I found this one online, I used to make some good brew but GF brewing is all new to me. I will have to do a little experimenting but I almost have to use extracts to go GF though so that makes it pretty quick and easy. No family recipes but my uncle used to be a brewmaster so I've had a couple good lessons.
Thank you for the reminder about expectations. I've come a long way and don't want to do that to myself.
We've had more friendly texts over the last couple days, she's been keeping me up on her apartment situation and job interview.
I took today off work since the kids start school tomorrow. I was trying to think of something low key to do. There was an old plane that flew over my office yesterday so I looked it up and there were a couple of WW2 era planes, a C130, and a helicopter on display at the airport today. I took the kids and they loved it. Way too much money for a ride but they got to go through an old bomber and a lady with the helicopter let the kids get inside right before they took off. We had a great time.
Their school orientation was tonight. W came over and we all went. She was a cold but I didn't let it affect me. She left right after because she was going to look at an apartment. She wasn't interested when I tried to tell her about the kids' day. She was upset about the teacher s got because she's worried about how he jokes and the old principal told us he didn't know if it would be a good fit. She said she was a little mad about it in the hall. When we got home I told her we need to be positive and we can deal with any problems if they arise. She got a little upset towards me. I'm not too worried, we found out his s is on the spectrum tonight so I think it's good to have someone with firsthand experience.
W was really concerned with looking at the apartment tonight (actually 4 plex) not too far from me and told me about another (studio) she was supposed to look at tomorrow that is down town, down the street from my office. This second one scares me, there is a halfway house nearby. When we bought our house I looked up sex offenders and there were 20 some there! I told her and she had no idea. The rent is the same but the deposit at the second one is less. I told her it would be nice for her to have rooms for the kids and they needed to be safe and I would pay the difference in deposit. She just said she'd figure it out.
She stopped back by after looking at the one tonight and was super short with me. I still didn't let it bother me. She texted after I had the kids to bed and apologized for tonight. She told me she was stressed about money, her apartment, and job interview tomorrow. I told her no worries, I could tell she was stressed and it was understandable. I asked if she wanted some pics of the kids today (I tried to send them earlier but they didn't go through and she could've cared less when I told her) and she thanked me. We had a few friendly texts after that. She is coming over early in the morning to take the kids to school.
After I thought about it tonight, I bet on top of her other concerns right now she was probably embarrassed taking the kids to school. She had told some of the other kids parents about her moving and it didn't work like she planned. D got the teacher s had last year and she told me she was glad to see d, that she was afraid she was going to lose her so w evidently told people at the school too.
Even though I'm journaling about interactions with w I am working on myself every day and enjoying my time with the kids, trying to be the rock my kids, w, and I need.
