Captain Furious (This is how angry I can be...)

so, many of you know of our on-going trials and tribulations (no pun intended...) with the Oakland County Friend of the Court. and i'm sure you remember the "do the right thing and get married" schtick we were given by the "judge" when we went in last November...mind you, there is no child support owed, as jeremy paid for everything evie needed while we were split for those months. there is the cost of the birth (four grand, not too shabby considering the 4 days in the hospital, surgery, interventions, etc) which is SUPPOSED to be deducted monthly from jeremy's paycheck. fun fact: if we get married, the 4 grand goes away. a wedding gift from the state of michigan.

so, although the agreement, SIGNED BY THE JUDGE, was for a monthly payment, the state of Michigan took it upon themselves to freeze Jeremy's account for back child support. today they realized there was none to worry about, but then the FOC decided that they needed all 4 grand now. even though that wasn't the agreement signed and put into action by the judge.

FUCK!

seriously, are we supposed to get married just to alleviate this constant hassle? because the state and one of its agencies can't keep it's shit straight?

oh, here i go with the swearing...uggh. i am so mad. so mad. will now go smoke a cigarette.

trust your intuition, it's just like going fishing you just cast your line and hope for a bite

a few happy secrets...

1. i really enjoy cooking. to the point that i sometimes want to have a cooking show on the food network. also, i really want an apron.

i know, i know.

2. we moved to a townhouse this weekend, and it feels like home.

3. my pal maggie and i sang along to "like a prayer" on friday night. and i admit, i knew most of the words. and i like (possibly even love) the song. at one point, ben (maggie's betrothed) and jeremy looked at us like we were, you know, people who really like madonna. i told them, "hey, i was raised catholic. we have a very complicated relationship with jesus, ok? so i really empathize with madonna in the video."

4. last night, evie made me (and jeremy) laugh so hard we were on the ground slapping the carpet. i love my little one!

5. even tho i got confused and waitied for the bus at the wrong stop, and it took me 1.5 hours to get to work, 45 minutes+ of which was waiting in this frigidness, i am a.) proud that i figured out the freaking bus and b.) proud that i stayed in the cold!

"let the choirs sing",

angela

oooo, baby, baby, it's a wild world

my younger brother, anthony, is now in germany with the army. he's 18. i just found out he has a scheduled deployment for late 2008. uggh. let me do a little counting for you: since my sister joined the military in 1998, along with her then husband:

she was in korea for 1 year
he was in korea for one year
she was in iraq for 1 year

her new husband, brent, has:
been to iraq 2 times (one year each)
afghanistan once (1 year)

then her ex-husband (my old high school best friend) went to iraq for one year.

now anthony.

this is exhausting. when my sister went to iraq in 2003 (as part of the invasion) i literally lost 20 pounds immediately, then another 10 or so even after she came home. the only thing that saved me from probably looking like an olsen twin was getting pregnant.

i don't mean to sound whiny...but i really loathe this. i know i can't control what my siblings do with their lives, but i sometimes hate living with the consequences too.