WAW - Very confused and devastated - pt 10

[confusedinpa]

Well it was a good day with some minor bizzare things.

My wife dropped our 7 year old off to me today (he doesn't have school/camp this week - trying to control cost with my job loss) and since my 3 year old still has school on Mon and Tues, it was just me and my 7 year old.

I made sure that I was showered, shaved and dressed when she dropped him off. I tried to be very upbeat and chipper. My son ran into the house and gave me a big hug with a huge smile and said he missed me (even though he had just seen me less than 12 hour ago). She made a joke of "Is this Daddy Day Care?" when I opened the door. I just laughed and smiled. Very minor chit chat before she left.

Throughout the day, my 7 year old and I had a great day. He made a comment of how it has been such a long time since it was he and daddy day (basically since his little brother was born). We did everything that he wanted to do but would normally be interfered with by his little brother so we couldn't. He generally is good natured about it, but I know it bothers him. So I basically made the entire day about him.

My wife called up mid day about some minor chit chat (i.e. she will put the pictures she took on Sunday on a memory stick for me, etc.) and did ask to talk to our 7 year old.

When my son and I were on a bike ride, I got a call from my wife asking if her mom could pick up our son about early since she wanted to visit with him. I tried to stay sounding upbeat and positive, and just said sure.

I told my son we had to start heading home as he was going to get picked up early. He started to cry saying he didn't want to go as he wanted to stay. I hugged him and said we will have another daddy tomorrow.

Her mom picked him up, and she didn't even want to come in. She stayed at arms length/distant but did offer sympathy due to my job loss. I tried to stay upbeat and positive saying that it really hasn't fazed me as it seems very minor in the entire realm of things.

Here's where the odd part comes in - around 7:00 PM, my wife calls to complain about how noisy the dryer is in her apartment. I wanted to say the one at home is really quiet, so just come on back if it's that bad, but of course I didn't. She did bring up how it sounded like our old one so I figure she knew that. I let her go on for a few minutes, listening like a friend would. Then I said that I would let her go as I know it's getting close to giving the boys their baths.

Then around 10PM tonite, she text me that it was a beautiful nite out so I should go out in our patio to enjoy it. I thought about just ignoring it, but it just seemed so odd that curiousity got the better of me. She answered and it sounded like she was crying. I asked her what was wrong? She said one of her friend's younger brother has brain cancer and doesn't sound like he will make it through the week. He is 42. So she was sad about that.

I tried to be sympathetic and after a few minutes, said that it was getting late so I should let her got to bed soon. So I said goodnite.

I've been tweaking my resume and sent it out to a few more recruiters that I've worked with before. I did call one of my friends to network on a start up opportunity, but it didn't sound like it was something I would go for.

So I'm still working on my situation, the job part and the WAW. I know what I need to do to try and find a job, I'm still clueless about the WAW.