We also talked about her school job, where she is the only teacher with four subjects, and how these beat up her brain. She said how she felt about this (tired), but how glad she was about some of her students, who actually requested homework and were then disappointed when there was none.
I wasn't afraid, and the dinner did seem special, not the ordinary, so all in all not bad.
She did nicely help carry out plates, but then went upstairs to work. I took off for a brisk evening walk with a beautiful sunset (Sweden is good at those), and then checked with her that my travel dates to/from the US were okay.
My main worry now is on a completely different front. We have a wooden sailboat that we want to sell. I am in charge of selling it, and the boat is my problem. We got a phone call on Sunday saying the boat needed to be moved, something that I do not want to have my W have to do (I can imagine her remark "you take off to the States and leave the crappy work for me", not a good sentiment when trying to rebuild a marriage). I told the calling guy that I was leaving in 2 weeks, and gone for a month, and could we please do it before or after my trip. Hopefully this will work... I will try to prep as much as possible in any case.
Yes, daughter being back is actually nice and adds a good element to the mix. She and I can cook the fancy dinner together next time, which sounds fun.
Daughter gets to navigate nightmare Stockholm traffic because POTUS is in town today.
Thanks,
Luke
M58, xW54 S22, D18 M 1984, D 2016 Living a new life.
