Wow. How incredibly great to check this board at the end of a day and see all this support! Just tremendous, and boy do I FEEL tall!!!
It was generally a good day. W tried to push a few buttons. I took my three kids and two of their friends to a hockey game and W questioned my ability to watch all these kids. "You know these aren't just our kids and you have to be careful." Thanks. The other part that makes DBing so hard is our ongoing disagreements on how to discipline the kids--if we didn't agree before, we sure as heck aren't agreeing now. Today's dispute was over candy. In fact, my kids are always fighting over it--who gets how much, who shares, when to eat? Etc. My answer is to just get rid of it, period--until they figure out how not to fight. W would rather lecture why it is wrong to fight over candy. Today was lecture number 750 with no results, so in the middle of her latest lecture, I told W we had to leave for the game and we should just get the stuff out of the house because that's the only thing we haven't tried (getting solution-based,eh?). W goes, "Are we supposed to stop sending kids to parties?" My reply, "No. But they shouldn't be allowed to bring it home." We then left. As usual, the game was fun, the kids had a great time, and there were no problems.
Eddy-you scare me when you talk about the similarities of our W's. I do agree on the OM--it's an emotional addiction and A-hole is feeding it. In addition to the attorney meeting, W also is feeling pressure from the end of the campaign. It ends the excuses for meeting OM AND just as importantly returns her to the "What do I do next?" part of her life. She has totally given up her job search, but previously hoped of getting a job with OM's dad's biz. Can you believe it? Anyway, W's personality is to start worrying about next week now--and that has to contribute to the edge.
Earlier today, I was really angry when reflecting back on church. Who in this world criticizes how another person prays? But I guess that's the nature of the beast--and this is another thing I should not take personally. I've got a busy work week ahead that will keep me occupied. It will be intersting to see how W acts after Tuesday's election. For now, I've gone one month without a fight--at least from my side, and only one in the last six weeks. I'm getting there. Thanks again guys and have a great week.
