We flew to Colorado Springs last Friday to spend the weekend with SS-27. He was selected for a short notice TDY for high level systems training and flew in from Germany the Sunday before for the training. He flew back to Germany yesterday.

We had a great weekend with the kid. He engaged, he was animated, he said several times that he was happy that we jumped on a plane to see him.  It really was a great weekend.

I may have shared previously that BIL1 and his wife are in the process of adopting twin 9yo girls.  While we were on Holiday in Austria last week we got the text that the court date to finalize the adoption is next week.

Happy thanks giving to STalkers around the world.

The kid was supposed to join us yesterday but it looks like he will not arrive until this afternoon.  He is apparently stuck in traffic between Kaiserslautern  and Schladming where we are celebrating in the Alps with friends.  Not unusual for anything planned with him.  However, he works and tends to get involved in things that disrupt personal plans.  So, his mom might let him live for cutting into her kid time.  Maybe.

This term was raised in a recent thread.   It certainly seems to apply to my Uncle's situation.

My Uncle is in his late early 70s and is playing the special accomodation card hard and has been for nearly a year.  His claim is that he can't feel anything below his waist and can't walk, etc......  He has my Aunt jumping through her ass backwards.  He is "non communicative" with his sons (3) and for the most part with my Aunt unless he is demanding something from her.