Thanks LL. I, too, wish I knew what to say that would help with your struggles as well.

Jethro, not much new this week. W is still being very obvious about remaining distant to any signs of affection and doesn't initiate any. She will engage in friendly converstion, however. One evening D17 dropped by for a visit. Her BF is interested in a job position I have open in my department, so she had filled him in some about what the job was about with some exaggerations thrown in. These gave W some good laughs. We had a really good time.

W has been having a couple of stressful days at work, so I offered some sympathy hugs, but you can sense didn't have much effect on her, so last nite I picked up a floral arrangement in a mug with all kinds of words that mean hugs with a little stuffed bear hugging the handle to replace my physical hug as a sign of support. When I placed it in front of her (she was sitting at the dining table doing some work related paperwork), she said, "That's nice" and looked back down at her paperwork. She did, however, accept a back rub afterwards.

That's about it ... so the big tip here is Roadtrip ... well it is a holiday weekend and I did ask her what she would like to do and her reply was "absolutely nothing." ... so maybe I need to take my 4x4 offroad this weekend, altho they are saying rain pretty much thru out the weekend. If so maybe, I'll take in a movie with D9. If W want to join ... fine ... if not ... fine too. At this point it really doesn't matter to me either way.

So Big-j, thanks for the show of concern and wish I could join ya for that beer as well.

Same goes for you Bridget ... would luv to visit your beach, but its more like 3000 miles and couldn't swing there and back in three days. but I do appreciate the invite. I do wish I had friends like you "guys" close by.

Bob, my family is closer to your neck of the woods than mine just outside Myrtle Beach. My parents do keep a summer home in Vermont, so I'll be able to see them in a couple of months.

... but I'll be fine. As the song goes ... Don't worry ... be happy. 'Dis is gonna have to be my new motto.

'til later,
KAW