Good to hear from you, Niko...I'm doing OK here so far. I've just about gotten all my messes cleaned up (with Mom's help), so that's a load off my mind. I'm still waiting on a bunch of paperwork back in Missouri to catch up with reality, (driver's license, etc.) but that should resolve itself soon.

I found a great bipolar support group here, went to the first meeting last night. They were able to point me toward area resources that I will need, so that's a relief.

The social thing really has me bugged...I think my fear is about telling people what I'm doing here, where I'm living, etc. I know myself well enough to know that I would let everything out when someone asks what a 49 year old man is doing living with Mama...but I'll have to deal with it eventually.

My biggest problem, though, is being so far away from my girls. I can break into tears at the drop of a hat when I see a dad with his kids, even on TV...it hurts SO badly. Yesterday my older girl's car was declared DOA, and I wasn't there to help. At this point the only way I could help is by doing the one thing I can't, i.e. send money...Of course, that makes me feel even MORE guilty. I don't know what to do about this one. Oh, well.

By and large, though, things are OK. By the way, I had never heard of the MCC, so I looked it up. I think it's great! My personal philosopy about this is "Love 'em all, let God sort 'em out later".

So, that's me today...I guess I'll go work on the garage, I'd like to have a little workshop area if possible!

DJ