It is done. And worth it.
Obviously, things have been crazy in my neck of the woods. Between court (oh so fun) and figuring out holidays and time sharing (fucking Florida... shared custody is Time Share), and holding the teen almost nightly for the first month, things have been so hard. Hard, but worth it. He's still trying to push my buttons. He's still trying to exert control - over my budget, my parenting, my time. But still worth it. I paid roughly 50% more in legal fees than I had anticipated. STILL worth it. I keep telling myself that things will get better. But... as long as I rely on him to be a good dad, things will continue to be hard. I seriously got asked why he would help me get the kids to appointments when it would be helping me and not the girls. Between those appointments, I burned a full day of paid time off. I'm tired. I got sick and I'm still fighting an infection - caused mostly by no sleep and way-too-high stress. But, getting sick made me stop and...