Hello Key, cute avatar!
I helped my friend with sorting out her study again this afternoon. I like to help her and we're making some progress.
I emailed my sister and she's quite depressed. She's a very accomplished person and she says she feels just useless. It's a horrible family scourge. Unfortunately both she and my brother cope with it (as did I, of course) by drinking too much.
I booked my flights for my nephew's wedding in January. It will be interesting to see how much/if my siblings give me a hard time about not drinking!