Piecing is almost harder than before #2...

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Just journaling...have to note the baby steps so that later I can read this and remember them and when they happened.

Good weekend with wife and family. Couple of small steps that were nice.

Background: my neighbor is a part-time race car instructor. A week or so ago, I asked him when he was going to take me for a ride. Yesterday was that day. First, holy sh**. Over 150 mph in a car is not natural. But I regress....

Before I left, I joked with my wife that the life insurance was all paid up and where the policy was. After I left, I got a TM from W: "Be safe, I would never want anything bad to happen to you. ily". That was nice to get.

After we got home, my W met me in the front yard. We were chit chatting with our neighbor. W says to him "thanks for keeping my man safe". "My Man". Wow. Now, I know this was in public and my W has always put on a good, strong public front, but it's been a long time since I heard her make this kind of possessive comment. She could have just said "him", but she didn't. She choose to say "my man". Big deal? As with all these small steps maybe, maybe not. Who can say? But I like to think so.

A bit of a stressful morning. W tired. Kids uncooperative. Nothing bad, just not great. W calls me on her way to work. She's blah, but not about me. (reminder, she's NOT a morning person). Good chat for about 10 minutes, so all good. I'll write that off as Monday morning moody....and SHE called me.

Still waiting for the big one, but a bunch of small ones add up quick. I'm hanging in there and looking forward to that pot of gold to come.