It's been several days since I've last posted, and there's been some ups and downs. Unfortunately, the downs involved my W. The ups involved GAL'ing.
I had a little bit of drama on Thursday of last week. My W and I had a handoff with my S. She had OM in the car with her. She did park out in the street, so he wouldn't be on my property, thus adhering to the boundary I laid out. Geez - the bare minimum. I guess the lesson learned here is to set your boundary a little further out than what's barely acceptable. I didn't even invite her in this time. I just had her stay out on the front porch until my S came down. We chatted a little bit, but it was all business. I was a little cold, but I didn't react to her antics.
We had two more exchanges over the weekend, and it was like she was avoiding me. She picked my S up on Friday before I got home. On Sunday, she dropped him off and he just came in the house by himself.
I received a call from my W's sister's ex last Thursday, too. My W's sister I think has been her biggest influence in wanting a D. It was good to talk to him. We're probably going to get together at some point. However, I was a little aghast about what my W's had done. I just hope and pray my W doesn't follow her pattern to a "T". That's primarily for my S's sake, but it's also for her sake and mine. I always thought my W had higher standard than her sister, but you never know, do you?
It was a pretty good weekend for GAL'ing. I had a couple of guys over from my Men's group at church on Friday night to watch some college hoops. Saturday, I was able to take advantage of our outstanding weather and take a 26 mile ride on the bike path. Saturday evening, I went to Winter Jam - a concert with 10 different Christian bands performing - I had a blast!
We had a great church service on Sunday. Afterward, I returned to the bike path for a 3 mile run in the afternoon. Later that night, after my S got home, we went out for dinner and rooted on UNC to a victory and took a short bike ride and got some ice cream.
While we were getting ice cream, my S asked me who my hero was growing up. I didn't have a really good answer. He then shared with me that his hero is me. My jaw hit the ground. That was very, very humbling.
It seems like when there's a high, there will also be a low. So after a good weekend, I was an anxious mess yesterday. I've recovered today for the most part. There's still some lingering anxiety.
Today was the day I chose to smuggle Chipotle into my S's school. I decided to stay for outdoor recess. The temperature was in the 70s at lunch.
Tonight I have my Healing Relationships (aka Ladies' group). I have been invited to come along for dinner afterward. I think I'm going to go. And I think I'm still going to follow through on my plans to do a 3 mile run and 8.6 mi. ride afterward. If I can get to bed before 2:30, I'm good, right?
She did park out in the street, so he wouldn't be on my property, thus adhering to the boundary I laid out. Geez - the bare minimum. 
I guess the lesson learned here is to set your boundary a little further out than what's barely acceptable. I didn't even invite her in this time. I just had her stay out on the front porch until my S came down. We chatted a little bit, but it was all business. I was a little cold, but I didn't react to her antics.
