Sounds like you have a lot of resentment and aggression for this third party still? That's what it seems. It will go away eventually though.

Hahahaha.... good one barbidoll!

I woke up totally confused for sure.  I mentioned it to a friend who believes that all dreams try to tell us something and her first thought was "well, you've been feeling like things will really start to pick up between you & R after the holidays, perhaps this is the way the universe is telling you that you are correct?"  Maybe! He and I chat a few minutes via text each day and I believe that this is just the first step.  I think next the conversations will get longer and more frequent and then he'll ask if I want to spend time with the little one. 

It's normally just a few sentences each day at random times.  We've be spending a lot of time talking about my new job (which is how we started talking again) and I'm always telling him how awesome it is and how much I love it. He remarked one day about how my old boss was bad for my ego. LOL

Ironically - just after I posted my comment this morning, Queen's song "We are the Champions" came on. I guess the Universe was just confirming the hunch my friend had! LOL

Amen to that!  I said a long time ago that I would accept baby steps so long as they consistently moved forward... and I am grateful for what I have so far!