Hey Pink!

Thanks for thinking of me and noticing I've been gone. I do miss you guys but life got kind of crazy busy for a while. And there's something about new love that can eat up a lot of time.

Yup, still doing group. Lately it's gone really a well. Sometimes it's really fascinating. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in group -- I'd never lose interest. It's just the part where I have to participate that's difficult for me. But lately I've had sucess there too. I leave out too much when I talk -- I think I worry that if I try to give out details that I'll talk too long or something -- but I've still done a decent job of communicating some fairly intense stuff lately. I managed to explain the demise of my last relationship in a way that more people understood it than had before. I still have trouble with just keeping up in general -- since it's hard for me to communicate about more serious topics, I take longer to think of what I want to say, and then sometimes I'm behind in the conversation. Which can be frustrating and cause me to clam up. But lately I've still managed to talk quite a bit though I usually need help (someone to ask me something directly). But I seem to get that fairly often. So right now I'd say it's going really well. I had to miss a week recently when I was traveling for work (another reason why I've been silent on the board is that I was away for nearly 2 weeks) and I remember feeling really down about that. Was afraid I'd miss out.

All types of therapy are ultimately fascinating in my opinion.

Sidony