I hear you on the cabin fever. Fortunately I go snowboarding once a week, so that helps. I work from home and with the weather like it is I don't always feel like going out to do something at night. I can go days without ever leaving the house. Not very healthy for my mental state, I know...
Me: 29 W: 28 T: 10 M: 7 No kids 2 Dogs and 1 Cat With Parents: 09/16/07 Apartment: 10/13/07 Back Home: ~2/16/2008
Don't get discouraged B. She's just stepping back again for a glimpse. Stay consistent. Remember the picnic analogy? Somebody just posted it again and I think it's really relevent to your sitch here.
And I think you're right about the snow. I'm snowed in alone with a 3 year old and a 3 month old! I can only watch Cars and Dora so many times you know!!
I think you're doing amazing. J~
M 35 H 29 M 4 yrs T 9 yrs D 3 S born 10/19/07 Bomb 09/10/07 Separated next day OW - broke up and H moved out 09/07/08 Status - still figuring this out
Thanks for the encouragement Jenny. I have a couple GAL activities planned for this weekend, so that should keep my mind occupied. I'm pretty excited about both of them actually. I'm going snowboarding on Sunday and I'm still learning, but I think that I'm getting a lot better. Saturday night I'm meeting up with a guy that I found online to play some music. Hopefully we'll click and we can start playing some coffee house type gigs. It's been something that I've wanted to do for the past couple years. The rest of the weekend will be filled with cleaning the house and working on some of the remodeling projects that I've started. So it should make for a pretty good weekend. Oh yeah, and the Super Bowl (I think that I would loose my manhood license if I forgot about that. )
I know all about the Picnic Analogy. I was the one who re-posted it.
Me: 29 W: 28 T: 10 M: 7 No kids 2 Dogs and 1 Cat With Parents: 09/16/07 Apartment: 10/13/07 Back Home: ~2/16/2008
I try to enjoy my picnic. It's pretty fun some days, but others it feels more like dinner for one. I try not to let it get me down though.
It turns out that she IS really sick AND she's worked some 10 to 12 hour days this past week. We talked last night for 20 minutes or so. (She called me.) Well, I talked and she talked and coughed... She was pretty bummed about being so sick and having to work so much. She started listing off all of the things that she missed out on doing. One of which was seeing me! It made me smile since it shows she cares...
Me: 29 W: 28 T: 10 M: 7 No kids 2 Dogs and 1 Cat With Parents: 09/16/07 Apartment: 10/13/07 Back Home: ~2/16/2008
Oh, B hopeful! Reading this is making me tear up and get goosebumps. That is so beautiful that your W is sharing that with you. Is your heart leaping with gladness??
I remember I think a while back on your thread someone (maybe it was even you?) suggested when someone is sick you can give them a little present, something they need, without it being pursuing. Are you going to do anything special for your W to take care of her? I know she lives far away. Maybe you could make her some soup and some muffins? Or make a special orange juice delivery? You know best, I'm sure you've got it all figured out! Maybe you could deliver soup to her via snowboard??
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