Hi Cindy!!

HI CINDY!

askye, it is so good to hear about your progress . That makes me so happy for you

and go sj and Nora on the adulting.

I am not doing as well as I would like - but it is due to allergies. they are unpredictable and sometime s I feel great and other times I wish to go to bed. and it can change every few hours. but I am adulting enough to keep going forward

Hi Cindy, always good to see you.

Today is the first day of our farmer's market. There won't be much veg yet, and I can't buy most of the usual things I buy (bread, goat cheese, baked goods). I think I'm going to go anyway, and test out my new insulated backpack.

Cindy! Always good to see you.

Every time someone tells me I am doing a good job I cry? I want to believe them.

You are. Go ahead and cry; the preggo tears were an issue for me too. Fortunately they ended with the birth just like the GD.

My social time needs to move here more and away from FB. The whole Baltimore thing is making my right leaning friends/family even crazier than usual. Best for my mental health to avoid.

Back to son managing issues again. #1 was with me at my sister's for 3 weeks. Patience trying, but at least he was free from drugs, cigarettes, and was eating and sleeping well. Then he had to come back for the new girlfriend's birthday. She picked him up and took him back with her. So that was a couple weeks ago. The last time I saw him was Friday dinner time when I gave him a ride to said maybe-ex-girlfriend's birthday party. No response to any method of attempted communication since then. Sigh.

You are. Go ahead and cry; the preggo tears were an issue for me too. Fortunately they ended with the birth just like the GD.

I hope this is the case for me too. It's ridiculous. The slightest anything and I start crying, and even though I know it is irrational, I can't stop.

Laura, I'm sorry that you're still having issues with your son.

Yes, I am most grateful the crying stopped after delivery. It was ridiculous. Sappy commercials, deciding what to wear or eat, just everything brought tears. I wonder if the tearing cessation is related at all to the after-birth euphoria? That part was super cool. Like a big ole hormonal flip flop.

Just got a response from one of his friends on FB. I knew he was staying with this HS friend last week. Says he is okay and still staying there at night. Kids!

Glad his friend was able to give you an update, Laura. Sending much serenity~ma your way.

Friend says he is going to try and push him to leave with me again. He thinks that is the best plan for him too. Says he is going nowhere fast living on his couch.

I actually have a new career path I am going to suggest to him. He claims that he wants to learn programming to work with his parents, but honestly I can't see him sticking to it. He always assumes he can learn everything in a day or two. He doesn't get that we have done this stuff for decades and most of the programmers we work with have decades experience too.

Anyway, I am going to suggest that he go to law school. He is a serious book worm, with incredible speed and retention. Also, a walking thesaurus. He writes well and without effort. But the kicker is he has this massive social conscience and gets all worked up about injustice. I am going to suggest that he consider being a public defender. He has always considered tech or science, but I think that law might be a better fit for him. He would breeze through the school end of it. So this is plan number 847 or something, but I kinda like it.