I intend to live forever - so far, so good

[ClingingToHope]

Girls got their report cards yesterday. D11 got several A's, a couple of B's and no C's. She lifted her math grade from an F to a B from midterm.

D8 received mostly Cs, 1 B and 2 A's. She was very excited. I was too. No D's or F's. She tends to do better as the year goes on so this was a good starting point -- although I'd still rather she repeat third grade anyway.

Had D8 last night -- I'm getting one or the other on Tuesdays until the week of Dec. 10 because of a scheduling thing. She really wanted to go bowling so we went.

Great time. Great night.

I thank God that I don't have to live with the guilt of breaking up the family. That's STBXW's cross to bear.

A couple of interesting things. After bowling we watched the Wizards of Waverly Place movie. There's a part in it where Alex, the flighty daughter, wishes her parents never met while they are on a family vacation. It comes true -- she's a wizard after all -- and they have to spend the rest of the movie trying to fix the wish.

In the end, she gets a magic crystal and has just one wish and says "I wish everything was the way it used to be."

I had a mini-meltdown because it reminded me of the October 2008 trip to Disney World. I thought at the time it would be our last family trip -- things were going downhill fast -- and I sat there last night wishing I could make that wish because ... I don't know, I felt like I could have fixed it.

Unproductive thought. The feeling just snuck up on me.

One other thing. D8 is struggling with a girl on the playground who keeps picking at her. She told me about it, asked for some advice. Then I had her talk to D11 for some advice.

D11 must have told STBXW because she texts me a couple of questions and says in the text that she talked to the principal about this last week.

STBXW didn't tell me she talked to the principal. I'm guessing this is going to be a tug-of-war for a while. She wants regularly scheduled phone conversations while I just want to exchange info like this by email.

She easily could have sent me an email letting me know. I'm just noting it here as something I'm going to have to monitor.