We did miss you around here. I am glad you and kids had a good time with the (iron and steel) rollercoaster at least . I think you realized already that you were crowding your W and so I will keep my 2x4 to myself because I am sure I will need it to whack you with soon. I am sure that W's son will report to her that he had a good time etc. and hopefully you would have scored a point in the area that really matters for you IMHO. I.e. the melded family issue. I am not sure if you have revisited or firmed up any goals in that regard, i.e. how you are going to show your W that you are working on blending your two families together. How about putting this together and focusing on this for the next three months?
Give your W space. You already know all of this DB101 stuff. And anyway since you are already feeling bad about the physical stuff, put that in the "OK, I messed up, I am just human" category and start with a beginner's mind.
UD
The 3 laws of DBing:
1. PMA is critical to DBing.
2. Since drop in WAW's PMA leads to drop in LBS's PMA and vice-versa detachment is critical.
3. Validate to raise WAW's PMA and GAL to raise LBS's.