Thanks guys. Yes, it is great news and yes, I don't have to move further from kids. Right now, they're only five minutes away.
~~~~~~~~~~~ A little journaling ~~~~~~~~~~~
W sent me an email this morning saying she had some finance stuff for me at the house. I didn't respond. It was a statement of fact, not a question about whether I'd go get it.
Anyhow, she texts me late afternoon, asking where D8's overnight bag is. I didn't get a chance to respond right away. Texted her back half hour later that I still had it and could drop it off later. No response from W. I then texted her at about 8pm and asked whether the stuff was needed today. Still no response.
In the mean time, D13 calls me from her cell. W is cleaning the yard and wants to know if I am wanting some rims from my old beemer or whether her dad can take them to the dump. I say I want them, but I'm thinking WTF... you still get D13 to be the messenger? After going to the course which stresses the kids SHOULD NOT be used for that purpose?!!!
Then, I realize that the bike lock I bought for D8 is still here. So at about 9pm I call the house. W picks up and says "I was just about to call you, I just read your text"... I say "mmhhmmm"
I say D8's bike lock is here if she's taking her bike to school. W says she was planning to. So I said I'd drop it off. She asks if I got her emails today and I say what emails (ie. plural) and then she says something about no sure if she even sent me any emails today... ????? WTF?
Cleaned myself up, fresh shirt, some cologne, party shoes... Waited about half an hour, then went over there.
Dropped stuff off, including some of Ws stuff that ended up here for some reason, packed in my boxes of stuff... She was happy to see some of it. One of the items was a video memorial for her grandmother. She picks it up, points to it and says, "My Nanna was over at your place?!" (like... awwww...) I say, "yeah". But she's smiling, joking with me. Not like there was any real outward emotion there.
D13 was in one of her "impress my friend" moods it seems, or maybe "impress mom" mood. A friend of D13's was at the house. She comes to the door, looks at me and say "why are you so skinny?" I just looked at her with a grimace / smirk on my face and said, "I guess if you'd call me skinny..." D13 then says to W, "(friend's name) is going to have to walk home. You're going to make her walk?" W says, "Yeah..." I don't offer... D13 doesn't ask me. No big deal, but my "normal" would have been to offer.
I then quickly mentioned to W about getting my passport. I mentioned that I'd asked about it before, to which she said I didn't and then said she couldn't remember me asking about it. She told me where it was and asked if she should get it right then and I said no, that's ok. She said she'd get it to me in the next couple days.
She then asks me again about the coins... I just shrug and say I'll get to it later. Then I look at my watch and tell W I have to go. I say goodbye to Ds and to W and leave.
