When we woke up, we all worked on making breakfast together and the boys set the table.
We spent most of it outside as the weather was beautiful. I dug out some remote control toys for them to play with. Their favorite was the flying UFO. We cooked out for lunch and I tried to keep my 3 year old up as long as possible before his nap so he would take a long one since we were going to see the fireworks tonite (they normally go to bed at 8:30). He lasted about 40 minutes past his normal nap time before he came up to me to ASK for his nap. My 7 year old and I played video games while his brother napped
When the 3 year old woke from his nap, we worked together to make a snack as well
Then we went to my buddy's picnic. The boys brought their soccer and baseball stuff to play with.
We ate when we got there and it turned out there was a carnival going a couple of blocks from their house. We went over and the kids loved the rides. My friends came with us and bought them cotton candy.
In the middle of the carnival, my wife called to talk to the boys (it was only 7:45, when she does call it's usually closer to 8:30). I let her talk to the boys but after a few minutes she realized we were out at a carnival and asked if we could call her later when it was a better time
When we got back to my friend's picnic, I has the boys sit in the bed of my truck to talk to my wife. They really weren't interested in talking so after a couple of minutes, they both just said bye and went off to play after they gave me the phone. I noticed the phone was still connected so I said "hello?" and she was still on
I asked how she was and she said she was really down. She said she didn't go to the picnic yesterday and had been just moping around her apt all day. I told her that she is welcome to join is to watch fireworks if she wants. Then I said have a goodnite and hung up
As it got dark, the boys had a blast making a firefly lantern out of water bottles. Then the fireworks started. It was a great nite. The only way it could have been better if my wife was with us.
We got home after 10:30 PM and the boys were exhausted as they went right to bed. My wife sent me an email around 11:30 PM. I called her as I couldn't tell what the picture was that she sent me. Turned out it was a sunset ( it looked like a planet). She then started saying how she has been so sad and down the last couple of days. I told her that I had noticed. She said she spent most of the day watching self help videos that made her cry. One was about relationships that she wished she watched years ago. Then another was related to the science of success book she had been reading.
We chatted for about 35 minutes. We didn't get into rehashing the relationship talk but I did tell her that it was a great nite which could only have been better if she was there with me. She asked why since she wasn't being very nice to me. I told her I know she hasn't but she is still my wife and I do think about her often. She said that I should call her if I wanted to. I told her that I'm still trying to respect her time and space but would if that is really what she wanted. She said ok as if she didn't want to talk to me she would just tell me.
She started yawning so I told her it was getting late so I was going to bed so have a goodnite
Me 41 WAW 36 S 3&7 M 10 yrs W files D 1/9/09 W moves out 4/18 Lost job 6/15 New job 7/27 Disc PA 8/10 (started Nov 2008!) Confronted 8/11 Admits PA & appologies for hurt 9/11 Lost Job 11/13
