Dear Blog Woke up  - really ok

Went to work early - Charlotte was in!!

Trying to plan life and get moving in right direction: ----

1. Ring Halifax to find out how much I can have - bloody useless - can't book me an appointment as don't have any (implied because of credit crunch).

2. Gave Charlotte a letter requesting different start and finish times so I can pick up Georgia as she is upset. Don't think she will buy this and Georgia is 13 so can't get on family friendly policies!! But I am getting divorced so should be more lenient - I hope.

3.  Arrange to get house valued so I can work out if what

Has it really been the end of April since my last Blog entry? How the time flies!

Back then, we had mostly agreed what the access arrangements and asset/liability divisions were going to be. Last Monday, bit of a watershed moment, I signed the Separation Agreement. I am now officially an eligible young(ish) man.

The whole process wasn't entierly smooth. I was unhappy with one clause in the agreement concerning the mid-week contact: it was originally worded such that the X (hey! The X! Not stbx, or x2b, but ex. The X. Almost like crosshairs on a....I digress), ahem, the X could simply

The day before HER weekly visit, I get a letter from my bank.  The four-weekly maintenance cheque she gave me has been returned unpaid and they are writing to let me know they are "re-presenting the cheque".

No sweat, I can wait.  It's not like her payment is anything life changing.  Ten pounds per child, per week (that's for each child under eighteen years old - doesn't take into consideration the eldest for whom she doesn't pay, or the second eldest that she will not be paying for, come November). 

Strangely my bank balance is at a better situation than in all the time I was married to her -