I had a hard day today. When I woke up (after 2 hours sleep) I noticed that my foot was swollen, but I had to go to court so I did not worry about it.
Meghan and I hurried out of the house (with nothing to eat) and ran to get her BF Daniel. It was really cute, he dressed up in a jacket and slacks for court with a cute hat... :)
Than Meghan drove us all to court. We got there early, but that was good because we had to park far away and I can not walk all that fast.
We found out that they double booked court that morning 9-12 so we had to wait until the other case was done (they said it would take 1 hour...it took 2). So we waited and waited. Finally it was my turn. David acted all concerned about Meghan...he just didn't want her to see him being an ass...and asked the Judge if Meghan could be excused from the court room. It was awesome...cause now I have a great reason to get his wife kicked out too! So they both left and it was just David, the Judge and I. It went fairly well.
We discussed the insurance issue first. Since it was my petition I was allowed to talk first. I told the judge about the history of Meghan's insurance - ie David suppose to...did not do...caused huge problems..I got it myself since I could not rely on David...
David than talked...about how how he really tried to get her insurance and that in October he would be able to add her to his work insurance
Judge ruled in my favor and changed it to read that I was going to supply insurance and I would get ALL the money I pay as a credit on the child support worksheet. :) The bad thing is, I do not get credit, reimbursement, or ANYTHING for the 4 1/2 months I paid the insurance premiums...the judge said, "because it was my idea and I did it on my own and even though I had good reason to do it, the order was for David to provide the insurance..." so I lost on that one...since it was 900 dollars...
Then we discussed the medical bills. At first David made it try to seem like he did not know about them and I did not ask his opinion about them. I pointed out that I had proof from all the emails showing OVER and OVER that I tried to discuss it with him and he would not.
So the Judge told us he was going to leave us to talk about it and work something out and he would be gone for 10 minutes. (yah..I know...isn't that the whole reason we are in court???) When he returned I realized he had used it to go have lunch....he was really gone for more than 20 min...Anyway while he was gone. I went through all the bills with David. Told him what they were for and WHY she needed it....yada yada yada...he agreed that he would pay them and told me he would pay me back 100 a month or more...
The Judge asked what we had come up with and David told the judge he agreed and that he would pay it back 100 or more a month. The judge made him tell him exactly what he DEFINITELY would pay so it could be ordered...so in 10 months David will have paid off his debt to me...(IF he pays it) I wish I was that lucky....it was cool also, that he has to pay be back at the higher percentage that was his original % not the new lower %!!! The judge was like, since these bills happened BEFORE the new ruling was in effect, it only makes since that you have to pay it back from the old ruling!!! :) So I won on that.
I told the judge that David did not pay me two child support payments so that was added to the medical bills as well that he has to pay me for.
I tried making David have to PROVE he is paying Honora in order for him to get credit for it...but the judge and David were like "that is a totally different case" it MADE ME MAD!!! Because David is not paying Honora again...so back to court again for that...and believe you me...HE WILL PAY!!!!
Then David brought up getting to claim Meghan on his taxes. I said that it was not fair since when he got to claim her, he got totally free child support for the year and I used EVERY penny I got back on taxes on Meghan and he would not use it on her but for himself.... I lost this battle...but David tried to say that since he had not got to claim her in so long he should get to claim her for the next 3 years (till she is an adult)...I was like HELL NO...I use that to help pay for things she needs and her extra activities...he had the nerve to say that...well if a family can not afford it than the child should not do it..... I was SOOOOO Mad. I was like...oh so you want to tell Meghan she can not be in winter guard and Color guard and such because you want the tax money???? The judge only gave him this year...but it really SCREWS me. I have to change my w-9 at work and I will be getting less money every month now.... grrrrrrrrrrr...I hate that man. I tried convincing the judge that it was not fair that he got way more credits - married, other kids, etc....stupid -itch it was his wife's idea.....
So overall I won...but lost some... :( Now I just have to make sure he gives me the money.....
sigh...if not I will take him back to court for contempt.....
Another bad thing about court was I could not have my leg up for 4 hours...bad news cause my leg and foot swelled even more. We were also STARVING...I had a HUGE headache from no sleep, no food, and stress from court.
Meghan drove us home, I got them us all Chipotle. It was nice Daniel came and kept Meghan company.
We got home and I crashed. When I woke up I saw my foot and leg and freaked a little.
My foot and leg were really swollen. I called Honora and asked her what I should do. She said I should really elevate it and ice the whole leg.....
SO I DID!!!! 
I fully iced my leg 3+ times and had it elevated all night. Figured out that 
the reason it happened was because I was sitting on the side of my bed with my leg hanging down all night preparing for court, and then having to sit in a hard chair all day at court. I also did my exercises and then went back to elevating and icing. FINALLY I saw the swelling go down...it started moving down my foot and then down my leg. Meme kept me company...she was very concerned about me again! :) 
It really improved by the time I went to bed (ie 2 - I know Becki I need to sleep!!!) I am really glad it went down. I was really concerned and so was Honora...she said if it did not go down we would have to go to the DR tomorrow... :)Good Night!
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