Lol - ya, I was in such a good mood, it did make me laugh a little when he said it. The next day a lady at the day care was sooo upset with her husband (sounded like maybe he bought her a bag of hershey's at the drugstore/left it for her in the bag on the counter--something romantic like that) because he wanted to know what HE ever got for Vday. Well, that made me pause because with my "new" filter on life, her husband maybe had a valid point.

But you are right. If he's having even a little pity party about the lack of gifts, he's not stopped focusing on himself and realized that this is the reality he's creating (especially if a week seems like a good gap between visiting the kids).

He did record one of those hallmark story books for our daughter, that was sweet for her. Hallmark should seriously put the buttons on the back, though - she's pushing them rather than letting it play.

Rhode Island is my revised 3 hour road trip. I have a gf who will do the 7 hour Niagara trip another time - 2 year old and a crowd/cliff makes me want an extra adult.


Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.
--Stanislaw Lem