I've been SUPER busy so have not been here much at all...work has been awful (great job, great people, bad government decisions/rules), but for now I still have a job...we'll see how that is in the next 6 - 12 months.

ANYWHOO - DH and I have been traveling a bit, went to AZ, then to visit my uncle and his wife about 6 hrs away from us, then to Vancouver, WA area for a fun weekend, and we just got back from Montreal, Canada. Now we are planning a month long (4-5 weeks) in Europe. Because I have LOADS of vacation time stacked up from Covid times and then from kitty care that prevented me from travel and due to potential job situation I have to use that vacation time or lose it if any layoffs happen. My manager is 100% for me doing this because she gets it. She's also traveling some lately too.

DH and I are doing well. We are wrapping up our couples counseling sessions next week, our last one. The counselor has been great. Really helpful and now even DH talks about his ADD where before he denied it (even tho he was on the ADHD meds). He's still seeing a weekly counslor for his issues and has another specialist he sees every other week for another issue that was uncovered. He's happier and sleeping better and all around again the same person I married.

Kids!  SD20 is still not speaking with him of course, but doesn't have him blocked from email it seems like. She is visiting his sisters though, which is good. His younger sister also told him it's very good, esp. with parental alientation. His younger sis hasn't been able to meet up with her yet, but they are trying. His older sis has spent a weekend with SD20 but never told DH. DH is going to ask her about that.

YSD19 is also still in college, finishing up her first year and doing pretty well. Some social issues and she's just very odd still. She sort of does things with other people there, but mostly just studies. She and DH text fairly frequently and they talk about once a month for a while. DH even said, because she slurs her words and jumps from subject to subject, that she's difficult to understand. But she seems happy. The one big blow is that she was in our area for spring break and not once contacted DH. Not once. DH let it slide, but I was p*ssed. Told him to outright TELL HER he was upset and sad she didn't reach out. So we'll see how things progress this summer as she's been evasive about summer plans.

....now to catch up on all you ST-ers!