Hey everyone. Just a small update. I took this week off of work to work on the house to get it ready to sell. Wife has been helping and has done a great job on her tasks. Today she had to run and get her new glasses that had come in. She, at my daughter's request, stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few items my daughter had requested.
She picked up those items and then "snacks" to have on hand so we could grab them quickly as we are working on the house. $60 worth.
Now in my past this would have been met with me chastising her for over doing it. Not that we can't afford $60 worth of snacks, but it is a bit excessive. However, I did that 180 months ago, and I was able to maintain it!
I think this was another test. Even though we've been in R for a while now I think she still sometimes questions that I've really changed. Admittedly I was pretty bad at times, especially stressful times. Like trying to prepare a house for the market while getting ready to close on a new one. But stress is not an excuse to act the way I used.
Test. Passed.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
Mach1 we are doing well. I spent all day working on our fence. Previous owner had it put up though the woods. Over time trees have gone down over it. So I spent most of yesterday replacing top rail and broken post caps. And then wiring the fencing back to the new rail.
D14 helped and did a very good job. W made us iced tea and continued working on inside of house.
Very productive day and another task off the list.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
Got D's report card. Kid pulled up her grades and ended up with all Cs or higher. Every teacher comment was that she was a pleasure to have in class but wasn't working up to get potential. Managed to get a 3.34 cumulative GPA for the year, but was about 3.7 in the first semester.
Had a rough day with her yesterday. She had 4 friends over Friday night for a camp fire. Then yesterday was very entitled and defiant. To the point where W took her phone away again. D started protesting that it wasn't fair and that she deserved her phone and her privacy. The entitlement is not sitting well with W nor me.
House coming along well. Lots done this last week. W is making excellent progress with the packing. We'll be moved with our old house on the market with in two weeks.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
Steve, that's exciting about your new house! A fresh start should be great for your family! I hope your daughter passes this phase and will appreciate someday how you and your wife cared about her and were looking out for her best interests.
Glad things are going well for you, Steve. Keep it up!...
Me: 38 W:31 Kids: S16(mine from previous R), D10, S9, S4 M: 10 years T:12 years BD:Jan 3, 2018 W moved out: Apr 13,2018 Filed for D: Jun 2018 D final: Sep 2019
