Beginning to seriously believe that dealing with the wife when she couldn't walk from point A to point B was actually easier than dealing with the violent mood swings. She's been in a real snit today, and it started when she picked an argument at bedtime last night and then couldn't sleep - which meant she kept me up, too - at least until 5 AM. The big issue is that she wants to drive, and she doesn't see the mood issue as a problem - especially after not having driven in months. Her battery is in my truck to trade in for a replacement tomorrow. Hopefully a trip to a large church parking lot ends in a non-disastrous failure on her part because I'm not about to turn her loose on her own and don't want to be a crash test dummy either.
One lesson learned these last few months is that newer cars drain batteries at an alarming rate when they are just sitting. All those internal devices waiting for a signal from keys and fobs and other keep alive devices are power hogs. One guy making only necessary trips and three battery hungry cars doesn't work well.