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I did not fight with my sister. I am proud of this. I did not say, "You told me that you wanted to live for yourself first. What I hear about this guy and your relationship, it doesn't sound like at all like you are living for yourself. It sounds like you are living for him. And he likes the status quo. Don't marry him. Don't have his babies." I did discuss her having his baby, and she was noncomittital, but she said she probably would. I traded a look with my niece at that point. Suzi, Danny and I had a conversation about raising their half-sibling- that the burden of raising the kid would likely fall on their shoulders. I told Suzi to run. She shrugged. She said she would likely help out the kid, just because she felt sorry for the kid. It'll stiffle her dreams, and that bothers me.

My brother and I got along okay. But any attempt at getting to know Riley was met with his brick wall of obsession. I really do now think he is autistic, as he spent most of his time explaining things. Only he does recognize when you tune out- this makes him explain things louder, and doesn't help. Aidan is also borderline. Turn on a tv and you get instant zombie. Arianna, on the other hand, isn't like that. She changes moods and is interested in other things. She wants to be interactive, and yet they are giving a lot of negative interactions. I have the horrible feeling they are encouarging them to be autistic. Riley's early years in a cage did not help. (one room of the house was blocked off for his use alone, and he was left in there for long periods. It was not an actual cage, but may as well have been, as he was completely ignored therein).

Camp was beautiful as always. I took some nice pictures of a loon swimming within 30 feet of me. A bunny came within two feet of me. I saw several deer, and was surprised at how skinny they were, how close to the road, and how indifferent to people they were. And on my last full day, we saw an eagle.  ¶ 7:11 AM