So I had to text W this morning to fill her in on the baby since I dropped him off at the babysitter's and she will be picking him up and taking him to her place. (Still sounds weird to say that). I tried to be positive and upbeat (large cup of coffee probably helped). I said "someone is going to be excited to see mommy tonight!" - and went on to explain his diaper rash and a little nose bleed he had. She said she couldn't wait to see him and asked a question or two about how I was handling certain aspects of feeding him. I told her a quick story about the baby talking about the dog (possibly his first un-coached sentence) and that opened the door to a few texts about what we have been experiencing as he approaches the "terrible twos". After exchanging stories, she texted "He hard-headed....hmmmmmmm" - I said yeah, must have come from his mother (in a way that she knew I was joking). I immediately closed by saying "have a good day at the office". After that she texted "Is your dad OK?" - (he's recovering from colon cancer - when it rains, it pours - eh?). I didn't answer - but will later. She was sorta close with my dad.
It was a decent exchange - as most typically are when they center around our S. The fact that she even made the "hard-headed" joke is kind of nice - she hasn't shown ANY humor with me since the bomb dropped in September. Also nice that she asked about my dad - she hasn't done that in quite a few weeks (but asked when we were living apart under the same roof). I know all of this probably means nothing and I won't read too much into it- but at least it was a "decent", albeit brief, text session - and I made a point not to linger.
