Given the stepdad's increasing drunken hostility towards me, I've decided that I'm going to return to the UK. It's been five and a half years since I came to the US and in that time he has not improved or made good on his word. I'm going to cut my losses and fly back in two months.

It's not that I'm too keen on returning to the UK, though. But their is no other alternative. The aunts who want me to stay are not financially capable of taking me in, let alone helping me acquire my citizenship. And I've simply gotten tired of sitting on my ass, waiting for something that will never happen unless I acquire it for myself.

When I fly back ill likely move in with the sis. She's looking for a reliable roommate anyway and should be able to help me get a job at the company she works for. She seems more excited at the notion of my return than I am. When things settle down ill have to think about what to do next: Whether to stay in the UK or attempt to get US citizenship myself.

Yoji~