[Kodos]

I guess my time to join this thread is approaching. Lain, my older daughter, heads to Adelphi University on Long Island in a couple weeks. My wife and younger daughter, Miranda, are going to be a mess. I'll be sad too, but I feel like I will be in the best shape out of the three of us left behind in our home.

BTW, Lain was formerly my son, Noah. She is transitioning and uses she/her pronouns now. She's also on the autistic spectrum, although high-functioning. (I guess autistic kids are more likely to be transgender or gender fluid than non-autistic kids.) So in addition to the usual worries with a kid going off to college, there are the worries that come along with having a transgender child. A big part of the reason we chose Adelphi was that they have programs in place to help autistic and transgender kids out. Anyhow, Lain's time left at home is rapidly drawing to an end.