WW in EA, NC w/OM(?), W's BFF interfering, part 7

[hoosjim]

Piecing ain't easy. If you read the threads of others that have been through it they often remark that it's a heck of a lot harder than DB'ing. Hang in there, sounds like you're doing quite well, you just need to be consistent and patient at this point.

Thanks, AS.

Actually, I AM doing very well. I feel good. About myself, about my boys, my life. Just came off a week plus layoff of my upper body workouts in the gym due to a mild shoulder issue that would previously have severely demoralized me and had me "babying" it for way too long. Instead, took it in stride, immediately attacked it with the therapy protocols I was familiar with (helps to have a wife who was a PT assistant at one point), and got myself back on a full workout rotation in nothing flat! My outlook on everything is just so much more optimistic now than it ever was, and my faith probably stronger as well, which I guess goes hand in hand.

I'm even over (and got over it fairly quickly) my near-insane anger at wife's bff from last week. Actually think I could sit across a table from her and talk things out rationally without being angry, accusatory, or anything but cool and collected. Not that I have any intention of seeking her out, but, if our paths should cross, I am confident I will not turn into some kind of rage monster or do anything else that might hurt my relationship with my W.

I just hope better things for her (W). Has been a very, very testing week for her, as I described above.

A little distancing right now, while still staying engaged, might actually be good for both of us. We HAVE been spending quite a bit of time together socially.