Step one is out of the way! My son just got the word that he passed the GED on his first time around. Now he can be an official freshman at the community college, and the courses he's taking can be applied towards an associate degree.
>So far, it feels pretty much the same, although DH (!) got bent >out of shape when my dad said "now SS is really my grandson" - I >had to do some explaining between them, my dad's generation looks >at marriage differently than long-term live-ins.