Okay... this is going to seem really, really minor but, to me, it is a tiny bit hopeful... just a tiny bit. After I had that text exchange with my H, he texted me again a little while later to ask me if I was able to pick the kids up. That wasn’t the hopeful part but it was a bit strange that he asked me since it is what I do every Friday. Anyway...the hopeful part was that at the start of the text he wrote... “Sorry to bug you...” In 13 years my H has never started a text that way. That is how someone starts a text when they aren’t sure you are wanting to hear from them. It was a little uncertain. I think he was surprised that I had plans I wasn’t willing to change to accommodate him. He is used to me being very flexible because up until recently, I have had no life. I’ve just been waiting for him. Anyway...I am probably over analyzing but it was enough to turn my mood around a little bit. Wait until Sunday when he finds out I am going on an early morning hike.