Dream from last night:

I'm living in an unfamiliar city.
It is busy with people but run-down buildings and rubble are everywhere.
I'm aware that V***** and I are no-longer together as a couple so I'm searching the streets for her.
At some point I find her and it becomes clear she no-longer wants me.
I'm sitting in the car of her former boyfriend waiting for him to give me a lift.
V***** and he are back together.
Through the windshield I observe them move closer as I wait.
It's a tender, loving embrace and I'm devastated.
In a hurry I leave the car, anxious to show someone how grief-stricken I am.
I see an old colleague enter a lift up to the train platform. I follow him but its just too complicated and I give up.
I walk on and realise all the city children are out of school but I don't see them only hear their voices.
I see another old colleague.
She greets me and mentions the out-of-school kids.
The tears well up. I burst out crying and excuse myself. At least she saw me upset.
She follows and asks if I'm OK. Don't recall my response.

I wake up into reality with wet eyes and thinking of V***** whom I spoke with at her door yesterday. She looked great again - perhaps just out of the shower. She mentioned how stressed she's been due to me spending a week away on training and her having to have the kids without support (a sideways reference to the recent tension and another argument we had on the phone the day before). I tried to play it cool but probably just seem awkward and leave quickly.

6:09 now. I have to start thinking about the kid's breakfast.