I had to talk to the BM at least 10 times today. We have primary custody, and today was the first time all summer she was going to have all three kids at the same time. She and her hubby and the kids are going on a camping trip and visiting Civil War battle sites in southern Missouri. (The kids are so excited, they can hardly contain themselves! NOT)

She was nearly having a heart attack. She would call to remind me to pack medicine. Then she called back to make sure they had proper shoes for hiking and canoeing. Then she called to make sure the kids packed their cell phone chargers and iPods for the car ride. At one point, I reminded her that this is the stuff I deal with on a daily basis. She got a little annoyed by that...

When I called her around 3 to tell her that DH could meet her 2 hours earlier if she was interested, she verbally froze. "I don't know if I'm ready..." I told her she should have thought of that before giving birth. She laughed and said it was so nice to have me as a BEST FRIEND to help her to remember to take things in stride. "You always know just the right thing to say to calm me down," she said.

Obviously, the doc changed her medications when she went last week...