The past few days have been…pretty eventful. I can’t bring myself to write a lot about yesterday – maybe another time – but today is another story.

We had a visit with M & C today. It was the first time either of them have been to the house. Ever. I was a little anxious. In other news, the ocean is really wet and really big…

The visit went okay. M looks good; she seems a lot happier, and she got to spend quite a bit of time with School Girl. C’s doing okay, about as well as can be expected. They had a wonderful time visiting with School Girl (at least I think they did), and she was beside herself with joy at being able to show them her room, some of her school papers, her letter to Santa – just all of her life that goes on here at home. We went out to lunch at our local pizzeria, came home so that School Girl could open her presents, and said goodbye.

Like I said, the visit was okay. At least I think so; it was kind of hard to tell, since C is very good at hiding anything other than a happy face and M keeps her thoughts to herself. There was some of my usual thing of hiding while everybody else is visiting, but not as much as before. I still have the feeling that these visits are for School Girl, and I don’t really need to be or are wanted there, but it’s lessened a little. Just a little.

It was great to see School Girl together with her family. Yes, we’re her family too, but it’s not the same.