Well, I'm worn out. I was H and W today - W was sick, so I stayed home from work and shuttled D to school, then took care of S and W, who were both not feeling well.
W got some Theraflu induced sleep this am. She thanked me for letting her sleep and said she felt better - not great, but better.
Took S to football tryouts today. He got progressively better throughout the day. He did well with his tryout.
Then rushed home to allow W to go to a cooking class she has been looking forward to all week. Even though she did not feel up to it. So, I took care of the kids dinner and baths. Then we played with the new cat, then off to bed for them.
W got home a little while ago. She was excited about her class and wanted to show me her workbook for the class and what she would be doing in it over the next 4 weeks. Looks pretty cool. Despite my fatigue, I paid attention and asked some questions.
Then I told her the truth - that I was tired and heading off to bed.
One notable thing was that I slipped and was a bit snappy with W this afternoon when I was trying to get S ready for his tryout. W said she was going to get his tryout number printed and taped to his jersey and would have all his clothes and equipment laid out. Not uncommonly, at the last minute, I had to get it all ready. As I did, I noticed the chin strap was the wrong one for his helmet. W said the guy at the sports shop said the chin strap would work with his helmet - clearly it wouldn't. I snapped and said no way the strap was going to work. She said she did the best she could (usually my job to do the outfitting in this area, but had my grandfather's funeral this weekend). I immediately caught myself and told her the truth - that I was not upset with her, but was upset with the guy at the sports shop who told her the chin strap was fine.
Anyway, nothing that significant about a chin strap, but it was the first time since the bomb where I was a bit snippy, and it came across as me snapping at W. And she didn't explode or get angry. If anything, she was submissive - NEVER has been before. But, perhaps the most important things were (a) I wasn't afraid to express my feelings and (b)we could have a near disagreement and be able to resolve it quickly which I think is a good thing given our current sitch.
