Friday night I said I would get the kids and I did. No word until 8:30 pm or so when she said that she was going to go buy someone a round and then be home. It was probably midnight. I don’t know.
Saturday we were around the house, did the shopping, etc. Saturday W spent a lot of time with D helping her get her homework organized and it was really good. She was very plugged in. Sunday I’m outside putting up the Christmas lights with S when she says she needs to go in to work for a couple hours. I don’t doubt that but I knew what was going to happen after. I took the kids to the Sunday night thing.
At one or two am she came to bed and I could smell it even though I was half awake. You know the smell that’s on someone’s breath when they have been drinking but not recently. This morning catching up on Facebook you can pretty much chart the progress where her comments go from funny to bombastic. The later I recognize as comments made under the influence.
Got up early this morning to take the kids to school and she was up and unusually chipper despite her lack of sleep.
In a way this is better. I never really see what she’s up to. It’s better than the days when she used to be drinking around the house. I think she’s probably avoiding doing it in front of me or perhaps it’s just more fun out at different bars. But it’s widening the gulf and I don’t want that.
