Why hello March
I seemingly missed February. Whoops.
The new year has brought so many new things for me, and I have been thoroughly ensconced in all of them. I started my new job on the second, and other than having to come in once a month and work 8:00pm - 4:00am I really like it. My team is small, I have been learning a lot, and it's not super busy.
I have been making an effort to try new foods this year, and for the most part it has gone very well. Among the new things I've tried and since liked includes wine (specifically reislings and pink catawba), beer (Pumpking and the Summer Shandy), and asparagus. After having a number of people insist that sushi was amazing and that I would try it I finally broke down and had some. But it is not to be. I've tried it a couple of times, and tried a bunch of different kinds, and I don't think I will ever like it. Ah well.
Valentines was the day my divorce was final. Almost exactly a year since I moved out. I have referred to the official day in my head as D-Day, which makes it sound far more ominous than it really was. I took the day off work and went to court, which was entirely uneventful. I brought Mike chocolates (half as a joke because it was Valentine's day, and half a gesture of good will because I don't want things to end on bad terms) and we had a relatively nice conversation about phones. The judge was very sweet, and we were in and out in about 10 minutes. Afterward Delora and I drank a bunch and had amazing mexican food. We called the afternoon the "First Official Meeting of the Ex-Wives Club". It was as amazing as it sounds. I adore her.
A couple of summers ago, Mike's step-brother Andy asked me to make him a t-shirt quilt from all of the shirts he had gotten running races. It took me forever to get it done, but I finally finished it and sent it off to him last week. (Not before I decided I needed to test it out. It's quite warm!) I don't really like the way it looks, as I'm not really a t-shirt quilt kind of person, but I really enjoyed the process of making it, and really like the way it feels. So I wouldn't be adverse to making another one. Stupid me gave away all of my t-shirts when I moved so I don't have enough to make one for myself. But Andy has promised that he will have more than enough shirts soon for me to make him another.
Among the other new things in my life, there is Jaedon. I've gone on lots of dates since Mike and I split, but he is the first official "boyfriend" I have had. And by "official" I mean I put it on Facebook and introduced him to my parents. Things have gone surprisingly quickly, given the short period of time we've known each other. But I don't mind. I've met most of his family, and I absolutely love them. They seemingly like me, (and his mother and I have pretty much the exact same taste in books!) so that's good. He doesn't really know about my little space here on the internet, so I will refrain from gushing about him too much, or posting pictures for now. But it'll happen. Sooooooooooon. But I will say two things about him: he and I share the same stupid sense of humor so we laugh pretty much all the time; and he is one of the most thoughtful people I have ever known. It's been a short two months, but it's been wonderful.
The new year has brought so many new things for me, and I have been thoroughly ensconced in all of them. I started my new job on the second, and other than having to come in once a month and work 8:00pm - 4:00am I really like it. My team is small, I have been learning a lot, and it's not super busy.
I have been making an effort to try new foods this year, and for the most part it has gone very well. Among the new things I've tried and since liked includes wine (specifically reislings and pink catawba), beer (Pumpking and the Summer Shandy), and asparagus. After having a number of people insist that sushi was amazing and that I would try it I finally broke down and had some. But it is not to be. I've tried it a couple of times, and tried a bunch of different kinds, and I don't think I will ever like it. Ah well.
Valentines was the day my divorce was final. Almost exactly a year since I moved out. I have referred to the official day in my head as D-Day, which makes it sound far more ominous than it really was. I took the day off work and went to court, which was entirely uneventful. I brought Mike chocolates (half as a joke because it was Valentine's day, and half a gesture of good will because I don't want things to end on bad terms) and we had a relatively nice conversation about phones. The judge was very sweet, and we were in and out in about 10 minutes. Afterward Delora and I drank a bunch and had amazing mexican food. We called the afternoon the "First Official Meeting of the Ex-Wives Club". It was as amazing as it sounds. I adore her.
A couple of summers ago, Mike's step-brother Andy asked me to make him a t-shirt quilt from all of the shirts he had gotten running races. It took me forever to get it done, but I finally finished it and sent it off to him last week. (Not before I decided I needed to test it out. It's quite warm!) I don't really like the way it looks, as I'm not really a t-shirt quilt kind of person, but I really enjoyed the process of making it, and really like the way it feels. So I wouldn't be adverse to making another one. Stupid me gave away all of my t-shirts when I moved so I don't have enough to make one for myself. But Andy has promised that he will have more than enough shirts soon for me to make him another.
Among the other new things in my life, there is Jaedon. I've gone on lots of dates since Mike and I split, but he is the first official "boyfriend" I have had. And by "official" I mean I put it on Facebook and introduced him to my parents. Things have gone surprisingly quickly, given the short period of time we've known each other. But I don't mind. I've met most of his family, and I absolutely love them. They seemingly like me, (and his mother and I have pretty much the exact same taste in books!) so that's good. He doesn't really know about my little space here on the internet, so I will refrain from gushing about him too much, or posting pictures for now. But it'll happen. Sooooooooooon. But I will say two things about him: he and I share the same stupid sense of humor so we laugh pretty much all the time; and he is one of the most thoughtful people I have ever known. It's been a short two months, but it's been wonderful.