For the Guy with Kids and a WW 23

[hopeful4her]

Thanks guys. You don't know how greatful I am to have y'all.

Well, I hit two days. That was it. Well, does my forwarding an email from D11's teacher Thursday count? She had responded to it, but I did NOT respond any further.

This morning while getting ready for work, I get a call from S14's sprint phone, which is the one on my plan. I thought that maybe it was one of the kids calling me. It was the wife. She told me good morning and I told her the same. She asked if I was on my way to work already and I told her that I was almost ready to leave. She said that she was leaving already.

"I wanted to see if you could come by and check on the kids after you get off work."
"Where is S14?"
"He's here. But he's out."
After a pause, I say "Alright".
"They were up pretty late last night. D11 too, with some of his friends."
"Did they spend the night?"
"Yeah. The usuals. Dante, Nick, Mat...but they have to leave by 12. Mat is leaving at 10."
"Okay"
"D7 is already awake. I gave her breakfast. I walked Moe, so theres no reason for her to go outside until I get home.
"Alright, I'll stop by."
"Just to make sure they don't burn the place down." She was trying to be funny.
"Okay"
A bit of a pause. Like I usually do.
"Okay...well, blah blah blah". I couldn't understand what the hell she said. She said it kinda quietly and sounded like she figured out that I wasn't really talking. I was only giving pretty short answers.
"Okay, I'll talk to ya' later" I said.
"Okay. bye."
"Bye"

Now I have to reset the counter. I don't think that was chatty. That's how most of our conversations go. I really don't give much.

My best bud Mike called me a bit ago asking if I had the girls. His daughter wanted to hang with D11 for a bit. They are best friends, since they were in daycare. Thats where we met, when the wife was working as a teacher there. I met him through her. He became like a brother to us and his daughter like another daughter to us. He no longer wants anything to do with the wife and won't let his daughter go to the apartment to visit. He's lost all trust in the wife. Maybe only if I'm around, like at the birthday party we had for D7 at her place.

We're gonna make plans. I'm going to pick up the girls and spend a couple hours at the house so he can check out a busted water pipe I have outside the house and the girls can spend some time together. That means that I'll email the wife and let her know my plans to take them, get her okay, and then get them back to her place later.