More patience??? Really???

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Thanks for the suggestions. W is on her "cleansing diet" again so no trips to sonic for a while. But we have MC this Friday and she asked me if I had time to go to lunch after the appointment. So we have a lunch date on Friday and I'm looking for a fun place that will work with her diet.

So here's what I'm doing for fun. W shared with me these shoe commercials on youtube over the weekend. The basic gist is a teenager who is disgruntled and unable to really express how excited they are about getting cool new shoes picked out by their mom. So the responses are very understated. However, to a mom of a teenager, they're huge, so at the end of each commercial a giant sign reading "Victory" falls down and fireworks go off.

So D10 and I are making my W "victory" signs on posterboard so as she has those "mom moments" where she's right but the kids don't want to acknowledge it, we can grab a "Victory" sign and hold it up for her. We just have to find time to make them while W is not around.

Other stuff. W stopped by the retail store where she is applying for a job. Apparently she struck up a good conversation with the sales people and in the process helped sell a customer on a belt to go with an outfit she was trying on. She called me to tell me about it and I laughed and enjoyed the moment with her. Later in the evening I brought it up again laughing about only she would get a cross-sell before even starting a job.

W is also training for her first olympic length triathalon next summer and is taking swim classes. So last night she had class and stayed longer so she could get a full mile in. I came home and have handled dinner for the kids and me and made extra for her. She got home later but made her goal of swimming a mile for the first time and I made a big deal of it and gave her a high five for her accomplishment.

So Bug, our "thing" seems to be turning into lunch every other week after MC which is nice. I also have a business trip to NYC in November and have told W I want to take her with me. She's never been. We have no family in the area so that is a challenge but I can tell W really wants to go. I've already talked to friends at church and got recommendations on a college student who house-sits and takes care of kids for other families. My kids are pretty low-maintenance so its mainly someone to fix their meals over the weekend. There is also a chance my parents may come down for the weekend to be with the kids.

I'll keep looking for the inside jokes and things we can interact about. Its one of those things we use to do but after living separate lives for 2 years, we need to build them up again.

Oh and Vero, I think just about everything sounds better in a Spanish accent! :0