Well, you're right, and the fact that we just moved our tiny nuclear family across the country from our families of origin certainly doesn't help. It's part of what I've been thinking about while laid up- how do I rebuild a community here? Friends like family...it took me twenty years to do that at the old place and making friends as an adult- especially an adult who writes in isolation and doesn't even have shoe-in work friends- is tough! I'm relying mostly on long-distance relationships for emotional support, and my husband. My kids have seen WAY more of my tits this past month than is probably healthy or normal and it'll be something for them to talk about in therapy. ;)