It's All My Husband's Fault

  This year the basketball game that the school was holding Parents' Night was scheduled but got canceled due to weather. ( You can read about the weird Parents' Night for volleyball here . ) I asked Daughter if The Ex was planning on coming since we're supposed to call her if an event gets canceled per the court order.  Daughter said she had never told The Ex about it. ( I giggled a little inside, and then felt kind of bad for it. )   The game happened to get rescheduled on the same day as Husband's birthday.  We got to the school early; I told Baby Girl that if she saw the athletic director, she ought to tell him that it was Husband's birthday. ( School City is so small that everyone is on a first-name basis.  Baby Girl knows who the AD is because he heads up summer rec, which she attended for about 6-7 years; she even knows some of Daughter's teachers for the same reason, even though she goes to a different school. )   The JV game...

  The Ex hasn't logged into 2houses for over 2 1/2 months.  We didn't have any Holiday Crazy from her this year, which I feel is a huge milestone because I don't think that's ever happened in the 13 years that I've been with Husband.   Husband emailed her a while ago because last week was supposed to be her weekend; Daughter had practice Friday, an away game Saturday, and then would've had to come home Sunday evening.  Husband asked if The Ex wanted to switch weekends rather than driving down here three days in a row.  The Ex didn't answer for three weeks so Husband emailed her again saying they were going to switch weekends and he'd update the calendar.   Husband is turning 40 this year.  I am frantically planning a surprise party for him.  Daughter rhetorically asked this morning, "Do you know how hard it is to plan a surprise party for someone you live with?!"  She and I keep wanting to say things to Husband in casual conversation bu...