S18 drove out to Chicago with some friends to check out a college to which they were accepted. It's his first choice at this point. The trip was great; lots of things went wrong, as they do on road trips, but they had a great time.
D16 and I went on her first college visit on our way to my family for the weekend. We had a delightful weekend together, and a wonderful time with my family. Even saw the witch who invited W to Thanksgiving briefly, and was cordial. There's nothing like being stuck in a car to foster talking and bonding with your child, and it was great.
The only down side... I told W I wanted the kids for Easter, and she was fine with that. At the time, I thought S would be coming home Easter night, around the same time I got home with D16. When I realized he would be home Saturday night, I was petty, and told him he could either stay alone at my house for the first time or with W. I know he was really excited to stay alone at home, and I was glad W was going to be alone. Petty, I know.
Anyway, W called to get some information about separating the phone bill, realized I took D16 away for the weekend, and S18 probably wasn't going to be joining her for Easter, and was understandably upset. She was complaining about it over the phone; I told her I didn't want to deal with this right now and hung up.
I recognized it was petty of me, so I called S18 and asked if he would stay at W's and he said sure. I texted her, apologized for not coordinating better, and things seem to be ok. I'm not proud of myself for being petty, but I guess I'm human, and not worrying too much about it.
Otherwise it was a great weekend!
M:23 T:26 Me:53, Wife: 60 S:18 D:16 filed 7/16 W moved out 4/28/17
