Buttrfly, I hope I'm doing better than I think. I've felt tight as a guitar string about to break on and off this week. You're so right, this drains all three aspects of a well-rounded person; mind, body, and soul.
My last couple days have been extra stressful (run in with some random jerk, legal stuff, financial surprises, toll lane bill when the only reason we have to take it is to go to the airport, kids behaving bad when I got them yesterday, kids telling me about their other house how there was too much dog poop to play in the yard and being upset their mom put their stuff in storage, hearing man in background when w called kids, etc) then before bed last night d got out her backpack, told me she missed me, and gave me a picture with a big heart that said "I love you" and had our names and love written in the heart. It melted me and it all seemed to go away.
Bttrfly, I thought about you today because there was a big butterfly on the garage door this morning (funny, ive noticed a crow hanging in the yard a few times since reading ciluzens thread too). The butterfly climbed on my finger and the kids and I took turns having it on our hands. It never did fly off. S told me what kind it was and all kinds of facts about them, it was amazing how much he knew!
Esame, I've been reading your thread and I'm sorry about your sitch, I can really relate. On top of all the similar/same mlc issues, things for my fil are not looking good and w has distanced from me more than ever. I want to be there for her but she's gone and I'm not sure what to do. Idt she's even told her parents what's going on and I don't want to add to their stress. I too am a bit of a loner. I didn't realize how much I depended on w for social things, even for contact with our mutual friends.
The kids school is great, were fortunate to have them in a small school near my house that has been awesome for us. Everyone there knows my kids and loves having them. Both the kids' teachers thanked me for coming in and told me a few things going on and said it made a lot of sense now that they knew but that acedemically they were both still way ahead:) I found out they're registered for next year ( I was out of town that week) so it made me feel a little better about my fear of her taking off but not much.
Job, as always thank you! I haven't been speaking to w about anything really, I've just sent some pics when I have the kids. Idk if I should even do that but I don't say anything with them, just pictures. I really wonder what she has told her. Amongst other things she sent my lawyer an email she needed to discuss my facebook, etc. my lawyer replied she didn't know what she was talking about because I don't have facebook. Her reply was that she had cases mixed up.
Kids and I had a great day, I think they were extremely tired and needed some good sleep and outdoor excersise. Today was much better than after I picked them up yesterday and they seem to have gotten back into the swing of things with me here. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Take care everyone, I hope you're all having a good weekend!
