Tomorrow morning my wife and daughters are going away for a few days. It started with Nancy (my wife) asking me if she could go to Florida for a weekend. I said "sure, why not". She asked me several times, being shocked that I agreed so easily. Within a week, the weekend plans turned into almost a week away with the girls.

I will miss my daughters but I don't think I am going to miss my wife. Lately she is becoming a lot like her mom. Her mom lives in an apartment in my house because she is unable to earn a living and squandered all of her savings years ago. At one point in time Nancy co-signed a loan for her when she ran up credit card debt, against my wishes. Sure enough, Nancy's mom defaulted on the loan and the bank came after Nancy (and me) for the money. After a series of other dumb moves, she found herself on the brink of homelessness. I have enough compassion to realize that she had to somehow live with us in some fashion.

I have always been nice to Ruth (Nancy's mom). She has a real mean streak in her and is always nasty to me. I have a favorite expression that she could enrage the Pope. Nasty and not a nice person, even Nancy agrees. I mention all of this only because Nancy is slowly becoming a lot like her mom. Mean and cold, with a nasty streak becoming more evident every day. No, I don't think I will miss her.

Time away from each other may be good. Perhaps she needs to chill out a bit. I am looking at this trip as a kind of test. If I find myself much more at peace, I may think about making it a bit more permanent.

I don't even think she would mind giving up the kids. I know they would prefer me to her, as her nasty streak is evident to them also. This is not what I signed on for.

I find myself alone at night after everyone is asleep, to actually spend some quality time with myself. I am looking forward to quality time with Bambi, my pet house rabbit. I never knew rabbits could be such good pets.

More to follow after they leave.