You can't have everything, where would you put it?

[ClingingToHope]

Lots of good things happened this weekend and one bad thing. Friday I did the football game and met friends who were in town from Georgia and New Hampshire for drinks. They've both gone through divorces and we had a great time.

The girls spent the night at friends houses. Picked them up in the morning and we hit the Labor Day festival mid-day. Good times there. One small D8 incident. Otherwise good. Picked up two friends of there's for a sleepover. Dropped them off on Sunday morning.

Sunday didn't go as planned. Had a good time with free passes at the mini-putt/go kart track. The girls were picking at each other a bit.

Sunday night, we laid around and watched TV and D11 did a fashion design game for a while.

The bad. STBXW was supposed to pick them up at 10 p.m. She was out of town with friends at a concert. Originally, I was going to keep them overnight, but I was going to golf in the morning so I'd asked her to pick them up Sunday night. She said fine.

So I made plans for Sunday night as well.

Anyway, she sends texts around 4 p.m. saying she might not make it by 10 p.m. Then she sends a text at 6 p.m. asking how "firm" my 6:15 a.m. plans were.

Well, we'd moved the tee time to 1 p.m., but I had made plans to go out when she got the girls.

So I told her friends were expecting me and the girls were expecting her.

She sent a text back mad because she thought I was working Monday and she doesn't feel like she should have to come back, but she would do her best to get back on time.

Now. Part of me was mad because she was basically trying to change times because she was having fun. Part of me was mad because she was having fun and wanted to stay the night and my still addicted to STBXW brain did not want her staying the night. I wanted to make sure she came home.

I know. I know. Let it go.

Anyway, she ended up getting them a few minutes after 10 p.m. I did my best to not see her, rushing the kids out the door, closing it behind them.

That's bad too.

See today is her birthday and I really wanted to make sure I didn't have to see her at all today.

Anyway. The emotional ups and downs so exhausted me, I ended up canceling last night and just going to sleep.

I made it out to golf today and am heading out to see a friend.

I just really hope I'm a lot farther down the detachment road by Labor Day next year.

Go ahead, swing the 2x4s.