EP 004: It's Friday. Do You Know Where Your Mother Is?

Friday. The end of the workweek. The beginning of the weekend. A day generally welcomed by the human population.  Unless, apparently, you’re Veronica and Friday comes with the horrifying expectation that you participate in parenting your own child. Since school started, we have had seven Fridays: August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 11, 18, and 25.  And somehow, against mathematical odds that should probably be studied by NASA, Veronica has managed to turn Every. Single. One. into some fresh new interpretation of a court order.  Seven Fridays. Seven problems. A perfect attendance record, if the class is Contempt of Court 101. There’s refusing to be there. Being late. Not coming outside. Sending somebody else. Changing plans. Creating confusion. And, of course, refusing to use the court-ordered parenting app, because apparently communicating with your child’s father through the exact method a judge ordered is simply too oppressive for a woman whose schedule already seems dangerously overburdened by avoiding responsibility. At this point, Friday night parenting exchanges have become less of a custody arrangement and more of a weekly game show called WHERE THE F*CK IS VERONICA?  And the grand prize?  Documentation. So. Much. Documentation. Because while Veronica appears to believe court orders are more like those suggested serving sizes on a bag of chips, the rest of us have been keeping receipts. In this episode of Deadbeat Mom, we’re taking a magical journey through seven consecutive Fridays of FULL of bullshit and examining how one woman can repeatedly encounter the exact same court order and somehow remain surprised that it continues to apply to her.  And yes, I’ll admit it: there is a tiny, petty little corner of my soul that is positively thrilled at the idea of eventually watching someone explain this impressive collection of alleged violations to a judge. Will there be sanctions? Fines? Contempt proceedings? Something more serious?  I have no idea.  But I do know one thing.  Next Friday is coming.  It always does.  And somewhere, an analog clock is already making Veronica nervous. FACEBOOK GROUP:  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1G7Z4D2W1T/?mibextid=wwXIfr INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/deadbeatmompodcast?stkn=MWU3eWppd3UwZjVnNQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr EMAIL:  [email protected]