I was surprised to find this thread was still here. Rereading it was hard and helpful at the same time. Sunday will make it 5 months. Still having regular meltdowns. Guess that's normal. Haven't been to a meeting since early December, will go to one next Monday though.
The holidays were hard. Post-holiday has been harder, though. Kerry loved snow days and we've had sooo many of them. And it breaks my heart that Cassie is home alone. She admitted it's been hard for her, too. I do like my job, but it's got some stressors that I'm not dealing with well. And I'm thinking maybe I should be home for the summer so that Cassie isn't alone. Maybe I'll go back to school and finish getting my teaching certification in the fall.
Cassie is doing okay, mostly. Her grades are better, and she ended up making an A on her science project (based on breeding my lavender d'Uccles). She has her guinea pig, a cute long-hair names Cinderella that we rescued from an animal shelter. They have a lot more personality than our hamsters ever did. And Cassie has decided she doesn't want chickens any more
AFTER I've gotten attached to her Silkies, of course. I'll hold onto them until the next show, though. Maybe that will make her interested again. If not, I'll sell most of them.
Thanks for all your kind words and support. It helped then and it helped again today. If it's still here, I know I will read it again in February. I dread March 4th. My Kerry-girl would've been 17