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[JustStunned]

@LITB: Thanks. Until recently I never realized how much some people need drama.

I am happy to see you are doing better in your sitch. Persevere through the setbacks, keep leaning forward.

Journaling: Friday came and went without incident. I saw my daughter over the weekend when she came in to work on her painting project and to do laundry. If she wishes to tell me how spending time with her mother went she will. I am not asking about it. I am sure she is still adjusting to being present in both of our worlds and trying to keep them apart. I hope she learns to just be, to stop thinking about it, to stop giving the situation significance. I am certain she will work through it. Time and patience.

Saturday I was informed XW broke one of her arms at the elbow and spent the night in the hospital. My daughter informed me when she visited her XW had been given quite a cocktail of painkillers and was pretty out of it. SIL3 had placed several calls to my daughter at work and was somewhat frustrated when everyone did not focus upon XW. SIL3 has changed her air travel departure date and extended her vacation at home. She told my daughter she is doing so b/c no one else is stepping up.

It feels odd to stand outside watching this unfold. There is a soap opera quality to it. I very briefly weighed the merits of interjecting myself, very briefly. I perceive many negatives doing so. I am not.

I am continuing to prep the house for my son’s family. My daughter’s bathroom painting project is about complete and I have a coat of primer on the walls of the bedroom they will use. It will require at least one more coat even using the primer and top coat paint I purchased. The whole project is progressing slower than anticipated, but is doable in the time I have remaining.

I have scoped out a couple of the places they are considering renting with the old Mark 1 and sent feedback to them. I am not telling them where to live rather I am telling them what I think of each property. They have done a good job of narrowing their field and each place has plusses and minuses.