Well it has been about over a month since I talked about my bf's legal situation regarding the custody and the divorce. Also took a few week break from this site to get some fresh air. So my bf got a new lawyer, offically signed all the paperwork, met with him, and all that jazz this morning. This lawyer is cheaper than the lawyer who was essentially twiddling her thumbs and making decisions without discussing them with my bf first. Also, this lawyer thinks he has a good chance of getting what he wants in regards to custody. So today they drafted up a settlement agreement and it will be sent to her tomorrow. Then the lawyer wants to wait a week and see what happens, if she doesn't agree, then finally setting a court date. I doubt she will agree because that has been what has been holding this up this whole time is not agreeing on the custody. However, the BM did say something at drop off over the weekend about needing to sign papers etc. so perhaps that leans towards not being as combative and just getting it over with, I don't know.

Maybe I should feel optimistic because another step was made towards getting this done? I don't really feel optimistic anymore though because it just seems that nothing is being done quickly and it feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. I am glad he got a new lawyer and one that believes in his case, not just trying to rack up money and one day will get the divorce and custody settled. On the subject of BM supposedly moving out of state in a few months? No idea, she has not brought it up again or anything like that, so at this point we are chalking it up to she was trying to scare him/threaten taking them away. Who knows! 

Bright side with the children, BM has only taken them for a 24 hour period at a time in the last two weeks, so when my bf picks them up, the influence on their behavior is not as drastic. However, kind of dreading next week when he picks them up because she will have them this Friday evening until Tuesday morning. Which on the selfish side works well for my bf and I this weekend because my car unexpectedly died this week and is not worth fixing, they are asking for the amount I paid for the car to fix the car, so we will be going to dealerships this weekend so I can buy a new car and taking a 2 yr old and a 4 yr old car shopping is not ideal at all. 
 

Trying to stay positive and focus on other things in the mean time :x

**Edit: Plus I guess we should be waiting for a shit storm to hit next month because today was the last payment the military requires (1 year) him to pay BM since they have separated (she ended up getting additional months because he paid her the first few months in cash and it has to be done through the military taken directly from his paycheck). He will be dropping the allotment she has been receiving from $600 to $100, I cannot imagine that will go over well with her.