My daughter is getting worse. Her diagnosis is schizo-affective which is something like a cross between schizophrenia and bi-polar. They tell me that's a rather loose diagnosis though since she runs something of a gamut. They also tell me that she's really tricky to work with since she also has a degree in psychology and pretty much knows what to say around them. She graduated magna cum laude and was only .2 of a point away from from suma. She rationalizes everything out in a twisted view of what should be logical.

She seems completely incapable of seeing herself as the cause of any of her problems. Absolutely everything is someone else's fault or circumstances beyond her control. It's hard to deal with the fact that she directs almost all of it towards me. After all, everything she has done in her life has been to help me in various ways and all I've ever done is to thwart her every move. I hear it over and over and over again. It's not fun to live with.

Then of course there is the fact that our country is pretty much in a shambles and seems to be getting worse. The world in general is not doing too well either.

Things are not comfy at my business either. Along with the fact that so many of our customers are on their knees, is the fact that my son's alcoholism is really creating problems. He misses a certain amount of work and when he's there, he's often into his cups as they say. Unfortunately he's the only one who really knows where everything is in the place. We have a LOT of stuff.

There...now you know why I haven't been around much lately. Spending too much time looking for dark corners to hide in.