Shawn

This is us at our favorite restaurant, Xochimilco's in Detroit. They have great Mexican food. I have been going there since I was married to Cait and Nik's dad. (Yes I'm a two time marriage loser). I asked the kids to pose for a picture. This is the reaction I always get. Sam doesn't mind, Nik hates it and Caitlin kind of co-operates.

My friend Shawn had a meningioma removed today. It's "benign" but we all know there's no such thing as a benign brain tumor. They got 85-90 % out. Hopefully it won't grow back and they won't have to do radiation. Her son said she's doing ok, Sam and I might go visit her on Wednesday. Alec has an appointment with his psychologist tomorrow. His anxiety has gone into hyperdrive. Since he doesn't really have food anxiety anymore (well it's a lot less), his anxiety in other areas has increased. Apparently he has to maintain a certain level of anxiety for his comfort. I really don't understand it but it makes sense. She said she's just going to focus on his anxiety for now, since it's really interfering with his day to day life. He had a complete meltdown at the Tigers game we went to about a month ago. He was shaking, sweating, crying. He thought we were going to get mugged, he thought the stadium was going to fall down, he thought we'd get hit by baseballs, he thought it was going to storm, he thought Chris and DJ were going to fall over the edge of the stadium. He got thru it but it was horrible. We're going to a day game in September, courtesy of our friend Zoe, and he said that will be fine. The game last month was a night game.

I'm tired today, but only have 1 more night to go on mids. HOORAY!!!!