Current mood:	happy
Current music:	Tom Jones
Entry tags:	birthday, ex drama, food, writing

Is mah birfday, gimme candee
Okay, I really, really need to stop typing in LOLCat.

But not today, because it's my birthday & I'll be annoying on the internet if I want to. :D

BF and I went out to dinner on Saturday to celebrate. He took me to a really nice Italian place out on the beach. I'm really hoping city of Clearwater finishes all of the construction out there sometime soon. Pretty much everything beyond the parking lot was blocked by chain link fencing. We had a nice view of the bridge, though, and the food was fantastic. I had sea bass with a lemon-wine sauce, artichokes, tomatoes and capers, then creme brulee for dessert.

Today is going to most likely be pretty mellow. The girls should be home from school soon (It's a half-day) so I'm thinking of taking them out for Chinese Buffet.

Had some unpleasant stuff to do yesterday. I had been trying to negotiate directly with Allie's father regarding child support, but, the guy has basically been stalling and making excuses since March.

Now, he is currently on disability, both SSI, which is an aid program like welfare, and SSDI, which you pay into. He's allowed, by law, to work and earn $1000/mo in excess of those payments. Hell, if he worked enough to meet the threshold, he'd be out-earning me between salary and benefits.

I've learned that he's working under the table at a local bar, as well as doing yard work for the place where his mother works. He's also been getting lots of cool toys for himself. He keeps railing at me about how you can't get blood from a turnip. Well, I figure if the turnip can afford a $1,000 laptop, $400 in tattoo equipment, and a couple hundred in new age books, the turnip can pay its child support.

I turned him in to Child Support Enforcement yesterday. I feel like a bitch for doing it, but this is getting entirely out of hand. I'm really, absolutely done dealing with him. He already has Allie's contact information, and he can talk to her directly whenever he wants. I provided it all last summer when he kept trying to chat with me online, despite the fact that every attempt on his part resulted in me telling him to call her or leave me alone.

I'm going to type up a letter re-iterating all her contact info, save a copy for my records, then send it to him registered mail.

That way, I'm done dealing with him, but she has access if he wants, and I have proof that I never blocked him from contacting her.

But, enough of all that unhappy bullshit.

Other good news is that I got through a bit of a writing block on the novel I've been toying with for the past year. For some reason, I have found that it is very easy for me to write in loud, crowded bars, and easier still with a beer in me. It's not the cheapest way to get around a block, but it's nice to know I have that in my arsenal.

Okay, I'm going to run off and do a load or two of laundry, and maybe even clean the living room. Can't promise that updates will be anything close to regular, but do know that I read and comment in a ton of communities, and I read my F-List every day.

Love ya all!