began this week. DH asked BM "What time will SS be available AFTER PRACTICE to talk?" BM replied "Does 7:30 p.m. work?" to which DH replied "Yes." 

I feel like I have been circling the drain lately. DH and I have so much going on between preparing for our baby who is due in 4 months, building a house which is set to close in 5 months, both of us working full time (and overtime), worrying about finances due to all the big changes, and dealing with the dramas of family dynamics, including MIL (as I posted previously) and now my Mother.

I have posted about my MIL before. For backstory, MIL met and married FIL and told FIL that she didn't want anymore kids because she already had my two BILs with her ex husband. Well FIL wanted kids so they had DH. MIL told FIL that DH was his responsibility and basically, since she didn't want him, he's not her problem to deal with. MIL and FIL divorced almost 10 years ago. FIL and DH are very close, but DH and MIL barely talk. MIL has always preferred BILs.

So as many of you know, BM enrolls SS9 in sports year round to try to prevent DH from exercising his long distance, 6 week visitation schedule under the guise of SS' "sport obligations." Sports haven't really ever interfered with visitation, except for football in the summer, which has led to several big fights with BM. Generally, SS plays intense, competitive league football 4 days per week plus games every weekend from late July to November, plays recreational basketball from November to February/March, and recreational soccer from March to June.