Well, I hope we are turning the corner; it certainly seems lighter around here.
DH will have his shop back up by February 1st. Yep, HIS shop, his parents are retiring. Which is great for us, but the timing couldn't be worse. He will need me to be office manager/bookkeeper but I already have a full time job until June. So, right now I am preparing myself mentally to be adding more responsibilities to my day. Luckily, the shop stuff is a part time job, and DS14 can do much of it for now. I am also mentally preparing to put up the house we JUST paid off to gurantee the quarter million dollar loan we will sign for next week. Gulp.
DS14 is still incredibly disrespectful, moody, and lazy, but my new philosophy is that he isn't any happier than I am about it, and it's hard on him too, so I'm trying to use "I" messages, let it remain his problem, and just love him in spite of it. It's sure not easy though for an old control freak like me. My Mom says that if I can get through it without alienating him he will be back to himself withing a year or so. 
A year or so?
So, anyway, That which does not kill me, blah, blah, blah....I'm still standing. For now. 
Thanks for listening.
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