So Chris found another woman. This is just what I predicted would happen in time. Of course this isn't that difficult to do. With him wanting to be in Birmingham every day, it was all part of his plan to be apart from his folks here so he could do as he pleased. The way he announced his indiscretion to Nikki was no doubt meant to be hurtful. And now a breaking straw and she says she is done with him. Where does that leave her. In the past year to accommodate his preferred schedule, she has rearranged her life to where she will have to continue working overnight for a long time before things can get better. She must have some time now to get her self organized. She'll have to be everything to those boys. That's where the intervention must be. If we enable, it must be to enable her to build those relationships with her sons, not take over. Create those opportunities.
I always try to help Rachael with Hubbard/Rockford if asked. They had me down for 3 days but at last minute asked for the other day. Work at Rockford is slow so working isn't hard, but not following my usual routine tired me out a bit. I still had some work I could take care of up in Cullman. Some bushhog work and other little items but the high temps held me back a bit. I did ride my bike a little and got in some of my walking in addition to some chores. Max needed to be delivered to Charlotte, SC for his drum major camp. I volunteered to take him. I was glad to be able to perform this chore for him but the long trip up and back combined with extra heavy traffic in the Atlanta are, which extended to within 30 miles of Alabama, combined to really tire me out. There had been a problem with my left rear wisdom tooth for over a year, so I decided I should get it taken care of before I wound up isolated somewhere in PEI. The extraction didn't appear to be problematic until just be...