I love all you guys too! You've been a rock for me!
I'm doing OK, nothing really new here. Stbx and I have a tentative agreement; he submitted it to his atty last Friday for her review, and that's what we're waiting on now. About a week earlier, D17 unfortunately saw me crying while talking to stbx on the phone about some of his issues with the agreement. I told him I didn't want to talk then since she was around, but he insisted. I should have been stronger about telling him "No, not now", and I will in the future.
I started seeing someone recently and that's going really nice. I haven't told the kids yet, I don't know the best way and time to do that. I'm just not sure what they (especially D17) can handle at this point, so I keep it as a generic "going out with friends"- to a movie, dinner, etc, and I get myself home at a reasonable hour (usually 10:00). And no overnights for anyone to walk in on...
D17 did start seeing an IC herself this month to help with stress. She's had a couple appts. and I have no idea what they're talking about in there. I respect her privacy, but if the IC could give us a head's up as to what's going on with her, and the best way to communicate with her (what to tell her, how much and how to tell her, etc), that would be really nice. I left the IC a voicemail to that effect, I hope she responds.
I hope everyone is doing well as can be- Hugs, Bunny
