this morning #1608.
this morning, when dad asked me if i needed a ride to school, i thanked him but told him i was going to walk. after last night’s breakthrough, i had to make sure he knew that we were still cool. mom too. nothing personal. it was just that i had a bunch of energy that i wanted to put to good use. said i wanted to take my time, take in the sights along the way. explained that i’m going to start paying more attention to that sort of stuff. he just smirked & said “ok, son.” gave me a half-hearted hug. “i’m really glad we had that talk last night. have a great day.” his words were slightly robotic but felt like progress. given that just a few days ago we were oh so close to being at each other’s throats, i’ll take it.