Well, this is hardly the beginning of the year, but not too much time has gone past. We had a wonderful (what I thought was wonderful) visit with Steve, Tracy, Elizabeth and Jacob. The kids were great. I was able to spend lots of time with them and not worry about the house and things I should have been doing...cleaning and laundry. We played lots of games, watched lots of movies and spent lots of time watching the Gilmore Girls DVDs. Rick got a Wii game for downstairs and we spend lots of time playing games on it. We had a restful Christmas Eve. Then I had my folks over for Christmas breakfast and we opened gifts with the kids. Later in the day, Deana and her family came over for dinner and the "big people's" gift exchange.
Tracy and I had time to do lots of good talking and so did Steve and I. I thought things were going pretty well while they were here. There was always an undercurrent, though. Something I couldn't quite put my finger on. One minute Tracy would seem good, and the next time you saw her, it seemed like she was in the corner texting someone or on her computer with email to someone. It just seemed odd. I didn't say or do anything about it.
It was hard seeing the kids leave. It's one thing to have all this free time here with us, then to have to get back to the reality of day-to-day life and schedules and all the pressing things that happen.
Steve called yesterday to tell us that just when he thought things couldn't be worse, the were. It turns out that Tracy did NOT have the affair she said she did, but was masking another relationship she had been having for quite some time. It's with a married man at PMC who Steve knows but has never cared for. He has an 8 year old daughter. According to Tracy, it never became physical, but she wanted it to be. I think she would have left Steve for this man if he would have left his wife.
Steve confronted him (scarey) and Tracy...it turns out this is the guy she'd been texting and emailing while they were here. After all is said and done, I think they are getting on the right track. Steve is meeting with his pastor today and as for Tracy...I'm not sure.
I have mixed emotions. Part of me is glad that there was no affair. Part of me feels like I've been betrayed. Tracy let us all go through the pain and hurt of thinking there had been an affair. All this for what??? To get back at Steve? Time will tell...I just have to keep trusting the Lord to know how to react to all this. What a soap opera!
I'm going to add some Christmas pictures to this post.
