Diving back into the ocean

[Meredith]

A THUMBNAIL sketch? Bets, when have you known me to thumbnail anything?

Okay, I’ll try…

Sting, aka H, still is not home. He’s still camping out with his mother the majority of the time. Yet, he has recently enrolled himself back into school and will be working toward a degree in Sales/Marketing. Pam tells me that is a good thing, even though he chose a school by his mother’s house…so we’ll call that a positive.

There has really been a visible effort on his part to be more respectful. I did a lot of soul searching, and found the common denominator that linked the things that bothered me. Respect. When I don’t feel respected, which is often, I go nuts. Now, the age-old question, can you receive respect without giving it? Since I’m guessing ‘no’…the latest experiment is completely respecting his actions, thoughts and ideas. I guess a cross between the five LL’s and validation.

Anyway, it’s working…and in the last R talk he told me that he had thought about coming home twice before but got cold feet. We decided to review the situation in two months time and see where both of us stand. Progress? I’d say so.

What else…new job, same company. Frankly, it sucks. But I’m keeping my chin up and focusing on the positives. Because of the new job, the new degree is on hold. Our busy season is directly in the middle of when finals would be for both semesters, so…for now…that had to be crossed off the list. Instead, I’m using my free time to teach another year of catechism, involve D5 in a 4H club, and start another season of Gymboree with S2.

I’d say I’m pretty busy, and doing well

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