Calling out the Piecers

[dday101798]

Hey Ron,

Hope your Christams was well.

Yeah, things with (x)W are really great. Every time we talk or message is chalked full of apologies, 'miss you and everything about you and can't believe I did what I did to you and our family'.

We're gonna make it. It's not gonna be easy, as the above shows, but we defied all odds before, and will again. And, the feeling in the air we had before is multiplied by ten now. So, I don't really care what anyone says. This IS going to work. I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from.

[Gnosis]

It's not gonna be easy

Yep!

You got yourself a wild mustang to break there. Keep a firm grip on the reins and hang on for the wild ride until she breaks.

I'm routing for you Dylan.

[dday101798]

[ Keep a firm grip on the reins and hang on for the wild ride until she breaks.

Actually, she prefers I just grab her by the mane.

[mishka422]

Oh oh oh.....TMI TMI TMI!!!

[Puppy Dog Tails]

[ Keep a firm grip on the reins and hang on for the wild ride until she breaks.

Actually, she prefers I just grab her by the mane.

LMAO!!!!

Puppy

[dday101798]

Hey hey, Pup,

How you been?

[dday101798]

Ugggh,

Parenting and the joys there in. Got a lovely call yeserday afternoon from the village police that S12 has been picked up once again for hanging around the train station, this time bought a ticket. I guess common decency sunk into the attendant and she called the police after realizing "crap, I shouldn't have sold that kid a ticket".

Of course they couldn't get a hold of (x)W, so I had to go and save the day.

I don't know. His goal was to "run-away" again. Soooo, I picked up (x)W after I collected S12. Never really got a definative answer from him as to what the deal was. I spoke with (x)W and suggested my feeling that I believe that he did it because he's upset about being in 'our house' where he was supposed to be. And also verified with her if the kids were ok with everything between us, especially S12 since I was kicked to the curb, OM was injected in his life, and then OM was kicked to the curb, and here I am again. She agreed, reluctantly, but agreed.

My cousin and I went out to dinner last night and watched the football game and I received another of her motherly speeches and outside observation. I made mention of the above thought and that (x)W says the boys are "estatic" about the prospects of us all being together again. Hmm, well, I know S11 has been open with my cousin, and voiced his displeasure of (x)W when things were bad, and currently does not give her the impression he's "estatic".

I mean, I have been going about this whole piecing thing in a way that has minimal impact on the kids. Other than more frequent dinners together and me picking her up a few times and the holiday shopping trips, it's been pretty low key in front of them.

I don't know. Kind of in a low right thinking that OM had that much of an impact on either of them, when he shouldn't have.

Now to top it off I have to look up a place to have my cat euthinized after not even seeing her for the past year and nobody's been taking care of her.

(x)W has also been not very communcative this morning, so foot that into a state of flux and I'm just really, really at one of those, "man, what are we doing? IS this right? IS this going to work? IS she for real?".

I don't know, need to do something encouraging today.

[mishka422]

Sorry you're having a down day Dylan.

Do you know where your cat had gone off to? So sad to have to do that. They are such free spirits but get themselves into real trouble when they wander from home.

The boys are going to take quite a while to adjust. Think of it this way, they don't want to be eccstatic because that would mean investing in your R. They would be taking a huge risk if they did that because they've been burned before. Just like trust has to be earned back between you and xw, it has to be earned back between both of you and the boys. They have to see a lot of reassuring signs before they are comfortable.

[dday101798]

Hey Mish,

No, the cats were another loss in the custody battle, and they remained at 'our house'. She had been getting pretty shakey for a while, old age, she's now 16, so.... Couple that with lack of maintnance and no body giving a darn and now she's pretty bad off from how (x)W describes her.

I think you're spot on with your analysis of the boys. Kind of the direction I was thinking.

[dday101798]

Damn it!

Seems that (x)W is now interpreting my thoughts on why the kids are acting out as some kind of personal attack on her. Completely not the intent.

And now for our next bump in the road. This truck's gonna need some suspension work when it's all said and done.