glad you had such a good weekend, teach!
mine was good too...calm.
did the brownie thing with my daughter on friday night, then she went to her dad's on sat. i took her there and stayed a bit and after she saw her dad and i just chat in a low-key way, she was ok with me leaving. its been hard but we're working through it.
they had a good time together. took a long walk to the park, and played a lot of pretend, etc. our therapist has been really working with both of us on our interaction with each other and our daughter.
i went to a mtg, spent time with another al-anon lady afterwards who helped me pick out a few good al-anon tapes. listened to one in the car for the rest of the afternoon and it was great. spoke right to me, know what i mean?
then i went to dinner and shopping with my 2 best girlfriends. and i didn't even obsess about my husband and our nightmare. i shared briefly about how things are with ME, then just moved along to listening to them and chatting about all of the OTHER things in the world that i care about.
it was nice.
my daughter, husband and i met in church yesterday. everything went smoothly and my daughter was in good spirits.
.......except for this drama she had about one of her very loose teeth. she is almost 7 and she has 2 super losse teeth that she won't let me get anywhere near...they are growing hair on them by now, think...it is so gross. well, she couldn't eat her lunch after church and was miserable and really expressed her displeasure and discomfort...my husband and i are pretty dramatic (big news bulletin)...she comes by it honestly. God help me.
last night my folks took care of my daughter so he and i could meet at our local hospital and go to our respective mtgs. i went to an al-anon step mtg while he went to his aa promise mtg...then we had a cup of tea and chatted for an hour (we amazingly stuck to our boundaries of staying in the present and keeping the focus on ourselves and NOT getting into any heavy stuff)
it was good. and i'm not even obsessing aobut it today. it was good in that moment and thats it. i'm trying to to build up my expectations and fantasies, etc.
so thats my story.
how did the weekend go for the rest of you???
oh, and ps.....one of those hairy loose teeth fell out while my daughter slept last night and she woke me up at 4:30 this morning to tell me about it and ask why the tooth fiary hadn't been there. told her the tooth fairy needs one day notice for all payments and she went back to bed. i never went back to sleep but i'm still in a good mood.