It seems that your W is on the verge of being won back. You are doing great with DBing!
I wonder if she felt you were abrupt last night in response to her wanting to play Nintendo and talk. (No matter how tired a woman is, she will be sweet and kind to a man that she is interested in bringing closer.) I'm not firm on how I feel about this yet. I think it's good that you have her *thinking* and you left her wanting more. But, I wonder if what she saw was a cold jerk when she was giving you an opportunity to be with her.
Because you screwed up with the painkillers (DON'T DO DRUGS EVER AGAIN,) she feels totally betrayed and her trust is diminished. It is going to take time for you to prove yourself to her again.
So, go all out in working on being a great you. Making dinner, I think, was a fine thing to do for your family. It warmed her right up. Offering to help her (or just do it) with yardwork is being a hero.
I'm sorry you don't want to work full time your whole life, but you're a MAN who has to provide for his family. Not many women wnat a man who isn't interested in busting his butt to take care of his woman and his young ones. It's a huge turn off to see a man shy away from work. Coach is right.
Stay clean (first and foremost,) step it up at work, GAL, and keep being your family's hero. She WANTS you to succeed.
You are very lucky, friend, to still have your space reserved for you in the closet.
