The family obligations part of our trip is over.... I am glad... it was a serious drain on me mentally. I met my brother in law and his wife who I had never met before, they've been my inlaws for 17 years... and we just met. My h hadn't seen his brother in 30 years. He is estranged from the rest of the family, and my h has been in touch with him via christmas cards and that's about it over the years. first we spent time with his other brother and his gf, then his sister and her husband came over too, i don't get along with his sister, the whole few days was stressful for me. we did drive through Yosemite yesterday, so I got a little bit of recharging in nature but h really rushed us through so we could get to the next leg of our journey. this is a long trip!! meh. H told me tonight that he wants me to go back on meds because of how I've been stressed on this trip. I said NO. I have simply been expressing my feelings to you now that we've left the inlaws, so I don't keep them bottled up, and explode later. I do not need meds. I told him I am doing a HEALTHY thing by expressing my feelings of stress and need to recharge. That I do not want to hold them in and blow up at him later for no reason. I am fine now, we're at our next hotel where we are staying for 2 nights before heading home and I'm already feeling myself recharging in our nice quiet room after all the family stuff. I am proud of myself for telling him, NO I do not need to go back on meds I just need to recharge being so social is not easy for me combined with a long car trip and bad weather etc etc. I still want to get home to my desert though.. that will complete my recharging. Hope everyone else is having a good week!!!