Update -

I'll try to briefly touch on a few things that have occured over the long holiday break.

- W met with our insurance guy and she has to have some "special" insurance and they agreed that it would be cheaper if she had her own policy due to where she lives now. Due to D9 trying to listen in I don't know for sure but I think I'll be getting some $$$ back since W is not on my policy anymore. W will be paying $250/month for quite awhile. W was very down about the whole thing. Being hard on herself for making things more difficult in her time of "happiness". W did mention that she asked if it would be easy to change her policy if our sitch changed. I asked what she meant? W said if she moved back home in the future. Hmmmmm.

- W spent most of the holiday weekend here at the house. She slept at her place X-mas night stating she expected to get some drivers license papers in the mail on Monday.

- D9 and S6 had a great X-mas weekend. They didn't get alot but they did get what they asked for.

- I had an enjoyable holiday too. Had lots of good food and drink at relatives houses. I cooked the majority of the meal on X-mas day (prime rib). My mom, sister, D9, S6, and W all enjoyed the meal. Doing the cooking kept me away from W and I was the most at ease when she wasn't around me. I'm still on egg shells when near W. I'm sure she can sense it.

- W seemed to enjoy her gifts "from the kids". Nothing too special. Just little things that she needed.

- Day after X-mas we went to a movie (W, D9, S6, my mom, my sister). I was getting a little tired of being around my mom for the 4th day in a row. W showed up in town right as we were leaving for the movie. I could tell she was annoyed/wondering why my mom was back in town again. The movie (Cheaper By the Dozen 2) was enjoyable. Of course the kids liked it a lot.

- After the movie S6 and I got the van to pick up the ladies at the front door of the theatre. When I climbed into the van I noticed a waded up sweatshirt stuffed into the bottom compartment on the center console. Usually the storage place for tapes and cell phone chargers etc. W always has a place for everything (neat freak), so it looked odd having something waded on the floor of the vehicle. I knew she was hiding something in the compartment. I pulled the shirt out and there was a nice new XM satellite receiver intalled in the compartment. OM is ga-ga over XM radio (has one in every vehicle/tractor/building). I mumbled to myself "just what I thought". I put the shirt back and fell back on my DB training and ignored that I even saw it. The rest of the evening was uneventful except W told me to eat something b/c she said I was being grumpy. I did feel better after a snack.

- This morning as I was leaving for work, I was too noisy and it woke W on the couch. She was very friendly like she was glad to see me. Even said I looked good this morning. We exchanged kid logistics info and she said she'd call later.

- W called around noon. She and the kids were getting some McD's and asked if I wanted anything. I'll never turn down a chance for a McRib. Mmmmmmm. Neither will W. Just a thought - maybe I should smear some McRib sauce on me in some strategic locations? Hmmmmmm. Nobody can accuse W and me of having sophisticated taste.

- This afternoon I will be taking W to her C session. She's not too excited about going. She's usually glad she went afterwards.

- Tonight I take D9 to my mom's. In the morning she will be going home with my sister to Denver for a week. A nice little get away for D9. D9's aunt is single and very fun to hang with. D9 is a little apprehensive about going. She tends to get a little motion/altitude sick. It's been over a year since her last time there so I think she'll be better this time. She might really be hesitant to go b/c of the family sitch. I have and will chat with her about it.

- Almost forgot...talked to BIL (W's brother) on Friday. He called to chat a little and send X-mas wishes. Last talked to him in October, I think. I avoid talking to him b/c it bugs W, and b/c it always leads to talk about W and OM. I hear things I don't want to hear and it makes it hard to stay PMA. He let me know that a coworker of his had bumped into W and OM in Vegas. First BIL had heard of the trip. Coworker said W and OM were there b/c of a free trip to get them to buy a timeshare. Not the story I got from W. Hmmmmm. BIL last saw W, D9, OM and his daughter, in November when they showed off the deer W had shot. News to me. Sounds like the kind of thing W would like to do but I never knew and I have never hunted. I wouldn't mind doing it once, but it never came up ever. I reluctantly quizzed D9 about it a little and she dodged my questions with feigned ignorance. I didn't push the issue figuring if she didn't want to talk about it, then it was fine with me. D9 did slip later that it was W's second deer and not the first time she had been hunting with W. Some of the methods didn't sound too legal either (ie. hunting from the road).

- I'm toying with the idea of having a New Years Eve party at my house. Total 180 for me. More later.

Well, out of time for now.

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