Part 13 - contents (un)lucky for some

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Good evening all

A busy one today. Made s breakfast and checked some post and mail (got voting registration etc sorted at last) and we headed out for a walk.

Not far from me as you may recall is a shopping centre which has among others a pet store plan was to get a fish for sons tank (from the garage this week). S like many other 10 year olds is not big on walking "oh my leg" "I'm tired" "can't we go in the car". Anyway we headed out and noticed the shop next door had a homewares sale on (we were looking for a duck for the bath for reasons I am unsure of right now but s seemed insistent) anyway found a great bargain on a metallic red large kitchen bin (wanted another so I can use the current for recycling). Anyway was going to leave it but s said " daddy you should do it for yourself" made me chuckle so got it and we decided to walk back drop it off and head out in the car to the bigger pet place (think s had his eye on McDonalds next door).

Off we drove and yes he had a double cheeseburger, just a shake for me before we headed for the pet store. So one guppy and new aquarium gravel bag later we headed off to pick up the adapter for the fish filter pump and back we came.

Cleaned up the tank and acclimatised the new fish to it and hes all settled in, s insisted on posting him to Facebook too so we did. So now I have bft and a black guppy under my wing in S's absence

New neighbours had parked in my space so had a word and they told me the main (shared) drain is backed up. Said I'd let the landlord know (they bought, I rent so I've passed it on).

S and I played street fighter on mame (retro games for the win) hes way too good for my liking. Anyway then got the pizza and salad sorted along with a Belgian bun each mmmm.

Had heard nothing from w on s but I hadn't contacted her, assumes a. Shed let me know if she wanted to change anything and b. She was decorating. Still felt cr@ppy she hadnt contacted me for v day but then it was also completely expected she wouldnt.

Anyway she had texted me while we had been busy and followed it up with a call to me. Shed been busy decorating as I thought. She had no issues with s wanting to stay (he'd said thats what he wanted and I was happy with this but I play slightly careful to ensure w is comfortable going forward) we had a short chat and w said why would she have any issues. Calmly said that I knew she had had issues with the whole staying over and I therefore make sure she's comfortable, that I think s and I have made wonderful progress but I still respect her concern that she showed around bd. She has opened the card and had a couple of chocolates, I didn't dig too deep into her thoughts just said we can talk sometime when she wants to. And let her go. So s is finishing some time on minecraft before we settle and he heads for bed.

Dont need to drive so opened the shiraz, some now and I'll have a bath later and some more.

Could have been a lot worse day, been busy got a shiny new bin a new fish in the house and s for the evening.

Felt a little sad w is putting lots of effort into decorating a new room for s as its clear she has no intention of changing her mind (outwardly anyway) any time soon but that tunnel holds no cheese so in the box it goes.

Thats me for now anyhoo, hope you guys have had a good one and been taking good care of yourselves today

Raise my glass, cheers!