Stress and Frustration

So, I've been debating what to write my next blog on because I have so many ideas running thru my head at once. But after the phone call that I just experienced, I now have to put all of that on hold and write about it some other time.

As many people know, I am in the process of Divorce. I thought this divorce was supposed to go smoothly because my husband is in prison. My lawyer likes to say, "Your husband is a guest of the State of Ohio!"
I didn't have the money to start divorce proceedings until June 2008. I've been separated since the end of May 2007 and I wanted to get all of this taken care of before my husband gets out of prison this November.

I have a divorce hearing scheduled for Friday, October 17th. I was asking everyone at Small Group on Sunday to please keep me in their prayers and pray that the hearing runs smoothly. Well, today I get a phone call from my lawyer and he tells me that the hearing may be canceled because my husband wrote the Magistrate and asked for a continuance. I don't understand how prisoners have rights to do that. He doesn't need to be at the hearing because there is nothing to be discussed with him. There is no real estate to be dealt with. There are no children as a result of the marriage and my lawyer tried to get the Magistrate to understand this.

So, this is the short version of my very frustrating divorce. I just need to try to calm down and not let the stress get to me. I know the reason my husband asked for a continuance is because he wants to see me. He hasn't got it thru his brain that I don't want to see him. All I can feel when he is around is hurt and betrayal.

I ask myself everyday....why didn't I see the signs of all of this happening before I said, "I do"????