W continues to interact with me in a rather friendly way. And -- as far as I can tell -- there isn't as much interaction with OW... at least it seems that the middle of the night phone calls and skyping have tapered off. No clue what that means -- the texting still seems to be going on (she is up in the middle of the night and is still sleeping in very late in the mornings), and they both gave each other lovey-dovey cards/letters for V Day, so it seems too soon for one or both to be losing interest. (Although, technically, it has been almost four months since they both expressed their feelings of love for one another and over five months since they first started emailing/texting each other.) But regardless of how W is acting towards me, she is still focused on separation, so none of this behavior this week is getting my hopes up. But the civility and friendliness is such a nice break from Monster. We even had a few moments yesterday where we were laughing together about some things related to the kids -- I can't remember the last time that happened.
Lent has started and I am doing a daily Lenten Novena. I am finding it very helpful with regard to my sense of peace around everything and I find myself really looking forward to my daily prayer times in a way that I never imagined I would.
Still feeling VERY pleased with my progress on parenting -- the kids seem to be responding very well to my ability to reduce my own stress and my ability to keep the relationship stress as far away from them as possible. My birthday is coming up and they all made me lots of really sweet birthday cards last night. We have such loving children.
Still no progress on the job sitch, but I know that God is working on that as well and everything will happen when it is supposed to happen as long as I continue networking, getting my name out there, and applying to positions that come up that fit my skills and experience. In the meantime, I am using this extra free time to continue my own inner work... Of which there is so much that I haven't shared here but will in time.
Me 48, Her 50 (Same-Sex Couple) 3 Children Together: 9.5 years before BD BD: Week of 10/27/14 ExW started EA w OW 9/2014 ExW married OW 12/2015
