You seem to hav had a bit of a testy week in many ways. I am sure that your W's away trip and having t handle S5 by yourself and the truck problems are causing a bit of weight on your PMA. I have my D3 a lot by myself and even though I would unhesitatingly impale myself on a blunt sword for her it is somewhat taxing after a few hours of taking care of her and one wants a 15-minute break to decompress.
Gabe, dont let your W's trip away worry you. Nothing much will come of it. My W has gone on several trips over the past couple years of different types and durations. She comes back rejuvenated but after a couple of days it's all back to where it was. It is just a part of the process of her cleaning out the basement of her mind of all sorts of crap that has accumulated there for the past few months/years. I am sure that her thoughts do 360 degree turns every day on all that has been going on. Sometimes we give our WAW's too much credit for straight thinking.
I hope you have a decent holiday with S5 despite your dad's health problems. Take care.
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.