I'm so glad that you are enjoying your book and aren't feeling depressed right now!!!

I wish that Prince showed you more attention when you saw him. It's hard to redirect animals when they really get into things like that tho. I'm sure next time he'll be more attentive to you.

Was your father a genius? It sounds like it.

My mother was beautiful and always dressed to the 9's. I don't have enough insight into her thinking to know what kind of standards she had for herself, but she was impressive. Both her parents drank. I don't know what else drove her to it, but she was a functional alcoholic. My father, not so much. He owned a business with a bar. When I was young he ran the business well, but warmed a bar stool all day. He's very self-critical and has the lowest self-esteem of any person I've ever met, but he's always made up stories to build himself up. My sister doesn't drink, but she is mean and very critical of me, and everyone else. I don't know what her problem is, but she's f***ed up.