The story so far

Ever have one of those not so pleasant stretches? The minivan threw a belt in Bastrop, disconnecting the alternator from the rest of the vehicle and leaving it without power. This has happened before, and a new tensioner is the fix. So we left it with the in-laws and borrowed one of their vehicles to return home. This morning my PT Cruiser wouldn't start. It appears that the headlights were left on all weekend, but... that doesn't seem possible for several reasons I won't go into here. So we get the battery charged back up and... nothing. The odometer starts blinking "No fuse" or somesuch, which my brother informs me is a Chrysler euphemism for "Your on-board computer is fried." So we are without a working vehicle, with a significant outlay of cash necessary to get my Cruiser up and running again, and an inconvenient trip to Bastrop to retrieve the balky minivan.

Today at work was no great shakes, either. Nothing huge, but a lot of little things that amounted to "nibbled to death by ducks." Not thrilled by any of them. The kicker, though, comes from the Wife. Last week she started watching two new children in her home daycare. The mother begged us to take them, being unable to find anyone else. She paid us in advance so the Wife would cancel several other interviews already scheduled. She's divorced, but the father seemed involved and they were civil during the interview, so... Today we discover that the divorce is only in the early stages, and apparently is going to be nasty. The father came by at lunch and abruptly picked the children up (Lisa had a dental appointment, and I watched them for about an hour, since I wasn't going anywhere without a car). The father was told this last week and had no objections... then. He's served notice that he intends to be the biggest ass possible from now on until the end of creation, simply because it gives him the power to screw with other people's lives. To say I'm spectacularly pissed at the moment is something of an understatement, and that doesn't even scratch the surface of the Wife's fury.

This week cannot end quickly enough.

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