Monday, February 12, 2007

We turned out a good weekend

Our weekend was good... calm, peaceful and together.
Honey was home with us on Saturday-- all day and evening too.
It was nice to just be together. Honey wanted to make dinner for us... she thought for a while and said "I think I will make 'Papa Murphy's' pizza" (a take and bake pizza)... a true home cooked meal, lol.
We had some nice conversations-- one about her friends (sweet girls) and how much they mean to Honey. Friends had been one of the issues that put Honey in her intial long bout of sadness (the ended her up on Zoloft to begin with) Now she has some true friends, the kind she was searching so desperately for over a year ago. I just hope she doesn't do or say something "zolofty" that cause these girls to back away. She is realizing (through help from me) that she does say and do "stupid" things without thought-- not terribly frequent, but enough to worry about. I dont think she knows it is coming nor do I think she has any control over it??? She never acted in these ways prior to Zoloft.
Girls can be so dang mean to each other-- I remember it. Honey was looking for friends that cared more about what they wore and the color of their nail polish, she was looking for friends that cared about *everyone*, who were not afraid to be who they really were and still accepted you if you sat next to "a loser" during lunch.

Honey had a quest going on Sunday that started after she realized the prom dress she planned to buy was "gone". She and Superman (Honey's boyfriend) had plans to go pick it up on Sunday after he was done with work. She spent a couple hours trying to track down another (same dress/size) at every imaginable store, with no luck. She survived. I was proud of myself for just letting go of it-- letting her handle it, make the calls and such that she felt she needed to do. I have been known to "do it for her" as a way to hope to reduce her stress, but in the end, she seemed no worse for the wear.
Superman came over on Sunday and once he was here, must have invited Honey over to his house to have dinner with his family. Honey declined but felt bad that she didn't want to go.
Superman's stepdad sounds like a creep (from the way Honey talks of him and Superman has mentioned a couple of incidents that let me know things are not all together healthy over there)
Honey and Superman have been dating seriously for 8 months. For some reason (maybe the reason being that step dad seems to want to control everyone and everything?) step dad dislikes Honey and does not approve of her. He will make comments that air these thoughts whenever he feels like it and Honey finds it hurtful (I find it abusive). Honey seems to feel that Superman's mom likes and approves of her just fine, but because of Mr. Control Freak (step dad) Honey is just not accepted.
I think we need to consider whether going over to Superman's house **at all** is a good place for Honey (she dislikes meals because mealtime is when she has to interact with step-dad, but does go over at other times).
I have been watching Superman closely over the months to be sure he doesn't act controlling or abusive in any way towards Honey (or anyone). He is supportive of Honey and she considers him to be one of her "safe people". I enjoy visiting with him and he seems geniune in his feeling for Honey.

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