Harriet, I respect your knowledge of yourself, knowing when involvement becomes unhealthy for you. Your influence here is always positive!
I also respect the care you give to your ddad, and I remember the care you gave to your dmom. I also remember you "talking about" burn out a long time ago. I think about that from time to time, and have adjusted my "community involvements" over time. Currently, dh and I would really like to get out of 2 church small groups, but we're not sure how to do that. Both are pretty healthy; one is even gung-ho to continue meeting through the summer! Usually, we take a break and just meet monthly for a bbq in the summer. Anyway, a matter for prayer for us. Dr. appt. for dd14 took a little longer, discussing options and next steps. She has an appt. with her pedi tomorrow, so that is timely. If she goes on Isotretinoin, she has to be on bc pills first. That is the law. I'm not thrilled about it, but we will play by the rules. We've been told the pills themselves might be helpful too. After the appt., I took dd14 home to get some lunch b/c she missed her lunch hour and wasn't sure her science teacher would let her eat in the classroom. She doesn't eat much for bfast and she has a big history test later this afternoon, so I wanted to ensure she would get some nutrients into her body. I have taken her back to school.
Ds sent me a list of emails for his friends, so I have now sent out the evite to 16 teenage boys. He says there may be more.
I better make sure we have plenty of food on hand!Thank you for all the affirmations re: keeping the awards night program! Yes, it is all there pretty concisely, so concisely that some honors and one big award are missing, but he has enough down there.
--And I just want to say that our not putting out his awards at his grad party is a matter of our own personal conscience and a matter of what we think is most helpful for our family. Other families make different choices. Some of our kids are extremely competitive, and I'm not sure how the girls would feel their awards will compare with ds' (we don't yet know what their awards will be, how many, etc., but ds is a hard act to follow in many ways; it is nice that dd16's interests and abilities are so different from his) - and we don't want to get into comparisons between them anyway. *phew*
Moving on with my day. . .
Next:
-devo time
-update laundry
-email oboe vendor
-check my li&t for other items
I need to be available to pick up dd16 at 2:30.
He thinks I'm working hard.
They are not being subtle. You start slowly, so she doesn't have an opinion yet. DVetNeighbor wonders if a Paleo diet would clear dd's skin as it has done for others, and I believe we could move closer to that for her, but I'm not sure we could reach it. 
dd and I went to the new local TacoBell after school, since I had several errands of PO, bank and pharma and I've been promising her she could see what one is like. She doesn't remember ever being inside one, and I haven't been to one since long before their embarrassment about their meat. I guesstimated 7 years. It was inexpensive, tasty and simple - that's about what I remember, lol. Anyway, because this one is new, it is lovely and spacious inside, which was a surprise to me. People were all determined to please customers - that was new, too. 
