I wouldn't dare offer advice Cheyanne, I just wish you the best in your pursuit and I know you're a classy enough woman to handle this without a hitch. Life in small towns can be trying.

Yup - just ingnore the bitch. Treat her like a stranger who doesn't matter to you one way or the other - as if you'd never even heard of her. Don't even give her the satisfaction of being rude to her.

*hugs Cheyanne*

Sometimes being sickly sweet to someone is even better than being hostile or cold, because it gets them paranoid about what you might be trying to slip past them, and if they don't reciprocate, they look like an arsehole in the eyes of everyone else :)

But I'm sure you'll know what to do in your particular case :)

Congrats on making your decision to go back to school. I admire your fortitude.

Thank you all for your support... LOL (sounds like a political message - I approve this message lol).

I am just going to concentrate on my education...just as I would if she wasn't there anyway. This is my investment into my future and my familiy's, and I am not going to allow her to influence me in any way. I just had a few moments of @#$%^&!*%%$(***% that I apparantly needed to have to get to this point. I don't know that I would have reacted like I did if what I was doing didn't take a monumental decision on my part.

I intimidate her anyway cause she can't control me - she tries and sometimes she does succeed (even though she doesn't know it - i.e. my reaction to her going the same time as I am). I am familiar with the college setting - I have been twice prior to different colleges, and I know the instructors, building, routine of this one because our oldest son and Cobalt is going there.. so I do have the advantage as far as that goes. She has never been to college and wasn't a good student at all in high school, so she is going to have her own set of problems to deal with and hopefully won't try to start anything. If she does, then I will take it as it comes - like I always do.

We know the lady who makes up the schedules. We communicated with her regarding the scheduling of the ex and I, and we will be going to classes on the same nights. I was concerned because we "hired" the oldest girl for so much a week, to watch the youngest, and if the ex had classes on different nights, I would have had to hire a different babysitter because one night a week she would have her visitation with the oldest. But that isn't a worry now.

I am prepared now since I got this stuff out of my system.

OH.... and when I graduate - there is going to be a bigggggggg party - I never had a high school graduation or any other graduation party - limited $$$... so watch out!!!!! :D

Yay another Pixies college pin-up girl.

Congrtat Cheyanne

best of luck with going back to school Cheyanne and as for the ex witch I know you are stong enough to handle anything she tries.

(((((scarecrow)))))

((((((Booger))))))

Thank you.. :D

Is what she majoring in something that is available there in town? when she graduates will she move? If so help her with any classes you can. Sometimes you can be nice to somebody just to spite them.

Yay! I'm so happy for you Chey! I'm also a bit envious....that's right...envious! Least you know what you want to be when you grow up now! (((((((Chey))))))) That must feel soooooooooo good inside!

LOL@hearing me in your head! I have a way with words...don't I? Oh geezzzzz!

Best of luck hun! You are a strong woman with a goal and a family to back you and encourage you......both home and here! With all of that going for you....there is no way that ex can bring you down! Sometimes we anticipate the worst case scenario from fear of the unknown! You'll see.........it'll be great! Hold your head high sweety! We'll be here whenever you need to rant or pick our brains or just need an encouraging word!

(((((((((Cheyanne))))))))))

We kinda have a feeling that once the youngest is done with all of her schooling (1 yr of HS and maybe 2 years of college), they may move. Her sicker half... lol.. is retiring this summer (yeah.. rich and waiting for him to die I guess), and according to the kids, the only reason that she is going is so she won't be "stuck" where she works now forever... so we think they will be moving. Who know - and besides, once this one is done with school and out on her own, I don't think it will be so bad.

((((((((((Lixy)))))))))) Yeah, I hear you and many other Pixies in my head - lol!!! And that is a good thing I tell ya!

And that is what I have a tendency to do.... worst case scenario, and then it really isn't as bad as I imagine. Probably a coping strategy... :D