Well it sounds like it was a bit of a stressful day yesterday, but good stuff mixed in too (sorry about the shades )
It's so hard when they get whiny and cranky- I've been having a lot of that lately and in my sitch- still living together, acting relatively normally, all my close friends keep asking "do you think she could be picking up on the tension??!!!" which of course feeds my anxiety that this will affect her soon. I already hurt when she says "I want daddy"; can only imagine the pain you get in your situation now.
You ARE a great, cool dad. Many of us didn't have a dad like you, and D is very, very lucky. I don't say that lightly- sometime I can tell you about my dad- nowhere NEAR as involved as you and he stayed in the house with my mom for 20 years, which should've made it easier- he just wasn't interested. You are, and she needs her dad- all little girls do. And yes, when they all hate us moms in the teenage years, you will reap the benefits
I like the meetup idea- hey, if you're an outdoorsy person, it would be great to find people to do that stuff with! Is there an REI down there? I remember seeing that they have groups and trips and stuff (I'm a backpacker), but have never done one.
Hope your weekend's going ok--
When the men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go; And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow; Go ask Alice... I think she'll know.
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