Mom and I continued working out every morning right after Dad went to work in order to avoid the heat of the day. She was really making good progress....Because of her healthier cooking and eating habits, she had continued to lose weight; now that loss of weight was slowing down. She was, however, loosing inches. Her clothes were fitting more loosely; she was even getting into clothes that she hadn't worn in years. I think the battle for Mom was almost won; there was just one more area to. Soon after the food was eaten, the three women left for their shopping, leaving the clean-up to the men.All in all, the shopping went well. Trisha had to stop Margie a couple of times from buying expensive gifts for her boys. Margie tried to explain that she enjoyed being generous with her grandchildren, but she, ultimately, respected Trisha's wishes and left the high-priced items on the shelf. When the trio stopped for lunch, Trisha learned more about Mark's first marriage. She had heard. "With Mum at home all day, we'll have very little chance of private time together. We've really enjoyed the freedom we've had this weekend, and it's going to be incredibly hard to contain ourselves. I think I'm going to have to retire my hairbrush in favour of the big clothes brush in the hall; it's got a much longer and thicker handle." Well, don't get caught, and for god's sake keep that tube of KY I gave you really well hidden. There's no way you can innocently explain that away! Anyway,. Maybe it'snatural for the 'spark' to go out, and people like Sarah and Nikki arethe anomalous ones. And maybe Simon IS Prince Charming after all, and Ijust don't realise it yet. One thing's for sure- continuing on the wayI am, doing nothing about the relationship is stressing me out, so Ineed to do SOMETHING. I just need to make sure that what I do is theright thing.Things would be so much easier if Simon was an arsehole, but thefrustrating thing is, he is a genuinely nice guy. He'll definitely.