Well this is officially day #1 of the separation. It was weird to open up closet doors, medicine cabinets and dressers and see emptiness, all of her stuff gone. Even now I have to remind myself that I don't need to wait for her to get home to start making dinner.
We have our visitation schedule for the girls in place. I'm not happy that they are being shuttled back and forth between the two of us, but at least they are getting equal time and access and I think that is important for them. I have them on Mon and Tues, my W has them on Wed and Thurs and then we alternate the weekends. They will still be coming home here everyday from school since her apartment is not in the school district and I work from home so I will be here when they arrive. On Wed and Thurs she will pick them up after work, so I get to see them everyday during the week. She will be coming over every morning to pick up our oldest and drive her to the bus stop which is about 1/2 mile away, so she will also get a chance to see them everyday. It is my goal to make this as amicable as possible, and hopefully I am more successful than my goal to save the marriage.
Given all that it is still very weird that she has actually moved out, but I will get used to it.
