@Wanda and Mike: I am hanging in there! There's been lots of love from friends like you and family like mine. I had a great time with our son (trying not to say "my" son because it sounds selfish/possessive, IMHO. That's how my wife refers to our son with others anyway, i.e. MY son). He had a play date and he had loads of fun.

Did come home to an expected mess, however. These are ADULTS friends that helped my wife move, right? My wife is an ADULT too, right? Wouldn't you clean up the place after you move out? Wouldn't you putty up screw holes and such in the wall left by the things YOU removed? Plus there are still quite a lot of my wife's things she didn't get to take with her this time, so shouldn't I just gather them up and put them in a corner/garage?


M37, S5
M-7y; T-8y
Separated 060410
Wife/son moved 022611
Wife serves d-papers 032011
I filed child custody 042012; obtained custody 070312
Bifurcated 103112