For the Guy with Kids and a WW 23

[hopeful4her]

Hey guys.

Been doing pretty good. Really nothing much to report.

Puppy, I had heard about those layoffs yesterday. I'm in San Antonio, remember? I had seen that it was a lot of outside or outdoor sales, so I was hoping you were unaffected. Saying a prayer.

Haven't had much contact with the wife. She called me on Sunday, around 7pm. Said she was calling because she hadn't heard from me.

"I hadn't heard from you, so I thought I'd call."
I should have reminded her that she NEVER calls me, when its my day to pick up the girls. I ALWAYS have to call her, but her memory sucks when it comes to that kind of stuff, doesn't it?

Told her we were home and that I was still drying some clothes. She asked if she could come around 8 and I told her that was fine. When she showed up, she stuck around for just a bit, talking to the girls and playing with our dog Cocoa for a little while. I asked about S14, because he wasn't with her. She told me that he decided to stay with his dad one more night, since Monday was a holiday. She made a face while telling me, but I didn't get sucked in. I let her load the girls stuff in her car herself, while I stayed inside saying my goodbyes.

I let her know that I had intended to get D7's hair cut, but my client didn't answer her phone at the salon that day, Sunday. She was surprised, "Haircut?!" I said that D7 and I had discussed it and that she wanted to get her haircut. I asked her that if I could get a hold of her on Monday, maybe I could take her.

"Or I could take her."

"I'll find out tomorrow" I told her. She told me that her sister was going to cut HER hair on Monday and that she could cut D7's hair. Both D7 and I made a face.

Turns out, D7 told me she DID get her haircut by her aunt yesterday and she loves it. I told her that was great.

I walked the kids outside, got them in the car and had D7 promise to call me, whenever she wanted. Pinky promise, at that.

She called me that night before bed, she called me yesterday morning, when she woke up and she called me before bed last night. Love it.

Oh yeah. Get this.

Just before the wife started to gather their stuff to take outside, D7 kept looking for a ball that was misplaced. She was looking EVERYWHERE for it. She disappeared into my bedroom for a while. I was in the kitchen doing something and the wife was in the living room walking towards the kitchen.

D7 comes back with a pair of handcuffs that we kept in the closet!

"Daddy, what this?"
While the wife looks at me with a smart aleck smirk, I say,

"Oh, those are nothing. They're just funny." As I'm taking them away from her, I ask her, "What are you doing in my closet, anyway?"

I had to distract her with something else.

I used to have them hanging on my closet rod, but took them down the other day. I had forgotten they were there. I was taking some stuff out and saw them. I had placed them on a shelf in my closet. They're pretty realistic but have a safety latch to remove in case of emergency.

I think we used them once or twice.

So considering what the wife might believe, is that good or bad?

I really don't give a damn, I just thought it was funny as hell.