welcome back!

So glad to be back!! <3

What have you been up to?

After the last twenty minutes of trying to summarize crap, just gonna say... Family crap. Work crap. Stupid crap. Siiiiigh,

well. crap.

Is it at least clearing out now or are you just learning to wade better?

Hmmmmm.... I think it's more getting used to the dramallamagramma 'poor me my children are living happy lives over an hour away so I cant micromanage them anymore!' I think the reality of being old with a full-time employed introvert as their main go-to is finally starting to sink in. I'm actually starting to get emotional/mental support from the rest of

the family. My parents are teaching in Turkey, my aunt and uncle are in Taiwan, my other aunt and uncle are in practically on the planet of Nebraska. My bro is on the other coast, our cousins are either tour guides or actually crazy.

No, really. Crazy.

So, yeah. I think it's half clearing, half wading.

well, one way or another it sounds like it's getting easier to keep your head above the surface so that's good.

And goodness, your family casts a wide net

Do you ever get a chance to meet up with each other in person or is it always kind of one person here, another there, and so on?

Thankfully the international family tends to flock home during the summer and occasionally during the winter holidaze, the family within the country has less reliable ability to visit... Ironically, everyone is starting to realize that the 'oddball, anti\

social (aka introvert) is being left in charge. MAYBE we should all start supporting her!

So to actually answer the question... Yeah, finally getting to get my head above water for a while. I hope!

That's good. It's nice to have support from the fam