Niall 2: Drifting Apart

[Niall11]

Journal: W's campaign for Mom of the Year still on pace.

Last Friday I was supposed to go to an event where a lot of my friends were performing. But I didn't have time to pick up tickets and it was sold out. Upon hearing I was not going out, W waited 5 nanoseconds before making plans to go dancing with New BFF.

W then went to New BFF's birthday party on Saturday. "1 to 4 PM, bring D2" turned into "1-8 PM, don't bring D2." W wanted to go out with New BFF yet again Saturday night but couldn't because I had plans, and had a 4-hour birthday brunch with New BFF on Sunday. She came home only because I had to chair a meeting at 5 PM, and I learned today that she had her mom come watch D2 so she could have dinner with Original, Adultery-Enabling BFF. I had 3 or 4 commitments this weekend myself, but I think hours spent with our D2 were like: Me 30, W 3.

Yesterday I had D2 home all day with a fever. W got out of work at 2:15 but came home at 5 to use the bathroom before a 5:15 dentist appointment. D2 ran to her and W practically ignored her and ran back out the door. D2 cried for half an hour. I had given W a check for the dentist to be applied half to each of our balances. Hers is hundreds still owed on $6,000 in dental work. Mine is about $150. Very conveniently she "forgot" to tell them about my note on the check and they applied it all to her balance.

After W returned I ran errands. W apparently gave D2 a tablet to watch videos so W could play on her phone and text. Leftovers for dinner, then I put a very sick D2 to bed at 8 PM while W watched TV. Normally on Mondays W leaves around 7:30 for a dance class with New BFF, but some weeks they don't go. At 10 PM D2 woke up screaming. I went to her and discovered W was nowhere to be found, 5 makeup brushes abandoned on the bathroom vanity, hadn't bothered to tell me she was going out. I held D2 for an hour while she screamed for Mommy, gave her a warm bath, and got her back to sleep. W, who gets up at 6 for work, rolled in around midnight.