Ok, so we got the letter from the CS enforcement agency saying that they were going to raise the CS amount and that BF can appeal that in court if he wishes. My question is, considering that BM was fired from her job in October of '07 (six months ago) and still doesn't have a job...what kind of outcome is most likely? BF is hoping that he can prove BM to be unstable and unable to care for SS adequately at this time, and the judge will grant him primary custody. Would a judge be more likely to do that or increase the CS payment to make up for her loss of a job?

Hooray! It's still a year away, but last week BF told me that I could officially start planning for it. If you haven't noticed, we're a very unconventional couple. We've known for about 6 months that we're going to be married and it's going to happen on this date, but I still don't have a ring yet (and probably won't for a while). There probably won't even be a formal proposal for us, but he might come up with something to suprise me. However, since it's kind of hard to call someone your fiance when you don't have a ring on your finger, I guess he's still technically BF to me.

BM invited BF and me to attend a schoolwide spring carnival type event at SS's school last night. BF thought that it was just gonna be an opportunity for BM to point out "the little tramp" to all of her family and all of the other parents. But in the spirit of how well everything's been going lately, we went. I even baked a cake for the cake walk that SS's room was hosting (which got snatched up very quickly! That made me feel good ).

We awoke this morning at a little after 6:00 AM to the phone ringing. BM called, I answered - she asked to speak to BF. I have no problem with her as long as she's being civil, so of course I said, "Ok, hold on." Our phone is loud, and I could hear her telling my groggy BF that the situation with SS had gotten out of her control and that the four of us needed to get together and have a meeting. She said that she wanted me to be there because I help raise him too. So, BF, BM, SS and I convened this morning for a meeting.