Sunday, September 20, 2020


Dropped kids after a final drive w/Tommy to Campbell for a stop at Orchard Valley Coffee. He did well but continues to react to my direction with smarts comments so I continue repeating that I'm not the enemy. I'm pretty proud of how well I managed it, the weekend, and the fact that I saw an opportunity to make a choice to find balance in the situation. Lauren keeps pointing out that I'm calmer than most parents, which is really nice to hear. It's not easy. And I mentally crashed for most of the day, retreating to a degree into my own space. I worked on and finally finalized, after months and months, the docs TB needs and I expect further actions this week. Also posted a CL listing intended to help folks avoid being scammed online as I have recently been, and at least one reader responded w/a supportive story and experience. That restored a bit of faith in humanity. Washed the car w/Jen, walked the dog, ate some leftovers and ended up listening to a really good actualized.org post regarding life purpose. It was timely given the recent aspirations of my own. I'll listen again tomorrow and perhaps dive into a few others for a week-long effort to revisit and perhaps realign some ideals with some ideas.