Short update: she was at school last night, didn't come home until morning. Had a realtor give us an "anticipated proceeds from sale" appraisal last night - lower than she expected, which makes her buyout less attractive. I left her a note that asked her to watch our son friday night - she called me on may way to work and said she understood I needed time to "get my groove on" - normally, I would have laughed, but I told her it was no big deal, I just neeeded to do some things and thanked her for agreeing to be home. But didn't say what I'm doing. I also told her (true, by the way) that I have to travel for work next Thur/Fri and would need her again, and that I was telling her in advance so it wasn't a surprise. But no details there, either, and I rarely travel - once a year, tops! Any thoughts or advice from you wise DB'ers out there?