DH has it almost done. It's just sheetrock and finish work left, so it will not be too long. Two weeks or so, hopefully.

He does sleep on the couch sometimes, and that does seem to help him wake up more easily.

Once he is moved upstairs, we will have a family room in the cellar. We will paint the cement walls, install more lighting, and put in a foosball table and darts and a stereo. One thing I know really bothers him is how "lame" we are in terms of things with teen appeal in our house. We don't have cable or sattellite TV, no Playstation or X-box, no pool, no pool table, and only dial-up internet. So I hope the family room will help.

He certainly knows self defense, we just have always said that if he gets in fights at school he will really be in trouble. Turn the other cheek and all that. So just the permission to stop others from hurting him would give him quite a bit of relief I hope.

Thanks for the support friends!