The packing crew showed up at 0900 on Monday and drove off with our stuff at 2130. The apartment is a bit cold and echo-ee without our art and carpets to warm it up and tone it down a bit.

I have survived.... for now. Tuesday and Wednesday were closely run things as far as my survival is concerned but Thursday and today are safe... so far.

A bit of history. My son is scheduled to begin ALS (Airman Leadership School) on July 5. His roommate is getting out of the USAF on a medical retirement/disability. The kid wants to move into a one bedroom apartment when his roommate leaves.

Some informational set up. My kid was deployed when he was promoted to E5 and did not attend ALS prior to his promotion. Upon his demobilization back to his regular duty station he was advised that there two months’ worth of preparatory work and training he had to do prior to ALS. He had 4wks to get this done before starting ALS.

Why is is that so many of the stories in our community and other Step related communities start something along the lines of...."I really love my (Fill in the blank), he/she is my soul mate, amazing, etc......... BUT.... their children are toxic/illbehaved/whiney/etc... and I can't stand the little dears/damned kids."

Why can't people who claim to be adults see that the issue is not the toxic spawn but the spawning morons who create, raise, facilitate, enable, instigate, and tollerate this crap from their irritating crotch nuggets?

The Fresh Start Effect….. Or what I have long referred to as the Do Over.

As many of you probably have discerned, I do not have a huge amount of value for what I refer to as the pseudo sciences. However, I think this article addresses a very important and powerful tool and perspective on life.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientists-simple-psychological-shift-help...