Husband gone for second time - 3

[Coconut]

You are correct, standard hours for daycare are generally not long enough to work a full 8 hour day and allow time for drop off and pick up, but we made it work for my son with no issue. Most places offer early drop off and/or late pick up, unfortunately there was generally an extra fee with that, but not an unreasonable amount. I don't think you will have a difficult time finding a place that will work for you.

During the summers it tends to be a little more expensive, especially for kids school age, but again, there are places that offer long enough hours to allow full time work. We utilized the YMCA during the summer, as they have full day all summer long programs as opposed to "camps" which generally only run 1 week at a time.

As for the mood your WH is in, or whether or not he is being kind or angry/distant, you will get to a place that it is immaterial to you, as long as you continue focusing on you. It's difficult to get to that place, but you don't want to get stuck with him stringing you along just by playing nice for 30 seconds.

I was on meetup dot com yesterday looking for something to do for the super bowl, and in my town (relatively small town) there were a couple of single mom meet-ups, some meet up at a local trail in town to walk with the kids, and some meet up at local parks. You may want to look into activities like that, it may give you an opportunity to socialize with a purpose if your having trouble getting out.