Congratulations on the performance award! :D I completely agree about acknowledgement - it just feels really good to hear from other people do, actually, notice that you're putting in the effort and that it pays off.

Boo at the girl being a shit to your son :| It's probably, long run, a nice big neon sign not to waste his time going out with someone like that, but MAN do crushes suck, no matter how old you are or aren't.