I really appreciate the words ponygirl. This morning I went back and started re-reading the parts of DR that deal with goal setting and tweaking to hit those goals to see if I could figure out a way through. In the end, I came to about the same conclusion you offered, that I needed to make this fit my situation and if my sitch needs a little more TLC, I needed to provide it. I responded with an e-mail that told her I understood what she was saying and that I'm sorry for hurting her feelings as that was not my intention. That I would be happy to explain the logic behind what I was doing (no mention of the 180, just trying something different) but that I would respect her desire for more limited contact. That's it. Hoping for a phone call tonight, we'll see.