58. And the Storm Starts Brewing

Mark Walter messages to Diana Walter's cell phone
Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 9:39 AM
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Hey tomorrow's the 1st.  I need my rent.  So, I guess we'll do all of the key swapping when I get my rent check. Thank you.
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Mark Walter messages to Diana Walter's cell phone
Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 10:06 AM
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Hey, two things.  I got a prospective buyer for the building.  So, umm that's one thing.  The other thing is I need that $10,000 I gave you for your uhh father back, please. So... tomorrow should be a pretty good payday for me. Bye.
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56. And Why Would Tuesday Be Any Better?

I held my breath this morning to see what today would be like.  Imagine my surprise to get to work to this email after the abuse of yesterday:

55. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Monday was pretty busy at work.  Mark called a few times in the morning and sounded 'normal' - well, as normal as he can be.  He called to tell me he got his car back.  He also said he made a dermatology appointment for Thursday.  Most of the day was fine - until right before we closed.  Then, all of sudden all hell broke loose.

When I got the very first message, all I could think was OH NO!! Mr. Hyde showed up!!!!!

I had over 30 phone calls from him today and many voice messages.

47. You've Been Served...

I didn't sleep well last night as usual.  I actually had several nightmares throughout the night.  I couldn't stop thinking about what would happen once Mark was served his divorce papers.  Trust me, he has no clue that this is coming.

Oh sure, he was sitting there when his psychiatrist 'told me to file'.  And, I have no doubts his brother called him after Kristin talked to him and told him I was planning to file.  But, after receiving Facebook messages like this on Tuesday, it makes me believe he doesn't think it will happen:

43. The Beginning of the End...

http://www.familylawwpb.com/

Chris's mom left today to fly to Tucson.  His sister is visiting there, so she is meeting her and her husband for a few days before they all fly back to Australia.  Chris came in later after driving her to the Ft. Lauderdale airport.

Mark's rescheduled psychiatrist appointment was today.  I told myself this one is "make or break."  I wanted to see if he could be put on disability.  I kind of assumed he would call me and tell me that he cancelled it again.  Instead, he called me to tell me that he needed a ride.

Remember his car isn't running, he still doesn't have his drivers license, and his work van probably wouldn't make it without breaking down.  Honestly, I didn't even want him to try to drive his van.  If he were to get into an accident in the All-Safe van we most likely would be sued.  So, like the great little enabler that I am I agreed to drive out there.  I told him I would be there by 12:45ish.  His appointment was at 1:30.

36. Temporary - Home Sweet Home

I'm sure you are wondering why I haven't written for awhile.  I believe I explained before sometimes I don't want to write because I have to relive the events of the day and it makes me sad.  I have also realized in this "new reality" nothing stays the same from the morning until the night.  Things may be said and change completely within 15 minutes.

In a sane world if I were to write something on Friday and you were to read it on Monday you would think, "Wow, I wonder how she handled that."  In the meantime 20 other things had happened since I wrote the original post.  I'd be trying to explain why the last post no longer mattered.

31.The Longest Day From Hell (Part 1)

Looney Tunes

Friday, Daytime, December 28, 2012

I was in the shower this morning when Kristin burst in the bathroom.  She said, "Mama, Chris just called. Daddy is at the shop!"  Mark has not been at the shop in exactly one month.

I never expected him to show up there today.  Mark had said just two days earlier that he was thinking about extending his 'sabbatical' until February. I knew I had not logged out of Facebook or my email at work.  That would be the very first thing he would do is look at ALL of my stuff.

My heart immediately started pounding out of my chest. I jumped out of the shower wrapped a towel around me and ran into Chris's office to change all of the passwords on my accounts.  Then I got ready as quickly as I could to get to the shop.  When i arrived he was not there, but our puppy Jet was.  Chris said he had gone to his appointment at Dr. Towards (his GP), but was coming back.