What a great Sunday.

Today T.C. and I spent almost the entire day naked, cuddling in bed.  It was amazing.  We watched (still naked and in bed) a Walking Dead marathon. Then we took a shower together and made dinner.  He had steak and potatoes and I had sort of a taco burger (no bun) with salsa on top.

It has always been pretty common knowledge in my house that I can cook anything... except steak.  I can bake.  I can casserole with the best of them, but steak... nope.  So, T.C. asked me to give it a try.  I could cook it any way I wanted, but he wanted me to attempt to make steak.  "How bad could it be?" he asks.  LOL.  Little did he know....
I did a little internet research and dived in.  We aren't talking about a cheap steak here.  We are talking about a very large rib-eye.  Something we can not currently afford to replace.
Miracle of miracles... I did it!!  He actually said that my steak was BETTER than his.  I almost passed out from the shock.

He rebroke his foot. Like the bone graft is shattered.  It sucks because they have already started his medical retirement process and so now they are saying that he can't have the required surgery until AFTER he gets out so the V.A. can handle it.  They didn't even want to give him anything for pain... they just wanted him to wait until he took the pain management class at the end of this month.  It sucks.  He is in pain.  :(

He tried calling the kids tonight.  The Ex didn't answer.  He left a message, but of course she didn't have the courtesy to call back or even text.  Nice, right?  You would THINK that since she insisted that he call at a certain time, she would honor her part of it and make the kids available to talk at that time, or at least text to let him know that the kids weren't available for whatever reason.  He thinks it's because she's pissed that he asked her to let them talk to his dad, so now she has decided to be a turd and cut him off from the kids for a few days.  I hope that's not the case, because that is a completely immature power play.  I can't wait until he goes to his JAG appointment and has child support/custody stuff done.  We have talked about the different options.  He is getting out soon and so we have discussed what he wants for child visitation/support/etc.  He is going to stipulate that the child exchange be done in a public place.  Nothing unreasonable, but he will make sure that there is something in there about the kids being able to see his family when he has them.  We have started documenting (again) his calls and such.  Like the times when she doesn't answer.  All of that will go to the lawyer.  We'll see what happens.

Just wow.

 T.C. talked to his dad today.  His dad always asks about T.C.'s kids.  T.C. told him to call and talk to them.  He said he didn't think that The Ex would let him.  So, T.C. sent a text to The Ex asking if she would let the kids call his dad and talk to him.  She said no.  Not just no, but she did the whole "I don't have to explain myself to you.  They are MY kids" bullshit.  Because they aren't also T.C.'s kids, I guess.  Her issues with T.C. and his family don't change the fact that they are still family to the children.
  Seriously, just because you didn't get your way with T.C. doesn't mean that you should throw a fit and use the kids as a weapon.  "I'm pissed, so you can't have any sort of relationship with your children/grandchildren and I don't have to explain myself because *I* am in control... *I* am the boss!!! *stomp*
  VERY immature.
 Get over it.  No one is asking to have any sort of relationship with YOU... just the kids.  No one WANTS to have a relationship with YOU.  Maybe that's the problem.  There really has to come a point when you realize that not everything is about YOU.. it's about the kids now.  Why in the world would you want to limit the number of people that your kids have a loving relationship with??  Just to prove that you are the boss?  To make a point? To get some small, childish revenge on the man that broke your heart? What?  If having that relationship posed a danger to the children that would be one thing.  But, cutting grandparents or whatever out of your children's lives just because YOU have a problem is just selfish, immature and stupid.  Is it going to hurt the children to talk to their grandfather on the phone for a few minutes??
  What T.C. did was wrong.  Not the leaving part, but the crap afterward.  The lying... the false promises.  But, that is (was) between the two of you.  His dad didn't leave.  His dad didn't make you the secret side chick for two years. None of that had anything to do with the kids at all.
  Whatever.

 That is all.