Hi, everyone...I've been busy....

Besides working my two jobs, I have had a lot going on.

As some of you may know, I was able to reunite with my bio family (aka my real family, as I actually prefer to call them) in June of this year. In between sewing gowns and working in nursing, I've been seeing them a lot....my feelings are very mixed.

I have 2 half-siblings and a step sister. They all come from a very small town. My half-sister (Tanya) seems OK, but we have little in common. My step sister (Dawn) is much older and once you meet her, is very obviously an alcholic....That immediately makes me shy away from her since I was razed with an a-sister who was chemically dependant and who I later had to care for. My half-brother (Jim) is the only one I seem to have any real connection with, but we are not able to talk openly very often because of everyone else being around....and Jim has warned me on several occasions that everything I say will be reported back to other family members. I have no doubts about this.

As for my mom, except for the few initial phone calls, I only see her on family occasions. She works almost non-stop.

It's all been very surreal.