In the eye of my storm

[LITB]

I'm @ the Albuquerque airport getting ready to fly back to San Francisco. Another great weekend overall.

The part that pisses me off is when my kids are distraught when I have to say good bye. When I had to put them on a flight to NM, it was my D8 who was upset. This time it was my S5. He didn't want me to leave and doesn't understand why daddy doesn't live with the family. The W was @ work, so she didn't have to witness the pain she had caused. Lucky me, I was privileged to deal with the MIL. The site of her repulses me.

Here is the good part. I had lunch with my W on Friday. I expected it to be a typical one hour lunch. Apparently she was not in a hurry, because it lasted over 2 hours. She lingered by the car when I was getting ready to leave.

Yesterday we went to the movies and to dinner as a family. I took my kids to get cards and gifts from the W before dinner as her birthday is next Tuesday. She was pleasantly surprised as she opened them at the restaurant. She thanked me several times.

The best part of the weekend was camping. Everyone had a blast. We played games, got muddy, made smores and just messed around in the forest. Good times.

As I said last week, I met with an engineering firm this morning. Hopefully something will come to fruition as I'm anxious to be close to my kids.