I tried to daydream, but my mind kept wandering

[ClingingToHope]

"Better me update."

XW calls at 4:30 p.m. I am wrapping up a couple of stories.

D9 has her bi-weekly appointment with psychologist and she's getting ready to take her when she gets a call about the house. Someone wants to see it, but she doesn't know what to do with the dog. She is thinking about taking it with to the doctor's office.

I tell her she can tie the dog up at my house and I can be home in about 20 minutes.

It's not really my problem, but I would do something like this for a friend or coworker.

So I go home and the dog -- who misses me terribly, I'm the only one who would take her running -- is sitting in my yard looking sad.

I take her for a walk and then let her lay down inside until XW gets there.

She says thanks and I say "you're welcome."

D9 looked really happy. That's all that matters.

I emailed the day before about a switch in my final summer week with the girls. She said fine, it helps her, another tooth snapped and she's getting an implant.

XW has great teeth -- now. When we met, she had horrible teeth. The ones up front were pretty good. All the ones inside were a mess though. She always drank too much soda and her parents were too poor to get proper dental care. It's probably why it's very hard to get a good picture of her. She rarely ever smiled because of her teeth.

I estimate we spent more than $15,000 over the years fixing her teeth. Of course, she's on her own now and implants aren't covered by insurance. I know, because I had to get one in 2009 and it cost me $2,000.

I remembered they won't let you drive home after the implant is finished. I emailed back asking if she needed a ride because the girls and I would be off.

She said her friend -- the one that ripped into me over the weekend -- is picking her up.

Still, at least I offered.

All quiet on dating front. I exchanged some messages with a lady who is a lot like me. Likes to be outside and active, likes to take her kids to places all over the country to expose them to places other than here, likes the same movies. She's in Paris with her son though and I haven't heard from her in a week.

Not a lot of time in next few weeks anyway. I got an email from the running race company. They want us the weekend of Aug. 13-14 for a race in Chicago.

So I can go out that Friday night but will be tied up the rest of the weekend. Two weeks after that is the Chicago Triathlon, a race we normally get, so I'll have my daughters or be working every weekend of the month.

That's good. I need to build up some cash reserves after the summer. That's also bad. Hard to meet new people when you are always working.