I picked up D and came home to change clothes and shave. Then we went off to Chuck E. Cheese for an hour so D could goof around, climb in the tunnels, play games and cash in her tickets for worthless crap. We went from there to Sushi.
At sushi, I sent a text to W asking if she wanted me to order her anything to go and she replied back w/ a straight "no." Oh, well. I didn't expect to hear anything different, so I acutally wasn't disappointed. After dinner, D and I had our traditional post-sushi race down the length of the strip mall to the grocery store. She won again, just like she always does.
I called W to tell her we were close to the restaurant and then parked next to her and put D's stuff in her car. I then carried D up to W and her friends and told W I'd put D's things in her car. For whatever reason, W gave me a look of disapproval for this, and I basically thought nothing of it. I handed D to W, told her goodbye and left.
At 9:10, my phone rang and it was D calling to tell me goodnight. Now, I've made sure to put this down on the record b/c W is the one who is always complaining that I'm not respecting D's bedtime of 8:30, but here is D calling me at 9:10 while she's w/ W. Thus, I probably won't need to use it b/c it is trivial, but I've got it down to show the hypocracy of W's accusations if I need it.
So, they leave tomorrow for 9 days in Indiana and I'll see D again on the 23rd. I'll miss her and I'm not sure how talkative she'll be w/ me at night, but that is ok. My good friend SPM gave me some information he'd collected which said a child's bond w/ their parents are pretty much cemented by the time they are 5 or 6 and nothing others can say about the parent causes much to change for the child.
This thought bouys my spirits b/c D and I have a great relationship and I know she'll probably hear some bad things said about me in Indiana.
