Yes, I am still alive - BM hasn't kicked me off the face of the planet yet! I just wanted to write a short entry and update you guys on what's going on in our world. Things have been rather quiet since we blocked all of BM's numbers from being able to call us. We left SS's cell # unblocked and informed her that she could call BF from his phone if she ever needed to speak to BF. Insead of using this convenience, when she "needs" to speak to BF she drives to the next town to use a payphone. I think she's recording how far she is "forced" to go out of her way to speak to BF. I just wish she was also recording the conversations! LOL The last time she called, I heard her voice for the first time in months. She told BF that "Nymh is smarter than you think she is, and she's about to leave you high and dry to pay all of your own bills." She was just trying to get a rise out of BF, which unfortunately she did. He didn't express it on the phone with her, but he was upset that she said that and it took some coaxing to get him to calm back down. But speaking of her voice, the woman sounds completely different. Usually she has a rather medium-pitch, snippy, smartass tone. When I heard her voice this last time, she was really low-key...like scary mellow. After BF got off the phone with her I said "She sounded like she's on drugs." Seriously, it's like she's on some kind of downers or something. I've never, ever heard her sound like that.

BF's mother called him the other day and asked for our DCS case worker's phone number. MIL had SS this weekend and said that she was so disgusted with his state of neglect that she couldn't stand it anymore and had to call. She said that "whatever drugs BM was on" were making her really forgetful and even more neglectful than she used to be (thus confirming my suspicions that BM is on drugs of some kind, prescription or otherwise). She said she waited around for an hour and a half for BM to drop off SS to her like they had planned, then finally called her. "Oh, I completely forgot..." BM said. MIL says this is happening more and more lately. And remember how dirty SS usually is when he comes to our house after being with BM? Apparently it's gotten exponentially worse. She said his teeth were yellow and practically caked together from not being brushed in so long (we haven't had him in 3 weeks and I know he only brushes his teeth at our house)...

So MIL will be talking to our DCS worker soon. Also, the last time she did a visit to our house (trying for the third time to close the investigation), I asked her if she was required to go out to BM's house as well. She said that she was, and with the concerns we have she would make it a suprise visit. She was supposed to go out there yesterday, so we'll see what we find out today about that. She's been trying for two months to close the investigation, but every time she says that no services are needed for me and BF, BM goes off and threatens to sue and escalate it up to the next level. Though after the case worker sees BM's house, she might not want to close the investigation after all...

Anyway, that's what's going on for us right now. I hope you all are doing well. I'm sorry it's been so sporadic for me lately, and I haven't had the chance to keep up with everyone's situations.