Suspension of reality is over and I am now back, and back to "real life".
No real change in my sitch, except that I am much more relaxed and a bit more detached. The only real difficulty that I had during the trip is that it was so fun and the scenery was so beautiful, that I desperately wanted to share it with someone - and for this my thoughts kept coming back to my W. This was then a periodic painful reminder of the reality of how things are.
The trip was a fantastic chance to re-unite with 3 friends from the military. Interesting to note that all are having marital troubles of one degree or another, and all of us thought we were alone in this until we started talking.
After a week of almost no contact (no cell phone connectivity at all while in the mountains) I came back to find W distant, stressed and distracted. She has new information that her mom's cancer is even worse than she had believed. No change in her interactions with me.
Retro is still on our joint schedules for mid September. Between then and now we are going to work in a family trip to visit her mom.
Me 42, W 39, S8, S6, S2 M 11y, A & ILYBNILWY 11/08 Walking away from a bad situation.
