Thanks for the kind words, Irish. I hope you all are doing well.
The more I think about xW continuing to say the things she did whilst driving our S's down the road, and with no effort to shield them or distract them elsewhere, not headphones, no DVD, no nothing to take their attention off their mother's harsh words... the more I feel so bad for them.
There was a point where I briefly thought of asking her, "I hope the boys can't hear what you're saying right now, can they?" But I didn't pursue it. I guess I was still a bit too blitzed from her verbal assault.
It's like she doesn't care anymore, or has any shame. Or that she just has this severe myopia when it comes to her own wrong-doing. She has seemed to always try to provoke me when our S's were in my presence, so she could paint me as "angry" and "combative". That's why I have learned to never let her bait me like that, especially in front of S9 or S5. But where she is concerned she doesn't seem to worry, like she thinks no one could possibly think her actions or motives wrong.
I don't know.
All I do know is that I cannot trust her to shield our S's from her own words and deeds. So no more telephone exchanges. This was not supposed to have gotten so offtrack, but it did.
As for myself, have I been getting out much? No, not really, not this week. Not as much as I would like. I did go to another bible study / dinner/ social gathering with friends on Saturday. And of course there was the time with my S's on Sunday.
But not much since then. I've been too harried by work. They're acting pretty draconian with us, more so than usual of late, demanding involuntary overtime, with no compensation. They've gotten so majorly hardline with me in the last few months, I can't figure out why. They now have placed restrictions on vacation and other PTO hours. All my peers are feeling the pinch as well.
I've been with this company for over 8 years, but I'm thinking it might be time to move on. I don't know.
I get the boys back tomorrow evening. Saturday we have a big hike with the cub scouts -- that should be fun. I also bought a new bicycle for S5 (since I accidentally trashed his current one during the apartment move -- the darn thing just popped off the bike carrier while cruising down the highway, tore it up quite a bit.)
I want to hear how everyone else is doing too, especially you, Irish.
