Good Morning all,

H showed up shortly after I posted last night. S4 was in the bathtub. H came into the house, I got up from the computer and went into the bathroom. H came into the bathroom. S and I both asked where H was...H didn't answer at first, then S asked again. H said he was driving around. I asked H if had ate and that I brought some food for him. H said he ate. S asked where he ate and H said "McDonald's" my first thought was, you eat there but I can't take our S there..go figure.

Then H wanted to know if anyone in my family asked where he was? I said yes they did. H said not they didn't and that he wasn't ever going to anything there again! I said well that's pretty selfish. Everyone there likes him. H then asked what I told them when they asked where he was. I said "that he wasn't coming" and that was all. I wasn't going to lie to them.

H responded to the "selfish" thing by saying he didn't have any feelings. I said what about S4, H said well yes he's the exception. I then brought up his older S and H said "he's grown up and on his own."

H's new obsession is to buy a boat, and my brother's know that so I told him about a boat my brother saw west of the city. H said "I've been driving around for the last three hours looking at boats" so he was out driving around.

He feels really bad that he spanked our S and I think it really bothered him as he feels like he's beating S4. S4 is a tough little guy, H will spank him hard and S will cry, but will mouth back to his dad right afterwards..S4 doesn't back down from his dad!

H did seem calmer and didn't seem as edgy when he got back last night. We did talk a little bit, but then H shut down when we went to bed. I've been giving him space at night as he doesn't seem to want to be close unless it's after

Cathy