got back from a week's "family vacation" with children, and wife.
Thought I'd attempt to give a brief reader's digest version. or as brief as "Dom" can make it ;\)

Positives: was the longest we've ever been together straight, with no-one else around, since she moved out 2 years ago.

Negatives... way too many "R talks" and similar stuff, than I should have gotten into.

On the day-to-day stuff.. I think we interacted FANTASTIC. It proved without a shadow of a doubt, that any claims she makes about "well we just cant get along" are totally false. 7 full days, and the only arguments we really had, were issues that we wouldnt have to argue about, if we were living together as a single committed household.
we worked well together as a team... we all had fun... i took care of her when she let me... i gave her space when she asked for it. (and even when she DIDNT "ask", but just kinda "snuck out". ugh)

previously, she claimed she couldnt be nice to me for more than a day or two in a row. well.. we did it for a week straight. I believe we could do it indefinately, and this proves it, to my mind.
'course, she would probably never admit this...

Downer side: no major nookie session like we've had in prior mini-trips \:\( and only one, brief night of sleeping next to each other, out of all 7 nights, and only with great complaining on her part.
That being said... i'm very glad I did get that one night next to her.

two more subject-focused posts coming....

My current status: june 2006. Wife ran out and filed D.
Finalized Jan 11, 2010, after 12.5 years M.
3 wonderful sons caught in the middle