Living, Getting the Paperwork Started (20 months)

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Well I did not succeed in being absent. H came over with a prescription he had that I need to fill for S12, and the $40 his mom gave S15, and a can of Arnold Palmer and a Chunky bar for each of the boys, plus a York Peppermint Patty for me. And a card that he actually wrote Dad in.

This, for him, is above and beyond, and I appreciated it. Usually he'll get a card but not write on it so it can be reused.

I gave him a bowl of beef stew and offered half the Peppermint Patty.

S15 was more successful than me, and was out for dinner, only to return after H left.

We had a mostly cordial conversation. However, I did get a little tense when he asked me if I did anything about the drugs he found while I was in Florida. I said I talked to S over the phone that week but I thought he had handled it. He said he didn't because I told him not to do anything, not to overreact and to say nothing. I most certainly did not. I said for him to stop texting me with the stuff because he was there and I was far away and very stressed. He needed to be the parent for the week. I was really clear, and he read a whole bunch of stuff in that I did not say or intend. I asked him to reread what I did write. Now that he's gone I don't think there's really much point to that. It doesn't matter that I'm right or he's right, but I really don't like it that he puts words in my mouth and then acts like I'm completely unreasonable.

He also got all over the dog with passionate kisses. Those dogs have gotten more lovin around here the past two years...

Anyway, it was a pretty good day and it's over, and my tummy's full of sugar.