The day after

April came back from her dads last night.  I got a phone call while I was at work and she was crying and was very upset.  I guess the goodbye wasn't very good.  He hugged her and left her in the driveway with all her stuff in her arms and just left.  She was bawling.  He's an ass.  I'm to the point where I don't care what they do to him for child support either.  He's cold and he claims that it's because of how he is.  Well that's bull shit.

Anyways, I'm hoping for a good day today, even though it's raining.  We are going to make some cookies here in a bit.  She already started her attitude change.  I knew that it wouldn't last long.  But that's OK.  I know she had fun with her dad.  Because he took her horse back riding and other awesome stuff that if we still lived with him she wouldn't be doing because he's selfish and puts himself first.  So now she gets to do all the cool stuff so that she will like him "better".

That's fine.  Let him be like that.  He still has to answer to his choices that he makes in life that have to do with her.  She doesn't understand things that are this complicated.  All she knows is that she misses her daddy and she doesn't understand why she doesn't get to see him that much anymore.  There will come a time when she can no longer accept the excuse that he's working.

I've been trying to be a little more firm with April and see how that works.  I don't want to be mean or nasty I just want her to listen.