Hi DnJ,

I might need to workout twice on the days I'm really stressed. Yesterday I lifted at the gym during lunch, then ran a mile time trial with a couple of coworkers at a track after work. A friend met me at the track to watch S1 while I ran. The mile race had been planned a couple weeks ago, but it was a godsend. Amazing how tired you can get in 6 minutes. Last night was the first night I slept through the night since BD.

I'm more calmly dealing with the holiday planning today...so far. What makes it even more complicated is my xW's sister also just left her H, and xW wants D11 to see her cousin for Christmas. So it's 3 sets of D'd parents trying to coordinate a holiday, and I'm the only one whose family is in town. xW is from 3 hours west, W#2 from 5 hours north. So it's not even just "drive them around town to share the love". It's a mess, one that the WAW's never considered when they ran after their happiness fantasies and split up households with young kids


Me 38, WAW 30
D11 (former marriage)
S2
T 8 years
M 3 years
BD 8/20/23
S 8/20/23