Need a pep talk

[BryanS]

Thanks guys, I do appreciate it. I was talking to my mom the other night about my anxiety over the coming visit and she said something that I thought related to my sitch and most peoples sitch who are here. She said "You've got nothing to lose" and it's true. If I do nothing, I'll lose my W. If I keep doing what I was doing I'll lose my W. So, trying something different, even if it doesn't come off as seemlessly as I would like, is still a winning move because I've got nothing else.

I think I saw you mention the friend idea before in another thread, Nugget. Seemed like pretty sound advice so that's how I was planning on approaching it.