Light at the end of the tunnel......

[NYCPeter]

perhaps you should remind your wife that this isn't about what's best for YOU, but rather for your girls.

Well I'm sure my in-laws will be very supportive of my W during "her time" - we'll see.

Don't beat yourself up too much about your wife taking the lead in your daughter's care in the past; she was the SAHM while you earned the money; it was the deal you had at the time.

Not really a valid excuse - I should have found time (I will need to moving forward), I find dealing with authorities and govt paperwork a frustrating experience (as I'm sure my W did) - lazy on my part.

Quick journal -
Note, I tend to write these journals more as a diary entry, they may be boring and mundane - but re-reading them helps me understand all the steps and mistakes I have made on this journey.

I contacted someone at the link that Rick provided for CP support (thanks Rick) - they sent me an email with some detailed questions that I needed my W's help answering.

I sent W an email - she responded fairly quickly - when I got home last night, my W wanted to know why I needed the information - I said I was looking at the possibility of getting more services for D10, W's response "Well I think we pretty much get everything we can" - I replied "yes - you've done a great job organizing everything, I don't think it would hurt to investigate if there was anything else we could get".

I put the girls to bed - W was watching a TV show while I ate dinner.

W then told me plans for the weekend - in-laws will be taking D7 & D10 Sat AM and coming back Sun PM. I find this a little frustrating as she doesn't discuss with me, just tells me what the plans are. I know the girls will have fun - so I don't say anything, but checking with me - "do you have any plans with the girls" would be nice.

She then went to bed to read...

Our conversations are getting shorter and shorter...

It worked out fine as I had a lot of work to catch up on...