In the UK- PT22 - anyone for a glayvar?

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Haven't posted for a while, so here's what's been going on!

It was my W's birthday this week. I didn't wish send her wishes or anything. It seemed a bit cold, but as sandi 2 says, no rewards for bad behaviour. I'd bought gifts for her from the kids, but she said nothing.

The previous week my D had been ill again (a bug going around school), and she had contacted me to tell me she was unwell. She also told me her surgery was being moved back a week and could I reorganise the time off I need to look after the kids. I said I could and she almost seemed like her old self on the phone - pleasant and nice. Well that is until I called later that night to see how D was doing. I got a 'what do you want' when she picked up the phone. It was if she hadn't even remembered that she called. Is it unusual for their behaviour to change so much in just 6 hours?

This week, on Wednesday, my S got the bug. She called me, but it was just shuffling noises coming down the phone. I gave it a minute and hung up. A couple of hours later she called me again to tell me about S. She was telling me how much he was vomiting and that she was struggling. Sadly, there is nothing I could have done, as by the time I had got to her house on the bus etc. it would have been late. Of course I sympathised, and said I would call in the morning.

I called the next morning and she told me how hard it had been through the night. She had to change my S's bedding at least twice, as well as her own bedding. It sounded brutal, and she had only got about two hours sleep. Again, I listened and said I would get some medicine etc. but she said she already had it. I called later that night and the next morning to check. By yesterday morning, S had stabilised and I said I would see them later when W brought them over. These conversations were pleasant, but I could sense that the struggle in her.

When she dropped them off, she sped away. I don't know if that was because she had a 'date' planned, or just wanted to miss the traffic. She came today to pick up D to go to a party. Not over friendly today and she complained about also feeling poorly.

Some days, she seems like she is trying to 'say something' by sticking around longer than she needs to or by being pleasant. That could be manipulation then at other times she seems downright cold and won't look at me.

My SD got me to join Facebook, so she could send me messages over the messenger app. Somehow, W could also get these messages and she wondered why I had joined. Obviously she didn't ask me, or make me a 'friend' (well, I haven't either as she's using her maiden name on there!). That has given me another avenue to contact my bud NDY (formerly of this village) and then, out of the blue, my best man got in contact. He's coming up in April for a few beers, so that should be good.

As for me, well, NDY and I are going to organise something to keep us occupied and things are much of a muchness.