We had D11's birthday party. W's girlfriend was there and I did my best fake it to make it.
All in all it was a fun time. My friends overheard the W telling her friends that it's hard being a single mom. HUH?! How is she a single mom when I'm there most of the time?! She gets child support! I take the kids to the doctor, to school, to birthday parties... AM I missing something?!
I thought we had a great weekend. The party went well, the kids had a great time. On Sunday, she made a comment that she had to leave for work. I went to church. When I got back, she stayed and we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons. Then we all went outside and played baseball with the kids. She gave me an unusual smirk, I've seen it before. But I played it cool.
She called the kids an hour later and said that she had a great time this past weekend. This makes two weekends in a row where we spent lots of time together as a family.
This week her parents come up for S5's pre-k graduation. She is supposed to have the kids and I'm going out of town. Today she asked me if I was taking the kids out of town. I told her twice (today) on two different occasions that I told her this could be her weekend. I have a feeling she is going to try and give me a hard time about this weekend.
I've been true to myself. I hope she is doing the same. I see a lot of anger in her, frustration, and sometimes confusion. I know she's hurt. I wonder of it's a MLC or could it be bipolar? I know she used to take meds for it.
