Last week I went into SS15's room to check that he had cleaned it before he went to his mom's. It needs to be vacuumed and I wanted to make sure there was nothing on the floor. On his desk was an open notebook, so I read the page that it was open to. The first paragraph was all about how I had told him to go write down things he is good at to find some motivation in life.

They went to their initial hearing and it sounds like things went well. DH, every once in a while, mentions something new that happened like, "Oh yeah, she asked to have SS14 for the whole time while we wait until the final decision and the magistrate said, no, you have to stick to the court order." The magistrate threatened to put in a court order to make SS14 go to counseling when she said she wasn't sure if she could take him. The magistrate said she is not allowed to talk bad about DH and I in order to try to convince SS14 to hate us. I'm sure she'll keep it up.

Many of you have been down the court road and we are less than a week away from a date with a magistrate. I don't even know if magistrate means decisions will be made. I know it's something like a pre-meeting. Anyway, last night was BM's night to have SS14 and guess what ya'll??? She went to a play instead and didn't come get him. DH said it is probably because SS has football in the morning and she doesn't want to take him.

Long story short: So SS14 got in serious trouble at the end of the school year. I made an appointment for a psychologist. BM says she can't make it and we need to reschedule. We did reschedule, but not for her (for crying out loud, she doesn't make it to his dentist appointments or shots or most of his other psychologist appointments). She happened to come and get him on the new date for the appointment and...surprise surprise, she didn't take him.