Ciao! It's been so long since I've been here, I just thought I'd say hi here :halo A lot has happened & I'm not sure I'll share it all at once, but kiddo & I are doing well concidering :smiles
I got through my last semester with the necessary B+ avg. to keep my scholarhip! :whew & my new semester started yesterday
So, now I have internet again, LOL
Just before my finals last semester, my parents decided to suddenly kick us out of the house :thud After spending 2 hours finalizing our plan for us to stay with them until I finished my blended Bachelors/Masters program & after months during which they encouraged us to help them design their new house with homeschooling in mind, etc. they randomly one morning during coffee said:
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We don't want to hurt your feelings, but we just want to be old & alone in an empty house with just our dogs. We don't want to communicate about it.
So, that was that. Kiddo & I are now staying in another single mom friend's pet/play room in a loft bed. Kiddo has had to start school because of my necessary 21 credit hours of college courses. Luckilly, the district office said that because we moved in from another district & they technically consider us homeless, kiddo qualifies under some new law to attend any school of her choice :bow So, she's in my old school where the PreK-1st graders have their own small annex building with a very Montessori inspired layout & she gets to participate in *all* school activities for FREE: transportation, meals, childcare, fieldtrips, etc. :clap
This school is soooooo much better than the one we were faced with before (where scantily clad teenagers talking about who got drunk/high at which party walk by the kindy rooms & where teens made out on the bus next to the young children
) This new school is VERY child centered, even to the point of letting kiddo call me throughout the day if she needs to :clap
Surprisingly, when my parents hit me with their news, I didn't overreact. I simply reminded them that at 60+ years old they should know by now that everything in life requires communication & that no on can not communicate, that communication of some form happens even when we don't intend it to. There was so screaming. I just grabbed my coffee & left, then when my finals were done, we moved. During Xmas.
Not surprisingly, now that we don't have the stress of my dysfunctional parents who pretend to be supportive (allthewhile badmouthing us both behind our backs :shh) both kiddo & I are feeling & behaving better.
I've had to surrender my vehicle to the bank & the house is foreclosing & I will be filing bankruptcy, but walking to the bus stops is healthy & I have the opportunity to maintain a clear mind during the ride. We're both doing better mentally/emotionally now, but we're also really looking forward to our financial assistance finally being processed so that we can have our own apartment & our own groceries.
Yes, there's still much mroe to the story, but allinall we're doing very well
PEACE
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) This isn't solving problems, but it's keeping me more optimistic & thankful for what I do have so at least I can keep moving forward.
I do need to focus on my studies (for many reasons, including that it keeps me from hiding away from the world) :shysmile I will try to check in once in a while, though & you're all in my thoughts! 
