The monthly check

Lilly's dad and I have kind of an unspoken financial agreement. Or so I thought. For the past 5 months of her life I have not asked him for one single dime. In return, he has sent me a check for $300 at some point during the month. Usually he slips it in somewhere among the gifts he brings. On Thanksgiving we each got Thanksgiving cards - hers containing the check. That was the month that came and went without his usual 2 hour visit. Also, that was the month right after his sister gave birth to her first child. She has been the arbiter of these monthly visits. She emails and tells me she would like to come and then he shows up with her, almost like a child.

Anyway, I digress. January came and went. No check. I get all burned up about it. What exactly does he think I am raising this child with? Play money?

POINT: NO CHECK IN JANUARY 2009