It has been over a week now and WAW&I are still "negotiating" the agreement. I still feel strongly that the girls need one place to call home. The current arrangement is working (did I just say working?) as well as it can in the sitch. I've decided that this is a boundary line and I've drawn it. There are many other things I could have picked a battle over but let go. WAW has written to me to say that she hates that we can't settle this and again that she doesn't want to drag this thru the courts. Not exactly warm sunshine, but not a hail storm either.
Update on the A:
As some of you know OM's mom & I are friends. I know it seems weird but we really do have an empathetic relationship and we respect each other's boundaries. We talk every two weeks or so just to see how the other is doing. She emails me and invites me to visit or call. There is some talk of the A and observations that we have, but we are not using each other to get info. I think that we each respect that the other is hurt and we don't want to add more hurt. It seems that OM's relationship w/his D17 is close to nonexistent since she found out about OM&WAW's summer vacation together. This is very upsetting to OM's mom. WAW&OM scheduled a camping trip for last weekend but it was canceled. Don't know why, maybe the warm sunshine of the A is giving way to cooler, autumnal times? Whatever.
Looking forward a GAL weekend. (Ha!) My mom is coming over on Sat to help me w/fall cleaning. Hopefully we'll be done by noon and I can make a nice lunch for her. Then I'll pay some bills. A band show on Sat PM (weather permitting) and a 10K walk on Sunday.
