Better late than never?

[jon2911]

Well, turns out that's exactly what happened. W called me today and we talked for an hour. Longest in quite some time. She'd been crying, because she changed her number to get away from OM, but then he sent her some nasty e-mails, she replied "hmmm, nice", but forgot that her new phone number is in her sig. So of course he's bombarding her at her new number. Hopefully she can change it again without being charged. I listened an told her I'm really sorry she's going through this.

Another strange development, but SIL called OM and told him that W is having a lot of emotional problems, and to back off. W had asked SIL not to call him, but she did anyway. I wasn't aware that SIL knew about OM. And it sounds like W's family is very worried about her, just like I am.

Very surprised that she told me all this, but I just listened and affirmed. She also gave me a lot of advice about my promotion, and how to get a higher salary with it. She said "if you're not going to listen to me, I'm just wasting my time. My dad gave you a lot of great business advice and you never listened to him." Really had to bite my tongue on that one, but fortunately I did. I'm glad she's still interested in my life. Her tone is extremely condescending when we talk about job stuff, but honestly it's somewhat deserved.

In other news, I passed my audition, and I start with the band on Sunday! I'll be on a couple nice keyboards and a real B3, for any musicians out there

They even want me to start leading some songs and really be involved in the worship ministry, not just playing. The church is over 4,000 people, so this is very surprising. It's not paid for now, but I actually like that better. Just work my other job and do this on the weekends.

I also found an older couple to start meeting with and learning from. These are things W really wanted me to do during our marriage, but I always had some excuse. I'm not telling her any of this for a while though, because she thinks I'm all talk, no action as it is.