Irish you have handled this all about as well as a guy can.
I am amazed at the guilt trips they resort to ... my son mentioned this not long ago, I had to smile and hide the laugh as he explained what she had done and how he took advice I had given him in another situation and applied it to his own mom. "Dad I can not control anything but how I react to things" Seems your girls have been on that ride, and know how to get off of it all by themselves just like their role model of a father .. with style and grace.
I think her father and his situation... as bad as it is to say.. is a means to try and gain favor with the 'poor me and my situation' cries, I know my MLCr makes these events all about her, her mothers health along with her grandmothers death earlier this year. Thankfully I reached that point of indifference and simply passed along my condolences and made schedule adjustments so her and our son could attend the services.
Nice to see your update is still solid and strong ... I know I need to update myself, its been a bit.
Enjoy the outdoors ... sounds like it will be an amazing trip!
