Ha, thanks Movin' On. There's just plain something going on, from alllll the reports of these problems, huh? ITL gave me a suggestion, to which I replied GREAT, so.... what's that? She said ask your son, so I did. It wasn't/isn't that. This comp has a massive memory, so is resistant to slowing down, it's just acting buggy while the notebook is acting like something from 1992, with a blinking curser. That whole gang war thing makes sense, although have been running Malware and 2 other virus scans. Who nows what these ridiculous cowards have been up to? Gizmo, SO sorry you have to take your comp to the shop, what a pain in the part of the body which exits the house last! I'm going to try Movin' On's suggestion. It took me 20 minutes for me to crawl into this thread, wearing camo, with my face painted and branches of leaves stuck in my hat. It's getting silly.
Ohhhhh, believe me, I understand loathing the idea of that long, slow cook over the fires of your own stomach acid waiting for trial. If he does get that far( and his lawyer, who is no doubt making payments on that 40 foot in-board boat he's had his eye on, WILL try to talk him into it. ) it will be over the sincere and irritated objections raised during those private conferences they have. Give that irritation 7 months to build, then allow the judge to listen to one HOUR of his nonsense ( You insisted on trial for WHAT?!? ) and he's going to get spanked. That should sustain you, or could, if that stupid loop starts playing in your head.
If he doesn't get his present charges completely dismissed, he's not getting his guns back.
I'm no expert, please believe, just have been through something similar, have a yellow ' Dummies ' edition of some teeny things which are helpful with enduring this stuff, in my head, you know? It's just really, really important for your own well-being that you're able to break that dumb loop. He simply canNOT be allowed to have such a choke hold on all your lives, right? I used to do a ton of things to prevent my head from constantly thinking about 'IT', and HIM ( insert drama music here). I mean, everything. Visualizations were huge, and not something I would stop everything and meditate about since they're so, so time consuming. I'd just do things like interrupt those fear-based thoughts with pictures in my head of HIM dressed in fish-net stockings and heels, generally a pink little girl's jumper, whatever, maybe some pony tails on his fat head. I'd also have serious ones, also, angels surrounding the house, holding us, then THAT one would go to heck because the angels would put him in a dog carrier andI'm pretty sure they don't do that.
I think what happens is, is this stuff just kind of interrupts your head from all the fear, plus does give a positive spin to what was a negative hole we were busy digging or ourselves, if that makes any sense. I'll bet the professionals have a name for it and will explain all the dynamics, I don't know enough to say.
I hope you do have a blast with your daughter, laugh way too hard, enjoy your holiday and of course have to help her deal with a child and the inevitable Easter sugar buzz. I hope it's a pleasant day for your husband also, maybe some of the whole joy /miracle thing which permeates Christ's resurrection will rub off for all of you. :happy: