A WW? (3)

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Busy day. Will respond to everyone a bit later, but know that I truly appreciate everyone's thoughts and support!

Got up this morning. Did breakfast then went to the pool. W laid out to get some sun when we first got there. D and I hopped in one of the pools but D wanted to get out and go to the indoor pool there. W gets annoyed that her suntan is being interrupted (I'm assuming) and throws a little fit. I tell her that D and I can go to the indoor pool and she can stay out there if she'd like. W begrudgingly grabs hers and ads stuff and we start off towards the indoor pool. W asks D on the way if we can do the other outdoor pool (for the smaller kids) for 10 minutes. D says sure. Poor kid.

W lays out. D and I do some playing/chasing/horsing around in the pool. W comes in after about 20 minutes and D says hello. D then turns and comes over to me and leaves W there. W sulks back out of the pool to lay out again.

We get a snack and I head to use the restroom afterwards. Come back and D and W are swimming together. I lounge outside of the pool for about 5 minutes to give them some time, then wade back in. D starts playing with me and W exits to work on tan.

Leave pool, shower, and grab lunch at home. W leaves to get some milk and the neighbor kids knock on our door asking for D to come out and play. D has two friends coming over for a sleepover in an hour and I know W would say no to this. I tell her ok and have fun and I'll get her 15 minutes before friend gets here to rehydrate and cool off.

W comes home and I'm in the garage cleaning some stuff up and D is next door playing. I tell W where D is and she asks if I know D has friends coming over in an hour. I say yes and tell her what I told D. W is not happy but sulks inside

W comes back out, picks up the bike helmet she bought D a few weeks ago (I'd been after her to get D a new one since June 1) and starts to jump on me. She says "I can't believe you would cut the tags off this. I don't know if it fits and now I can't return it!" First off, it's a $15 bike helmet, second off she had D with her so why would they not try it on. I ask W to not speak to me like that. She keeps going and I get pulled in a little, telling her that D and neighborhood kids wanted to ride bikes. I cut off the tags so I could adjust it, but D decided to take her scooter so she wouldn't have to wait. W jumps on that and I just tell her that if it doesn't fit we can donate it. W stomps off and slams the garage door.

I keep cleaning the garage and W comes out and hovers, doing some recycling that should take 2 seconds but turns into 2 minutes. I don't pay attention to her. I turn her way to see what she's doing as she goes inside and she slams door again. Pretty certain she was trying to pull me into another fight. Not falling for it.

W taking girls out for dinner. I was not invited. But, I'm going out with a friend to grab some dinner. W has to be going to see OM next weekend. Hence the tanning, exercise, and trying to get me to fight. Readying myself for that news. At this point though I'm somewhat indifferent, though I think that news will hurt initially. Unsure if id let W back into my life as much as she was before. I don't know that I can take the controlling behavior anymore. A lot would have to change for any sort of reconciliation and that doesn't even include the OM stuff.

It makes me sad to see the effect on my D though. Trying to fix that. Off to dinner but will respond later.