well, yesterday turned out to be a pretty good day. It started with my brother and sister-in-law coming over for dinner. My first instinct was to not be there - on the principal that since I caused stress, the best way for me to remove stress is to remove the source - me.

But my mom insisted I be present, and it actually was a decent night - no body slams, no use of utensils as weapons, not even name calling took place. I dont think I'm in their good books or anything, but if we can be civil during a meal, well, good things can happen.

Then, I went to my new work site, and had a pretty good first day for the most part. The store is run a lot differently than my old store was, so its going to take me get up to speed, but based on last night, I should be okay there. Best of all, they are letting me have Sunday - Monday as my two days off a week, which means I can go to church again ....

The other major thing that happened was after talking with my family, I dont think I'm going to accept the job at Target, because the way the shift is organized, I'd be lucky to get 5 hours of sleep a day, which is pretty much a guarantee of me having problems mentally ....

But all in all, an okay day.