I've been AWOL for a couple days. Not much new. Usual amount of contact and activities with W. Getting a lot of practice keeping my cool when she is not doing so - but not about me, so that's good. She's been very tired from being sick and on antibiotics, and it's a good 30 minutes drive over here (and she hates driving, esp. at night) so I haven't been seeing her at her best. Still, it has really been good practice for me.
Still the go-to guy when she needs help. That can be good and bad.
I get the impression she might think that buying that house was a mistake because her hometown is just going downhill (like so many Eastern US mill towns that haven't got a big tourist industry or some other means of reinventing themselves). She's down about that, and not too comfortable with the crime rate.
Maybe we should sell both these places and NEVER buy a house again. Maybe we were just not meant to settle down. We certainly haven't succeeded. I've never lived anywhere for more than 7 yrs in my entire life.
