Sistah Pat

I should have been an attorney. Really. We went to see the new one yesterday. The meeting went well and then it came down to the discussion of her fee. How much do you think a good custody attorney makes these days? Did you say $15,000?  Excuse me, did you say FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS????? Oh, and don’t forget the $250 per hour for court room appearances on top of the flat rate. Damn! At least, she thought we should hold off for a while. She said this is going to be a long, drawn out process and we should stick with the do-nothing we have for now. She had some good advice for the time being but it’s too involved to go into at the moment.

I’m so glad today is Friday. Yesterday was a killer. I raced home from work, dropped the boys off and then DS and I headed downtown. It took forever to find a parking place close to the attorney’s office but we made it by 3:30. We spoke with her until 4:45 and I had to be back at work by 6:00 (all the way across town). Got on the expressway and sat in traffic forever. By 5:30, we had totally given up on getting DS home so we both went to school. Finally arrived at school at 6:10 and had to run in and get ready for Open House. I had several parents come in and we were tied up until almost 8:00 before I finally got out of the building.

DH has suggested a road trip for this weekend. Sounds good to me.