I love the band names. It is a good idea to try and hitch up with a band. Perhaps you could get one together, if you have friends who play various instruments. It would be a casual thing and, I guess, no-one would have to be perfect.
Yes, I agree that you should wish them fun and wave them good-bye. Tell the kids that you are so excited for them and looking forward to hearing all the stories.
As far as DB'ing ... I think you have done well. I wish I had figured out when to step back and let go. Sometimes, it seems like you are flip-flopping, but I think you are just musing about things. I remember at the beginning, you were all over the place ... so different now, and calmer, and more introspective, and stronger. If your W doesn't like you this way, then she is truly nutso!
Do you have plans for when the kids are away? Sorry, if you had said .... I don't remember, except for the possible gig.
Picking a band name is so brutally hard. You always end up with the one no one objects to too loudly. Funny to hear stories from wildly successful bands, with household names, who say they were all lukewarm on the name when they started.
I will wish them well, and I will give the kids a little money. I like the "take care of your mother" line. Shows her a smidgen of affection, and leaves out the implied "since I won't be there to do it".
Thanks for your compliments about my DBing. I don't know. I think I'm a mixed bag. Strong in some ways, weak in others. You're right, most of what I post here is musing. I feel totally different from when I came here. If she asked me to go to Disney at the beginning, I would have in a heartbeat. You all would have told me not to go, but I would have justified it in all sorts of ways, went anyway, then been crushed at how it didn't pull us back together as I'd hoped.
No big plans for while they're away. Work is nuts, so I'll probably be putting in a few extra hours. I'm sure I'll have a little fun as well!
