So I called the Social Security Office I sent my application and documents to just to get an update on the status of my name change and I got the nicer of the people to talk to. The man who answered the phone asked how long ago I sent my paperwork in and I told him 3 weeks, then he told me to hold on for a second and he was gone for about 5 minutes, comes back on the line and says he will process the change right now! Woohoo! So now I just have to wait 10 days to get my new card and all my documents back, but it was so worth calling!

So as you might expect, I applied to change my last name after marrying DH. Due to COVID, you cannot go in person you must mail everything in. I wanted to mail everything in once we received back our marriage license because when I called Social Security the woman told me it might take 4-8 weeks for my name to be changed and me to receive all my documents back. Since we had to go to DEERS to get me in the system and then IPAC needed my birth certificate, it did not get to get sent for 2 weeks after we got our marriage license.

So last Friday I had posted a blog regarding ear piercing and legal custody. I should of started my post stating the purpose of the post to begin with. Unless SD is being hurt, neglected, etc. that DH and I felt an emergency change of custody hearing was necessary, DH and I do not plan on going back to court any time soon. The only thing I will say is if BM was not allowing DH to see SD on his time that is outlined in their CO, then we would also file contempt against her, but again not to try and flip custody.

So our last phone call with SD was actually the best yet, she actually was not distracted by being at a fun place when we call or playing, but was back to being very talkative and responsive. Not sure if time of day has anything to do with it either, but we are calling SD today the same time as the last call and hoping for similar results.