Sanderika, thanks for checking up on me and thanks for your continued encouragement. You have an incredibly big heart to be concerned about others when I know you must be cycling through many, many emotions these days. I have been praying for you and will think of you often over the next two days.

Mila and CW, thank you both for your encouragement and your perspective. I am really lucky to have met everyone here!!!!

I have been quite busy and not much to report so sorry that I haven't been posting to folks for the past few days. I was a bit blue last week because of minimal contact with XH after things had seemed to move forward a bit. XH seems to have retreated back into the tunnel after things heated up over the past few weeks. I let him sit in there to marinate in his unhappiness. Getting sick of watching all of these baby steps forward, and then what appears to be "nothing". That's why I appreciate everyone's feedback and reminders that these are positive moves forward.

Last thursday I went to X-MILs to visit. She was very alert and fun so it was a very nice visit. Texted XH a fabulous photo that I took of his mother with her favorite nursing assistant. He was very pleased. ............I looked around for signs of GF#2 at X-MILs but didn't see any. However, ...........I had given X-MIL a small pile of photos (from the past) on Christmas Day. In the pile I had put a photo of X-MIL, XH, and me, taken right after I met XH. THAT photo was missing from the pile.........so I figured that XH removed it so that GF#2 wouldn't see it.

Tomorrow is my day off (YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!) I am talking to Jody tomorrow morning AND I am playing TT with XH tomorrow evening. I should have much to report afterward from both.

Missher and Sanderika, I took your suggestions and am planning to ask XH's advice about buying a wireless multi-room music system. If XH is interested in helping me figure this out we can go to Best Buy together to demo it...........and if XH is game to help, this would provide an opportunity for XH to spend time at the house with me working on installation, or at the very least admiring the installation. This was brilliant Sanderika!...............and even if XH doesn't choose to help I know he will give me his opinion and I will end up with a nice sound system. We could then talk about sharing digital music files. I went to Barnes & Noble and bought a couple magazines ("best of 2011") with reviews of these systems. I plan to take them to TT tomorrow night to show XH.

I will let you all know what happens tomorrow!

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