Levi sent money, but he didn't send what he said he was going to send. He sent me two hundred dollars — and misspelled my name on the check! Two hundred dollars! It was almost insulting.

Wait. No. It is insulting.

Adrian's day care costs two hundred and fifty dollars a week. Adrian is ten months old, divide two hundred dollars by ten months and that's twenty bucks a month! That's ridiculous.

Then, he called me and asked me to drop the family court action. He said that he sent me two hundred dollars and that I should be "grateful." Grateful- he actually used that word! I almost want send it back to him.

I feel like an idiot. Thinking he was actually coming around. Even now I'm trying to console myself with thoughts like "Well, he half meant it" and "He did offer up a sincere apology."

But it was all a load of BS, an attempt to manipulate me into doing things "his way."

I told him that I would not drop the family court action, but that I'd be sure to tell the judge that he sent two hundred dollars.

Well, at least now I have an answer to my question: Leopards don't change their spots. Ever.