from new meetings to messy moments

My ex-husband is off the Iraq again. This time he is going under very different circumstances. Iran has had some air strikes against both Syria and Iraq and of course I am very concerned for his safety. I am back in his apartment again after twenty something days of his returning and doing his best to change the arrangement. Our daughter turns eighteen in five months and he shall be returning after she hits that important date. So we both believe that his wanting her to all of a sudden stay with me has very much to do with the fact that she may not return to his house when he gets back. All of the speculation and uncertainty was made worse by the news of the strikes, but my daughter is doing as well as she can with all of this upheavel. Our house guests have now been at my mothers' for ten days, and still they have not had a proper conversation about payment. But mom is taking this in stride. Then to crown it all, our guests are at odds with each other, or I should state, she is at war with him. He acts pretty neutral to her constant nitpicking, poking and complaining. It is a hell of a thing to witness. Amidst all of that, the Performance Artist and Academic who has been interested in my work for some time, visited me and we have discovered that we are basically kindred spirits with a great deal of things. When she visited me, we had an absolutely great time. Then, I decided this year to take the suggestions of the Gallerist and prepare work way in advance for his show this carnival, and I have completed five pieces. I am also not working for the new semester after being promised by the co-ordinator. I shall take what I have been given as an opportunity to do other things, as I have a design project to do along with a slew of other things. Most of all, I am all about getting paid for the efforts every time, because I have concluded that I love all of the things that I do. I just do not like the fact that quite a few of them do not yeild any financial security and that needs to change right now. Best of all, I have plans regarding changing that.