Update: Today was a pretty good day. I made cookies with my boys. (Thanks Pud) W was still in the bed til noon. Asked me what smelled do good. When I told her me and the boys made cookies she smiled and kept laying there. Hunger Games movie was cool after we all ate dinner at a local Italian restaraunt. I made sure W sat with S12 while I sat with S10 (not our normal seating pattern). I also had a talk with S12 about getting along with his mom.

I took a brisk 2.5 mile run in 30 degrees after we got home. A little cool, but very worth it. Plan on watching my new movie that arrived in the mail today. I ordered "Fireproof" after hearing people rave about it. If W wants to watch with me, great. If not, I bought it for me anyway.

W still hasn't called her Dad. She's made plans for us to eat with MIL tomorrow. When I asked her this evening if something was going on between her and FIL, she just said she was avoiding the lecture and smarta$$ comments from him about not talking to him. I said, "Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, you know." She promised she would call him. This is the man that stood and raised her and her brother when her mom skipped town when W was 12. FIL has his own flaws, but he never abandoned them. MIL is now her go to parent as she has been sober and stable for a while. Anyone see a pattern here?

I swear to goodness there has to be a manual the all pass around. It's like W has the entire blueprint for this mess rolled up in her purse and refers to it every day. It figures, cause anything and everything I tried to get her to read with me was "stupid." Where do they all line up to get their manual? Hopefully it's near the place where we line up to get our T shirt from the roller coaster.


Both 40
T-22 M-18
S13
S11

Bomb, ILYBINILWY-7/10/13
EA #1-confirmed 7/10/13, ongoing since 5/13
EA #2-9/13/13

Moved out and Legally Separated 6/14

"Success is a journey, not a destination."