Hey. Sorry about the time in responding, i have this terrible habit of waiting to see people's names before i respond. It doesn't make me a terrible person, but it shows that i have some growing to do..
Where about in Scotland was your Grandmothers cousin from? Just by some of the place-names in America, you can see the influence. I had read that California is the State in America with the most Scottish ancestry. You'll be able to sleep tonight knowing that one..lol!
I hear ya on the relationship front, once you've had a few bruises you tend to revert to your own company, it's no bad thing in the sense that it makes you independent - but like you, it makes it harder to have anyone that close. I think it's just inevitable.
Hopefully it'll happen for you and me, but there's little else to do but get on with things. I know lots of couples who are locked in each others misery, so i get a certain comfort from that..
Shouldn't enjoy other people's misery, but i never said i was perfect.
I hope you are doing better this week and that these four brats are behaving themselves for you. I have been okay, but can smell change in the air. Oh no..
Until the next time..
Yours, Alasdair.