Rainy Days and Mondays

As I was walking out the door to leave for work this morning, I told Sweet Man I envied him.

He enjoys his work.

I'm sick of mine.

Then today~ first thing this morning, actually~something happened that made me so happy!

I found out that one of our deadbeats had been arrested. I found out because some people came to my office to pay the money to get her out of jail.

Yes.

HER.

We have women who are deadbeats...just like men. It's a little unusual in this part of the country. Down here more women are the custodial parent. But we do have some female non-custodial parents as well.

This particular woman is a real trip. Around 27 years olds, blonde, pretty. But an ATTITUDE like I've never seen before. I've been doing this for 12 years. I've seen alot. She's by far the worst female non-custodial parent I've ever dealt with

This woman has managed to insult, anger or enrage everyone in the system who has come into contact with her:...... assistant district attorneys, judical assistants, clerk's office employees, sheriff's office clerks, DHR workers, Unit, me..... she's managed to piss all of us off at one time or another with her sorry-ass attitude. And let me tell ya, it takes a special breed of bitch to piss all of us off. Think about it....that's a lot of different personalities~.all of which she's managed to rub the wrong way.

We were in court with this woman in October. She signed an agreement that day in court in order to avoid jail time . Understood exactly what she was signing. Terms were those that she felt were fair to her. She was in contempt at that time. We only agreed not to send her to jail that day because she agreed to terms. Actually, I wanted to send her to jail that day. Heartless bitch hadn't paid a dime since the previous MAY! That's 5 months, people!

Did she abide by the agreement? Of course not. She has paid -0-, zip, nada~ since that October day when she sat in the conference room of Judge's chambers and cried.....

I guess you can tell I hold women to a higher standard than men when it comes to child support.

Don't get me wrong. I'll send alllllllll their asses to jail if they don't pay. I think it's only fair.

But a woman? I expect more from women. I can't fathom giving birth to a child and then walking away.....yet going on to have more children with someone else and not abandoning those kids. That's what this chick did...

How do you pick and choose?

I realize there are situations where the child is better off with someone else. That is certainly the case here. But the child still deserves to be supported by both parents.

Call me hard-hearted. Call me mean. Call me a bitch.

But it's the little victories like this that keep me going.....