Hi Rob: Thanks for taking the time to check in before your trip - I'm sure you're going to have an amazing time - and, wow, what an opportunity to witness history in the making.
You're so very right about keeping my guard up - especially since these past few days have just served as a reminder that her anger goes deep - and she will take any opportunity she can to release it on me. It's tricky with someone like her, since she's pretty brilliant and manages to twist things in some remarkable ways. In fact, just the way she summarizes her take on my behavior - saying that I was aggressive than that I was back tracking and trying to redefine my behavior, etc - and pointing to that as one of the reasons she had to leave...It's the kind of thing she used to do that would make my head spin...it seemed to be her specialty - one that she seemed to have learned from her father - who also has a habit of being angry and then accusing the person he's taking it out on of being angry (he's tried that a few times with me - each time I told him he was misdirecting his issues - which only aggravated him more...
Veronica, Thanks for checking in - the boys are just getting ready to go - and then we'll be off for the day. It should be a lot of fun as I love these days of just being outside with my sons.
