AnotherStander - H lives only about 30 minutes from here. He also gets up at 4:45 a.m. on the days he has to drive to work (at least he did when he lived here). So no hardship at all as far as I'm concerned.
S21 already seems to be in a better mood, so I think it is more venting and getting out bottled up emotions. I am very close to both my kids, so i think any rough patches will be short lived because of the good solid connection.
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