My first step out of Newcomers

[Can it work]

Hi PM,

Good to hear from you as always. I'm just having a quick breather from slogging away at work today. I'm sorry to hear you have a cold. Hopefully you'll get over it soon.

It's only tonight that my mother's coming past so I don't have anything to report yet but I'll be sure to check in tomorrow and let you know how it went. In answer to your question, she LOVES being a grandmother. She has 4 altogether and spoils them all. Unfortunately though, at the moment, she's the only close family I have living nearby. That was one of the good things about being with my W. All her family are local and we saw a lot of them. I am a very family orientated person but don't get nearly enough opportunity to see them all. Especially the little ones.

I don't see my writing course as school work to be honest. Like reading it's a form of escapism and relaxation for me. When I'm focused on my work, I can shut everything else out. It's a nice respite from the current emotional roller coaster.

I was reluctant at first for Wee Man to get in to trains as I've never had any interest in them myself. At first it looked promising because he seemed to love cars. Much more to my taste. he must have been corrupted by my IL's or my W though because everything's to do with Thomas the Tank Engine now. Still, I can't fight it so I've started collecting things for him to play with at my house. It keeps him happy which is always the main thing.

I was just home for lunch and was expecting my house to be empty (W gets the keys to her new house today). When I arrived though nothing had been touched. Guess she didn't start moving things yet. It's going to be a very surreal experience I'm sure. I've no intention of helping more than absolutely necessary though. She made this choice so she can do the heavy lifting. Knowing her though it'll be her dad who does it all. I'd feel guilty if I left him to do it all himself. We'll have to wait and see what happens though. the one thing is that I hope she doesn't come past this evening to do anything. With my mother coming past it may well end up in fireworks. They've not spoken since W left me and I know that my mother doesn't think much of her right now. I try to convince my mum that my W isn't entirely to blame for all this and to enable me to succeed in trying to salvage my M, I'm going to need her support. My mum's a traditionalist though and all she can see is that this b*tch ruined her son's life. Still, she'll hopefully get over it when I finally do get my W back.

I'd best get back to work. Got a lot to do this month so I'd better get on with it.

Kev