Today was an interesting day - Went better than I expected, but nothing spectacular.
I was taking boxes down to my storage facility, so I called W on the way and asked if she was going to pick up her car today (she has a second, project car). She said she took the day off work sick and she was going to come over later and do it - I suggested I pick her up, so she could drive her car back home and not worry about having to go back and forth. She sounded very receptive to it, so I dropped the boxes off and went by W's house - I got there 30mins earlier than I said I would, but she didn't mind. We drove back to my house and she tried to start the car, and guess what, it didn't start. Battery was dead. Cables were at her house, so we went out to get a set. W suggested we get lunch first... Ended up at Applebee's, which is pretty gross, but it was quiet. First time W and I have had lunch together alone since we were out of town almost three weeks ago - It was nice, although W was quiet and still really sick. She just looked totally burned out and exhausted. She talked some about OM, something about him having porn on his computer and going to Toronto and seeing strippers. I mostly just listened and I talked a little about 'poor choices' that people make. She agreed with me about it all, but I'm not sure if it was just BS.
We got back home and got her car started. She drove it around a bit, then she drove it home with me following just in case it died along the way. She was very appreciative of me helping her, and gave me a huge hug and kiss. I ended up leaving pretty quickly, but asked her if she had figured out what she was doing tonight. "We might do something, but probably not" was the response I got. I just said "okay", hug/kiss/ILY/ILY2 and off I went.
She IMed me later asking if she could pick up D's antibiotics (she has an ear infection) when she gets D. I told her I was home and she could just stop by. Maybe an hour later she shows up, with D in the car, so I get the stuff together for her and go out to the car to see D - On the way out her sister calls my cell and asks if we can pick up some formula for her baby on the way over. I said something more intelligent than "huh?", but just gave the phone to W. When she got off the phone, I asked if she was going over to her parents - She had told me over the weekend that she wasn't going over there because she didn't want to get everyone sick. She just looked at me confused and asked "Aren't you coming?". I grabbed my coat, and off we went. W was quiet the whole way there and back, and really cranky. She bit the head off people over there a few times, especially when we got there and there was no food for us (they usually order pizza, but W didn't really plan ahead for this).
W dropped me off at home around 11pm - D was sleeping in the car. She hugged and kissed me in the car, told me HNY. I ended up gathering some stuff together for D and putting it in W's car, but W was obviously tired and cranky, so I left it at that and let them drive home. W has D pretty much all week, so we'll see how that goes. I had her from Christmas Eve through to this morning, so W wanted to give me some 'time off'.
W seems like she's starting to head back into WAW mode. She's not talking, not really making any decisions and certainly not being consistent. Even during lunch I suggested she went to the doctor to get something for her sinus infection - Yes, no, yes, no.
I think I'm going to back off a little - I'll do the same stuff when we're together, but I'm going to make a point not to initiate contact with her unless it's something important or about D. No IM, no calls, nothing. We seem to get into weird patterns of talking off and on every day, which is isn't bad, but I want her to want it and seek it out, rather than just go along with it.
