hey cat! I've missed you and those velvet-covered 2x4s!! I'm trying to keep my miserable to myself. Been doing good for almost a week now.

I swear if things hadn't happened the way they did I'd be neck deep in a MLC of my own by now. Kind of feel like I've been fighting for my M with one hand and fighting off MLC with the other, if ya know what I mean.

Just got back from a lunchtime run to the gym with the W. We have such a great time together these days and it doesn't matter what we're doing.

Truth is, for the first time really since we've been married I was kind of bummed when my folks brought the kids back yesterday...told my wife I felt like a lousy dad and she said it was normal, that's how married people who actually DO things together and ENJOY each other's company feel when they get some time just for themselves.

Truth is, we've rarely done anything together for years.

It's funny, but part of my plan for moving back in June/July was to give us a new start and saving our marriage. It's what I prayed for in early June. I never knew about her A so I never thought things would happen the way they did...wasn't convinced it would happen at all. But I think it has, or will, even if we're not all the way home yet. I definitely feel like we've rounded third.


You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -- Inigo Montoya, 'The Princess Bride'