Been a few days since I posted. I did take the weekend off. It was fun. Anyway...here's what has happened since last post. When I landed in Denver I noticed I had a voice message from W. It said.."I forgot to tell you to have a good time. Let me know when you'll be back." I did call my wife 3 or 4 hours after getting to Denver. I don't know...I just couldn't help myself, but the conversation was good, mainly just discussing the little I had done so far with my friend and how he was doing. The rest of the time my friend and I were off doing various things...nothing a married man shouldn't do.
If anyone was watching the news you will note that I was unlikely to get out of Denver on Sunday (and I didn't). Snowed in. I let my wife know and she asked what she could do. I told her just take care of the animals. We talked back and forth a few times during the day since I was trying to figure out if I could catch a different flight that day and trying to get through to United.
Anyway, the only other notable contact was she called to say one of our neighbors down the street would be interested in buying our house. The interaction after that wasn't great. I asked "do you want me to sell?" and she said she didn't care one way or the other. So that ended the day's convo.
Monday she called in the afternoon to see if i had gotten home. I didn't know I had the voice mail but I did call anyway and tell her I had arrived. Some talk about the airport etc. I did go by after work and pick up S-son. I had to wait an hour at her house while he ate. We talked about the Denver trip, my friend, and some movies we had both seen. It was a nice convo. So now today....no interaction at all. Which drives me crazy after we interact good. I'm still not sure whether I should contact her or let her contact me. I really don't have a reason to call other than to say Hi. This is the part that is hard.
One thing I do note as this goes along. When I abandon thinking about my wife physically or wanting some form of physical contact and I don't have reconciliation in mind when I talk to her that the conversation is good. More like just friends and I do tend to leave without expectations or hopes. This is turning into a friendship that I enjoy, I just wish we had more contact.
Well that's it for now. I'll keep you posted. I'm still trying to figure out how to navigate stage 1-2.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
