So you wanna play baseball, eh?

After the soccer fiasco, we were still optimistic that there might be some chance at poor Kelly being able to participate in some sort of sport. Jack spoke to CB about the upcoming baseball season and Kelly's desire to play. He explained that as we would have 3 children in the sport and baseball is on the same evening each week for all of them, we would have to have Kelly and Tom on the same team, which the two were very happy about. Being as theirs only 2 of us, one would think it would be pretty easy to understand that we can't be in 3 places at the same time....perhaps she failed math in school... cause CB couldn't really get it. But anyway, she didn't object, she didn't say much really, just kinda shut the door in Jacks face.

So as had been the case in EVERY other activity we had enrolled Kelly in, we didn't hold out much hope that CB would even take her. So for once we enrolled the two of them on a team that was close to our home with children from our area. May I remind you,,,, cause CB has a hard time grasping this concept.... that Kelly lives half her life in this area... wouldn't it be nice for her to make some friends here? Actually it turns out.. that according to CB the wannabe child psychologist,,, it would be emotional 'scarring' for her to have friends here....haven't quite figured out why though yet.

CB found this out and although she did not pay for the baseball nor register Kelly, called the Baseball League and pretended as though she were still married to Jack and requested Kelly be moved to the field beside her home. My son, Tom, was disappointed as he had already been planning to play with several kids from the neighborhood on his team, but as we needed the kids to play together was kind enough to agree to play in Kelly's moms area this year, Kelly in return promised that the following year they would play in ours. We actually had taken it as a good sign that CB had demanded she be moved... weren't really happy how she went about it of course, but at least it appeared that she might actually be taking the child to a sport! I mean,,,, why else would she have the child moved... not to just cause annoyance... noooooooooooo... couldn't be that.

I will give her this... she showed up for 2 games. Hey,,, when your used to nothing.. two is a big improvement. The two games she showed up for were when her parents were in from out of town,,, I got quite a chuckle overhearing their conversation. For an hour I got to listen to CB talk to her parents as though she attended each game, being the supportive mother that she is. On and on she went on about how much Kelly's game had improved and oh what fun it was,, and why just last week she caught the ball,,,,,,,,,,,HELLO!!!!! You don't even come to the games, ya dipshit!

A year as rolled around and just last week it was time to re-register for baseball, again Jack told CB he planned to enroll her,,, again he told her we would need the two little ones to be on the same team in order for us to get all the kids to their games. Registration began at 10:00, we were due to pick up Kelly at 11:30. When we arrived guess where they were just returning from? You betcha,,, baseball registration. Now... that in itself isn't a bad thing. It doesn't matter who registers the child, just that she gets registered. The thing about registration though is this,,, there is a field you must fill in if you need your child to play with another child, the names MUST be reciprocated on each childs form or they do not get placed together. Now CB was well aware we had to have the kids together on the team, so did she put my sons name down on the form? What do you think????? NOT!!
She then tells Jack his "family issues and schedules" aren't her or Kelly's concern. Hey wait a minute,,,, I thought Kelly was a member of this family? Oh thats right,, her mother is always telling her she's not,,, so I guess I was wrong. CB tells Jack thats a shame, guess he'll have to decide which child doesn't go, his daughter or his step-son. At that moment.. I seriously could have punched her lights out. Jack stood his ground and told her if she did not have the form changed to add Tom and also reminded her that this year was our turn to have them play in our area. That Tom had comprised last year to accomodate her and she hadn't even bothered going, that it was unfair to expect Tom to go through the same thing again this year. CB said she would rather Kelly miss half the season again that change her mind. What is wrong with this friggin woman???? When I say area...I'm not talking an hour drive, we live in a small town.. I'm talking a ten minute drive. Once again she states that Kelly can only play by her "home",,she refuses to acknowledge that this is her "home" too,, where she spends,, not just every second weekend.....but HALF HER FRIGGIN LIFE!