LJC, yes GAL can include the kids. On that front we do a lot of things together while my W is at work--they are supremely happy to be around me lately. That is one huge thing I've changed from before. I was like you where I'd come home from work and just let the kids watch TV or do whatever so long as I could veg out, doing nothing, because I was so "stressed". That is one big change I've made.
I don't want them to leave...but I may have put things into a position where it's inevitable. I will just have to work around that. I think this will take a while to work out. I had a chance, but I lost it, now I have to work with what I have.
