Dear Lou,

You remember a lot! Yes, I am still at an OK weight, but am not exercising enough. The weather is delightful, though, and I am taking nice long walks.

I didn't post because I got very busy at work and because I wanted to see if I could fly solo for a while. I found out that I could, but my curiosity as to how you all are doing got the best of me.

Just let me put in my dos centavos wrt counselling. Last Fall, the Japanese counsellor told me that she thought our sleeping with the kids would cause them to be less likely to initiate things in school and with friends. Thinking that I had ammunition for my case against sleeping with the kids, I told my W what the C had said. Six months later, it is dawning on both W and me that the JC may have been right. There are two lessons that can be drawn from this. First, the effects of counselling may be felt over a long period of time. Second, the spouse who does not initiate the counselling needs to be ready to listen to what the C has to say. It may be valuable to drag an unwilling spouse to a counsellor, but you may have to wait some time before cashing in.

My next step? We are going out of town to a wedding at the end of April. Just the two of us overnight in a hotel. In the same bed. I'm liking my chances.

BTW I can't get the idea of "Vitamin P" out of my head. Why hadn't I heard it before? I guess I need to hang around the gym more.

Paul