My Sitch/any better ideas than going dark?

[Broken74]

Thanks for your feedback and good vibes 111 I greatly appreciate it!

Journaling today after a good weekend. I was busy GAL this weekend and then the W and I ended up speaking yesterday. I asked what she was doing for the Superbowl and when she said nothing I suggested (again I am violating the LRT mantra but I went with my gut and yielded a positive outcome I think) we catch the first half of the game as friends. Long story short this ended up as watching about 5 minutes of the Superbowl and then meandering around the mall. Based on my perception there were a couple of breakthroughs:

1) She immediately said I looked "different" and good, I have changed my style a bit and have been working out quite a bit so I'm happy that she noticed. She looked quite good herself.
2) This is the first time we have spent time together where I did not try to touch her or show her affection in any way. I think she was shocked by this. I don't remember the last time I told her I love her.
3) She offered up the fact that she is not dating/talking to anyone which is obviously good to hear assuming she is being truthful.
4) I didn't spend a dime on her which is certainly a 180 for me.

In summary, she said that she had a good time and would like to get together again. I take that as a plus.

I think I am going to LRT again and truly let her to come to me next time, including the guantlet of Valentines day next week. At this point my plan is to not acknowledge it all, even though it is her favorite holiday.

Doing nothing is the right thing to do for Valentines day right, including her and the stepchildren I suppose? She has made it clear that she doesn't want me seeing them during this "who knows" stage as they could easily get confused to what's going on (which is effectively nothing at this point).