An update to LIFE

 I am currently on layoff - with a severance package from Boeing. TFG is the president again and what a nightmare it's been. I hope to retire next year, but worried that I won't be able to afford it. Life isn't what I thought it would be. James is still looking and waiting to get a job. 

 

I'm super sad (2016) was when Steph and Derek told us that they didn't want to have kids. While I totally understand, I feel cheated and unfullfilled. I NEVER thought that I wouldn't be a grandmother. I always thought I would be. I'm pretty sure Paula and CJ won't have kids either. 

 

We have no cats or dogs and we are just in limbo right now.. UGH.. I hate it. 

it's been a while

 I am reading a article and I ran across this: 

 

20."If you have children, you're pretty much always the adult in charge. My husband is great and a very active parent, but my kids automatically just steamroll right past him to ask me everything — all the time. I'm expected to fully immerse myself in every detail of our children's lives. What day is the big test? Who is mad at who right now and why? When is the deadline for X event? What classes are required for graduation? Just ALL the things, ALL the time."

"I also have to absorb everyone's emotional burdens 24/7. It's exhausting."