I tried to daydream, but my mind kept wandering

[ClingingToHope]

Church_31 and I texted some more this morning. She said she's sure she can get out for a little while on Saturday and that's fine with me.

If Saturday and Monday goes well I'll see if she's free when I get back from my trip to Minnesota.

If not, I'll be disappointed. But I'd be more disappointed if I didn't at least try.

Kid thing/acceptance thing.

XW texts last night, saying there's no way she can both drop girls off and pick them up from camp. So could I either drop them off or pick them up.

MWD might call this "cake-eating." After all, she wanted to be a single mom. It's her job to handle logistics on her days.

But I really don't care. Now I get to pick them up on Tuesday and Friday. The alternative is that XW just pays a babysitter and they sit around all day. I'd rather have them out having experiences.

Been thinking a bit on something D12 said Sunday night. During the long conversation about the D being final, I was telling them I'll always love XW and think we should have tried harder to work things through. D12 then said, "but what if you are better off without her?"

That's not good. I don't want them growing up with resentment toward XW. That'll just rebound on me anyway and I don't want them growing up with anger. There's been enough of that in our family already.

Funny thing today. D8 got over-excited at horseback riding camp and ran off in the woods during a hike. It was a typical D8 moment. When they found her she refused to come back and it took a while to get her back on the plan.

But she also ran through poison ivy and I spent 90 minutes getting some ointment, a fresh change of clothes and then rubbing the ointment all over her.

Why me? Because XW wasn't answering her phone at work.