I remember many times in my life thinking, "I don't ever want to be divorced."  It's funny how perspectives sometimes change.  She filed.  I need to sign some paperwork yet.  We need a judge to sign off on it.  And there are still a few accounts to separate.  But things are drawing to a close.

I don't think I've posted since I got my new apartment at the very end of November.  I haven't slept anywhere else in 3 weeks.  It's a nice change of pace from couch-surfing, especially now that I have my own bed to sleep in.  Of course, that record will be broken Christmas eve, but I'm so ok with that.

I got to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with ( Read more... )

I have an appointment to view a 2-bedroom apartment tomorrow.  This weekend was spent packing -- games and kitchenware, dishes and pots and pans.  I'm so ready to have a place where I can masturbate comfortably.  I'm probably going to be broke for a couple of months, but I'm thinking I might be able to pay off my van with my tax refund, in which ( Read more... )

I grabbed my kids and shook them by the shoulders.  "Don't spend your life being miserable," I admonished them.  "Life is too damn short, too precious, to waste it that way."  I spoke with a seriousness that startled them, I think ( Read more... )

Packing has started, and the move seems inevitable.  I'm certainly excited in some ways.  I'm calling an apartment office tomorrow as a preliminary step.  I'm hoping to be making the move around the first of next month.  It may not start out as much fun initially, but the idea of starting over and redefining myself and my surroundings is pretty ( Read more... )