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Met W for breakfast this morning at a cafe. Sbe gives me a ride there in "her" car. I informed her about about S7s progress and what I had done so far to get him tested, etc. We discussed S7. She rambled on about other stuff - her work, the school, the teachers, etc. I listened. I validated. I listened.

Then she tells me that I'm looking more relaxed living on my own and maybe that's a good thing for me. I validate that too. Actually "her" new car was a sorry mess - littered with empty bottles, papers, food wrappings, credit card receipts, parking tickets, stains on the seats, and it reminded me of what life was like with her. I used to clean both cars of this stuff when she was around and it used to annoy me.

Then she starts harping on the legal stuff - she wants her final settlement, half my retirement and quotes numbers out of thin air. She hates her lawyer now (of course she hates mine more). I start to back off and tell her that I'm leaving all this to my lawyer. I try to bring the focus back to the kids but she kept going at it and tears started to well up in her eyes. I finally told her that I'm living in the red and may have to sell the house in order to make ends meet. But she kept at it. Things where heating up so I finally told her I have to get back to work and maybe we can talk about it later.