suggested I bow out of the BBQ. I know folks will be drinking (and they can drink) and since I won't be, it might get a little tough. More stuff than is needed might come out.. or I may trip and say too much. In the past his family has not been the nicest to me.
Your brother really gives great advice! You absolutely don't need that--not any time, and especially not right now. You are doing such a great job in working on your SE (have you looked at any of those books Ian recommended? think I'm going to...we share a lot of the same SE issues, although not the same background), but i would suggest that now is not the time to put that work to such a potentially big challenge as that...
Spending time with your niece sounds like a plan to me...you and Sunny both have your 'no controlling' thing goin'on
We're doing the 'happy family' thing tomorrow...(S12 doesn't know yet that H is sleeping elsewhere), and going to a minor league ballgame with fireworks...will be fun, although i'm fairly convinced that H suggested it this am because OW and her kids will be there. In a crowd of thousands, I never fail to see her at things like this...
