Wife left

[CO1978]

Today took S to Nativity scene at church, was pretty cool, he loved the camel, donkey and sheep there. W called twice while we were out, felt kind of nice not to answer. W and I finally did talk over phone, I "bragged" about our good time, and how much fun we had. She was calling because she hadn't seen him since Thursday morning. She vented about how hard she has been working and brought up she is going to car dealership down by Philly tomorrow (2 1/2 hour drive) and I asked if I had to be there, since car loan is in my name. She said she would work something out. Then she said about having to get car inspected (was up at end of October) and might be needing brakes to pass inspection. She said about coming over before I go to work on Tuesday to watch S, I asked her (had to convince her) if she wanted to see him Monday, take him out for and hour or so, she could do it while car was being inspected. S is always asking for her, its not fair to him this is happening. She also brought up seeing FB picture I posted of S with my mom making Christmas cookies. She asked if he had fun, and what my mom was doing over at house. I told her just making cookies with S. Told her how much fun he had doing that, and the big mess he made. Told her have a nice night, she said you too. I thought conversation went well. It seems she has a timer, as we only talk for 10-15 minutes and the buzzer goes off and she has to go. Really doing best not to offer her help. She's "only" been gone just over a month, but it feels like 6 months. Really don't know how all of you have gone so long and stayed so strong. Still got to think of right words to say to her to get my bank cards back.