((((Googly)))) I find that I often have just enough energy to get through the work day and have enough juice left over to fix dinner before I disolve. There is just nothing left for anyone out side my family, and that is not meant to be a rejection of them. I have friends who are at least as floored by their own lives, and I can say that I know and understand that the long periods of silence from either direction are not personal; Life just swells to supernatural proportions My friends are mostly still my friends.They are going through the same things, but we are now mothers, professionals, wives, caretaking daughters....the list goes on and on. Take heart. They probably are happy to hear from you, Googley. They are probably just perpetually overwhelmed. Hugs.