Ok, because I was sick we split memorial day weekend. She had them for friday night and part of saturday. I called her on saturday at 10am to check on my pick up time. When I called D8 picked up the phone and told me they were getting ready to go to the store. Stbxw took the phone and told me they were going to pick up paint to paint D8's room. I could hear a lot of noise in the background so I offered to come pick the girls up so that she could paint without the distraction. She said that they would call when they got back.
I went about my day and got some lunch when the time came. I got a call shortly after lunch and I met her at the house. She seemed tired and not too talkative so I asked her if everything went smoothly at the hardware store. She said it was just another typical trip where the girls were fighting with each other and such. She started to clean out the room that was to be painted and so I decided to offer my help. She accepted pretty easily.
When the room was clean she mentioned being hot and how she "hates to be hot." I told her "how can I help?" ala Coach. Then she said, "you should take the girls because I think it will be hard to paint with them here." I told her that I could handle it and I set the girls up with some entertainment and snacks. We were able to paint the entire room without any big interruptions and she was a happy lady! She said at one point during painting, "it is sad that we never painted these rooms." I said, "the past is the past." I thought about better ways to handle that question afterwards but that is what came out of my mouth at the moment. We talked, laughed, painted, sweat, and just had a decent time.
After we were done she asked what time it was and I said it was 5:45. It had been 5 hours! She said, "There is a nice pizza place over by the Target if you want to meet us over there for dinner." Before I could answer she says, "I mean... if you don't have any other plans." I said dinner would be fine.
We had a nice dinner together and it ended on a very positive note. As we were walking out into the parking lot I made her laugh somehow and when she gets going she can't talk and anything I say makes her laugh even more. I miss those times for sure. It was so comfortable, she seemed to kind of linger in the parking lot before I took the kids with me.
Me 35 Wife 34 Two daughters 8 years and 3 years Bomb 3/30/09 W filed 4/16/09 We met in'92 married in 2000 Divorce final
Then she said, "you should take the girls because I think it will be hard to paint with them here." I told her that I could handle it and I set the girls up with some entertainment and snacks. We were able to paint the entire room without any big interruptions and she was a happy lady! She said at one point during painting, "it is sad that we never painted these rooms." I said, "the past is the past." I thought about better ways to handle that question afterwards but that is what came out of my mouth at the moment. We talked, laughed, painted, sweat, and just had a decent time. 
