Playin 'catch-up"

This title is quite relevant for me in that not only I'm trying to catch up on this, but trying to catch up on life in general.
Since the last time I posted, I've been quite busy with attending a driving school to make sure I keep progressing and get more used to the car. I had a good outing @ the school and learned alot about what I was doing right and wrong not only as a driver, but with the car. I was able to learn to trust the car more as well as trust my instinct and driving.
The following week was a wild one personally. My girlfriend had a really rough week and it hurt to not be there in person to help. I know I can't fix everything and maybe there was nothing I could do even if I was there... but still didn't make me feel better.
So, on Friday I got a great surprise in that she wanted to come visit and get away for a few days. While I had alot going on, it was all stuff that was even better that she was there to share in it with me. We spent the day together and in the evening went to my cousin's place for dinner. His the ladies sat on the porch with some margaritas while us guys took the Z06 for quick shakedown drive.
My cousin was driving the Z for the 1st time @ an event and wanted to get a feel for the car on the street 1st. We had a great dinner that we cooked out on the grill... burgers, chicken and corn on the cobb.
In the morning we all went out to the autocross and had a great time. I even got an added surprise in that another cousin brought his wife and kids out to watch too. I think everyone had a great time. Kim and my cousin both came for rides in the car on runs and seemed to enjoy it.
Ryan had me in the car on his 1st 2 runs and after that , he needed NO more instruction. He had a great drive in the car and is a Corvette convert for sure. In the end, he nipped me out as a result of my pushing too hard on my last runs, but I was extatic that he drove so well. That bodes well for our other events this year as I wanted to make sure he enjoyed the drive.
Mission accomplished.
Other aspects of the past week or so have been a bit tough, but we're getting thru it. We've been thru alot together over the past 8 months and we'll get thru this as well. She's completely worth it.