Well, we made it back again, this time from Rose's house in northeast PA. We left Sunday afternoon around 3:00. We had wanted to leave by 2:00, but Bob had the sort of last minute idea that we should print out some pictures from Ann and Wally's anniversary celebration and put them in a frame as a present for them, since we didn't give them anything other than a card last weekend (obviously they came up to Rose's for the weekend too!). We did that, and it turned out really well. They were thrilled, because now they don't have to rush out and print their pictures right away to show people. Do people ever just rush out and print pictures off their digital cameras? We sure don't. It seems to me, even after having finally printed digital pictures at Sams, that there is just something quicker about finishing up the roll of film and dropping it off there. But I digress . . .
We listened to "The Silver Chair" (one of the Chronicles of Narnia) on the way up. We haven't listened to Narnia for awhile. We have the Focus on the Fmaily Radio Theatre ones, and they are just so well-done. I love listening to them. There is not a sound from the boys while the story is playing! Anna was still teething, and she's not as into C.S. Lewis, so we did have to turn it off occasionally and wait for her to cry herself off to sleep, poor thing. Her second tooth came through sometime Sunday night. Thank goodness for children's motrin!
Rose's girls were with Chuck Sunday night, so Bob and I slept in their twin beds, with Anna in her pack-n-play. The boys were back in their sleeping bags on the floor in their playroom. The hearing was Monday afternoon at 1:15. Chuck dropped the girls off at about 11:55 (he had to have them back in the morning), and I babysat them while Bob, Rose, Ann, and Wally went off to the hearing. Chuck and his lawyer had requested this hearing because want to revisit the amount of support Rose gets. of course he is not feeling more generous! Well, even though Rose's lawyer had requested a whole bunch of his tax records and other financial papers, Chuck had never bothered to send them. So the afternoon was spent with Chuck on the phone have his accountant fax papers over. But because Rose's side didn't have the info in time to look it over, nothing could really be done, so the hearing was postponed. Rose told Bob the afternoon cost her $3000. I think Chuck is jsut stalling to try to break her financially. Also, Rose's lawyer told her that Chuck has appealed the custody judgement, which gave Chuck one more overnight per week than he was getting. Chuck wants to split custody, with him having the girls one week, and then Rose the next. Wow, I can't imagine a more disruptive schedule to the girls than that! Chuck and Rose aren't exactly next-door neighbors--they live about 40 minutes apart in completely different school districts. How would that even work?!
Anyhow, nothing much happened, and they got home around 3:00. We were really thankful that Wally was there. Since he is an accountant, he could look over Chuck's documents and make some sense of them for us. Chuck has his own business, and the general consensus is that he is making a lot more money than he is telling anyone about, at least based on his buying patterns and what not. He has not been above "shoddy" bookkeeping in the past. He's something.
We ended up leaving last night after dinner to drive back home. It was a nice visit, but well, let's just say that our big family can overwhelm Rose's 100 year old septic system, for one thing. LOL! Also, we weren't sure exactly how the sleeping arrangements were going to work out for the night. The girls were back, and they had their first day of school today. We figured it would be better for them to sleep in their own beds before that, but then where would we go? And by going back yesterday, Bob could save a day of leave, which is always nice. We left after dinner at around 6:00, and we made it home by 10:30, having listened to "The Horse and His Boy".
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