Tori and Daddy

I love her to death, and love being her daily hero


In other news, Christian started Tae Kwan Do camp this week, and loves it a LOT. He really respects Master Lee, and is learning a lot.

All seperation matters are FINAL!

8 months, 2 days, 23 hours, and 30 minutes after Christa broke my last infidelity straw which prompted me to leave her and move out of my house temporarily, she has signed the final settlement agreement! It's been a long time coming, and WAY too much craziness happening, but time has flown by pretty quick. If you read this blog Christa, thank you for finally ending this nonsense.

She'll be vacating my house on November 1st, and I'll be moving back in after some massive cleaning efforts. I'm eyeballing black Friday as a move date. Anyone interested in helping me move all the stuff BACK to where it belongs, let me know.

Thanks to all for the support, temporary relocation assistance, and for being sounding boards! Thanks Dad, Mom, Mary, Mark B, Mark Z (good luck dude), Scott, Jennifer, Tracy, Shannon, Mariya, Lori, Troy, and everyone else!

The final divorce will be in the next month or two, but won't really change too much. It's just the legal finalization of a marriage. I'm going to let the dust and finances settle for a bit first. One day I'll write a book on this adventure, but in the meantime I'll be nice and keep the drama to myself (well, and my personal sounding boards, lol).

Luckily, the kids seem to be pretty shielded from the divorce drama, and are still doing GREAT.

For all of those going through a divorce, or contemplating it - do it amicably and split everything down the middle. It's mathematically simple. I can understand the temptation to argue and "screw over" someone you once loved, but it's is nonsensical. But if you still want to try the Jerry Springer route, the courts, social services, the facts, and the judges will straighten you out eventually. Don't waste your money.

Ballet and Baseball

Tori started ballet this week. She's just doing a couple classes, then coming back in the fall. She had a ball, it was bringing tears to my eyes. Christa came to watch too! Woot!


Tori has started getting heavy into the computer. She wakes up asking for the airplane game...


Christian went to the Science Center on a field trip with his daycare on Thursday. I was sorry not to be able to join him. He's really having a great time in that daycare. It's at Bel Air Methodist Church for those interested.

That evening, we went to the Ironbirds game with our church. It was a great time. Christian caught a ball, AND had it signed by a handful of players.

We started this week by playing in the Creek. Tori fell down and gashed her knee open and that brought it to a close. Tracy was obsessed with these little clams all over the place, and Christian liked skipping rocks. Tori liked following Tracy, and Skyler liked whining about her feet touching the ground(?!).


Just some goofin off at the house that night, and Tracy passed out. I had to wake her up and toss her and her kid out after the movie. lol.


What a weekend! We started by checking into the crummiest motel I could find in Lancaster, then heading up to Hershey for the evening. The next day we spent at Dutch Wonderland. This was a blast, Christian rode everything, and Tori enjoyed much of it. Sunday we checked out of the hole in the wall, and went back to Hershey for the day in the water and sun.

4th of July, Cheerleading, Hershey!

4th of July was a bust. We were all sick (as usual), and it rained out. SO, I have a boatload of fireworks for next time I'm bored. No pictures, nothing to see.

On Saturday I took Tracy and the kids to Hershey park. The crowds were out of control because we were late (had to take Tori to cheerleading first). We lazed in the waterpark for a while, but it wasn't quite hot enough to get into it. Great sunshine though. Then we did a lot of the rides, and hung out at my favorite spot; directly between the bar and the skeeball :).

Cheer!


Hershey


On the 8th we went to church, then over to my Mom's house for a swim. AWESOME pics in here!

My Birthday, and More Summer Fun

I had a big birthday bash on the evening of June 23rd with all of my friends... We had a good time, sang some karoke, and I was just a tad obnoxious. We won't be able to go back to that place for a while... No pics, or vid, thank goodness.

In the afternoon of the 24th (my birthday), I had family and friends over. We had a good time out in the sun and eating crabs.



The next couple days we had good old fashioned fun around the house. The kids had fun getting ready for the 4th, by exercising the party favors. I had the kids paint a giant picture for their mother. They had a lot of fun, I know she'll like it.



In other news, Tor dresses herself now, and Christian makes breakfast (bacon and cereal). So I'm basically not needed in the AM. Woot!

Fathers Day

Kids and I woke up to pancakes, but Tori was sick. She's been sick a LOT lately. It's getting pretty old. In fact we've all been sick a lot lately. Seems like constant sickness since February.

In the afternoon I dropped Tori off with her mother and I took Christian to play at the arcade and Laser Tag.

Summer Water Fun

We invited Tracy and her daughter Skyler over today to play outside in the sprinklers and pool. The kids had an OK time, but for some reason avoided the pool for the most part. They had more fun inside - the two girls just being girls, and Christian playing video games.