First of all....I was hanging out with some friends on Friday night and didn't get home until midnight. It was wonderful not sitting around the house waiting to see if Uber was going to bring step-demon over on time.

Saturday morning, DH gave me the scoop. He must have put the fear of Dog into UberSkank, cause she had step-demon (sd14) call at 7:02pm on Friday to let him know they were on the highway by our house and would be there in a minute. They showed up at 7:15pm. Drop off is supposed to be 7pm, and 9.5 times out of 10 she runs about an hour or more late.

Saturday we take step-demon shopping for an outfit for the family reunion this coming weekend. She found a tank dress and cardigan that she loved and looked great wearing. We go to lunch and drop step-demon off at home so we can buy some groceries for dinner. We grill steaks, have dinner and she seems to be happy and relaxed.

Then DH's cell beeps, letting him know he has a text message. It's from UberSkank, telling (not asking) him to have step-demon call her. She and I were talking, her face was animated and happy when DH walks over and hands her the phone. She said "What's this?" and he said "Your mother wants you to call her."

Immediately she was sullen and looked deflated. Her end of the conversation was....Um Hmmm. Um Hmmmm. No I haven't. No I haven't. Yes, I will. Um Hmmmmm. Yes, I will.....Mom...I said I will. Look...we're watching a movie so I gotta go.....Yeah...love you too.

She gave the phone back to DH and it looked like the life and happiness was completely sucked out of her. She didn't really loosen up or act happy the rest of the time she was with us. DH said she went through an entire box of cookies he takes for his lunches. He just opened it on Friday. He asked me if I thought she was stress eating again. Then said nevermind, he already knew the answer.

The next day we figured out why Uber called her the night before, because step-demon started grilling us at lunch about our travel plans. Up until then, her only concern was how late she could sleep in and still be ready on time. But suddenly she's asking very specific questions. And in the past, Uber has never asked anything about travel except for when are we leaving and when are we coming back. And in this case, she was already given that information and why we're traveling.

So now we're trying to figure out what angle Uber is going to take when she tries to keep step-demon from being with us on Thanksgiving and leaving with us the next day for the reunion. We already went through "what if" scenarios to make sure Uber doesn't jack up this trip for her kid. So far, we have plans to circumvent her evil and selfish ways.

I'd be lying if I wasn't a little stressed now about this trip. Simply because she has full legal/physical custody. She refused to put her approval of this trip in writing, but we have a voice mail from her agreeing to let step-demon stay with us an extra day. I suggested to DH we bring a copy of the custody order and parenting plan with us just in case. I have visions of being pulled over by the cops for taking a minor across state lines.