So, Intrepid decided to plead to simple assault and accept a year's probation. He is back at the townhouse with the kids; I am at my parents right now until I sort things out. But he and the kids needed to see each other as it has been over a month. This is not a situation I ever thought I would be in. Maybe we can work things out, maybe we will not be able to do so. It is going to be trying few weeks coming up. Intrepid is being apologetic and wanting marriage counseling; I just want no part...

Yeah, because the week has sucked. My firm does not make enough yet and I am stressed because I cannot find a part time job to fill in the financial holes. I am "overqualified" as I have been told many, many times now in phone calls and emails rejecting my resume. Go figure. Should have just stayed in school and gotten an LLM. Twenty-five of our class of 130 did that. Usually one or two per class do.

What does this mean? I will have to take back Intrepid, which I really...

Situation as it stands right now: My husband ("Intrepid") is gone and has been since last Monday. Let's just say I have a no contact order against him and leave it at that. He is the main breadwinner right now because the law firm three of us who went to law school is just getting off the ground. I am still getting money from him because he wants to keep a roof over the kids' heads. Yet things are most likely heading for divorce. Anyway, this has put my parents into a panic because...

The local college has a trick or treat night for the kiddies. Costumed kids are taken on a tour of the dorms by a college kid acting as a guide and get candy. Oftentimes, the hallways are decorated and the college students dress up in costumes. I love it because it means a warm, dry place to trick or treat. The only time we're outside is when we moving to a new dorm.

Anyway, we got stuck in a group last night with a mother who was trying to wrangle twins who looked to be about...

Since the temperature is dropping all the spiders and insects have decided to invite themselves over to my nice, warm house. I found a spider in my bathroom so big I saw the glint in its eyes when I turned on the lights. Ladybugs are clinging the window screens. And the flies are everywhere. I have counted about 6, but the way flies are they make it seem like we have hundreds.

And what I found in the guinea pig cage really grossed me out. Sometime last night after I went to bed...