Thanks for the kind words whytry, Mighty and fth!
It was a confidence boost getting the phone number. I haven't "dated" for 26 years! It's just so overwhelming with so much going on in my life all at the same time. Dealing with W's MLC and D, trying to find a new job, trying to take care of my D's and the effects of the D on our family, having literally no money, the IRS problems (which I have been neglecting as I try and find a new job!), having to ask my parents for (more) help...it's all so unrelenting! If I can just get some parts under control, one step at a time.

We are getting some really bad weather here tonight. It was 82 degrees today and a cold front came thru and it's down into the 50's and raining really hard, expecting flash flooding. So I get a text from D14 asking me to take her school because her mom "can't" and she would have to walk the 2 miles in this weather! I, of course tell her yes. Later I get a text from W telling me that D14 is out of lunch money and wanting me to re-load her lunch card. Here she brings home over $1,000 a week ...after taxes, I can hardly pay for my utilities and gas. So, I text her back that I'm sorry it ran out and I hope to be able to add more soon when I next get paid (she knows how my pay works). I added that I would like to "borrow" the iron she took when she moved out as I have a job interview Thursday and need to have a clean shirt to wear. So, she texts back that she already added money and it was fine for me to take the iron when I picked D14 up for school tomorrow. I thanked her and she even texted back that she left it by the door so I would know where it was. No continuing spew about how she has to pay for D14's lunches as in the past. I'm glad as I really didn't need that tonight. Of course no asking about job or why I'm interviewing somewhere else (I haven't let her know how bad things have become financially as of late. I'm sure D14 has filled her in somewhat though) but at least she was nice about the iron and not pushing about the lunch money.

Thanks for the support everyone. One day at a time.....