My daughter just left to drive back up to college. Although I couldn't watch her drive away, I'm ok! I'm very grateful for the time we had together (she splits it between her dad and I) and I have a sense of peace and contentment. Mom and I are about to go back down to the pool.

I was wrong in my assumptions about the change in our communication patterns. She has rowing practice every day, is taking 18 credit hours, and was invited to join a prestigious business school fraternity that does a lot during the week. On top of that she is cooking her own food because she is a strict vegan. With my cognitive distortion of assuming and mind reading, I thought she just forgot about me when the poor kid is just trying to keep it together.

I was supportive of her before but I'm going to ramp that up now that I know it's getting tough. Glad we straightened that out.

It's a beautiful day. Hope everyone is doing ok.