No real thoughts for you on dealing with your sitch. Too stressed this morning to think much.
Getting a tooth pulled today and dreading it.
I was wondering something that David and I used to do and I feel when we stopped that, we lost a bit of our connection, is a night out for us once a month. We only did one night because of expense and getting things done around the house on the weekend. It was a local place so we would take off on a Friday evening and usually eat dinner out, sometimes we packed a picnic dinner, and just sit and talked. We got away and it always seemed to drain the stress of responsibilities of dealing with daily life and recharge our batteries so to speak. Change of scenary and varied the routine, plus we could look forward to it.
I know that probably won't take the place for Monkey of spending the night out with his friends, but maybe he might not feel as much of a need to spend the whole night out if the two of you plan your weekend escape.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
and just sit and talked. We got away and it always seemed to drain the stress of responsibilities of dealing with daily life and recharge our batteries so to speak. Change of scenary and varied the routine, plus we could look forward to it. 
