@bluebicycle: Sorry to hear your sister is being unpleasant. I have a nasty sister too but we haven't communicated in years. We had a wonderful childhood together tho. How were things with your sister when you were kids?

@bpcyclist: Glad you got some quality sleep. Speaking just for myself, i wrote about a crisis i went thru in my early thirties once and found it just kept the memories alive. And the rage. I hope you won't find this with your book.

In my news, i am pretty resigned to this mild Winter depression. It's happened for the last 20 years and i've lived thru it. There's no reason why i can't again. Scrabble is going well as i'm reminding myself that i am just a junior player, just an advanced amateur. I'm 80% thru my review of my four-letter-words, total of about 5000 words.

In other news, my neighbor is getting a puppy! So now my dog will have someone to play with again, once he gets old enough. He is just two months now. He'll get his shots at four months and then he can socialize with other dogs. Until then, my neighbor will carry him around in a sling to socialize him with other people. I'm so eager to hear what she names him! I always like to hear pet names. A guy in my support group got an adult cat that had been named "Steven French"!!! For a cat! Needless to say, his name was changed to "Fluffy."