Hope and heartache

[ClingingToHope]

Tonight went OK. Got to my old house and had to wait for W to get there before I could leave with D7.

D10 was psyched for her tryout. When W got home they still had paperwork and stuff to fill out.

I was getting D7's stuff and W started to say she'd drop D10 off after the audition.

D10 told her she wanted to stay with her in case there were callbacks and I said that's fine with me.

W kept trying to figure out a way that D10 should stay with me. She said she had a charity event in the morning from 9 a.m. to noon.

I asked her if there was any reason D10 couldn't stay with her tonight and she looked at me and said she wanted to wrap the presents.

This is where perhaps I didn't handle it the best. I could have smiled or showed some sympathy. Instead, I just gathered up D7's stuff and said let's go. One of the DB rules is to not be cold and I broke it.

D7 and I had a great night. We hit the pet store -- she just likes to pet the cats -- the grocery store and then headed to a co-workers Christmas party.

There was supposed to be other kids there but D7 was it. Didn't matter. They have two boxers who love kids and D7 spent a lot of time with them. They have a big screen TV which is connected to NetFlix and they kept ordering kids shows for her. And she nibbled on chicken and cookies all night and found several adults to tell her stories to.

We got there at 6:30 p.m. and didn't leave until I made her leave at 11:30 p.m. She outlasted several adults.

I'm not sure what W is doing, but it doesn't matter. This was our memory. W can't have any of it.