Life is looking up daily! Renewed relationships, new friendships, and even a loss and a new member to the family. Turtle had to be put to sleep a few weeks ago. It was a very hard decision to make, but she was very ill. She started having seizures and was not herself. She was in so much pain and I couldn't let her go on like that. She went peacefully with me, Monkey, and Lizard holding onto her. I loved that cat so much. A week after she left, a cute little furball graced our doorsteps. We are now the proud owners of Sophia. :) She is an absolute doll and so demanding! She even head bumps like Turtle did.

I friended someone on facebook without really knowing who they were and it has ended up being one of the smartest things I have ever done. Her name is Sonya and she is the most awesome girl I have had the opportunity to consider as a friend. She lives in Canada and even knows my STBXH. She is my Jiminy Cricket! I tell her everything. Even when it makes me sound crazy as a loon! Can't wait for her to come visit. We are going to shop, cook, and have a wonderful time!

My junior high crush recently joined facebook and I sent him a friend request. Fast forward a few weeks and we are now working our way towards something really really serious. It only took me 25 years to get him to notice me. :) Talk about perserverance!

Divorce is in the works.

Life!!! I'm loving it!

Well I am now in receipt of divorce papers. The STBXH kindly included a pen for the ease of my signing them. It appears that his attorneys are Google and the Internet as it is plain to see he downloaded these from some website promoting an easy "uncontested" divorce in Alabama. *rolls eyes* Something pink is smudged all over the front page and he obviously filled them in on his own. I'm totally impressed by the fact that he misspelled my middle name and obviously doesn't remember the date he decided to walk away from my children and I. I will be making an appointment with my attorney soon to get this all straightened out. I've never been one to do anything half-assed and getting divorced won't be done half-assed either. The STBXH should know me better by now.

Other interesting things to note. The ex prior to the STBXH has decided to make an appearance on my facebook. He sent me a lovely message that first of all complimented me on how beautiful I still am and believe it or not he actually asked how we all were doing. The next part of his message didn't sit well. He wanted to know that since so much time had passed if all the hatred had had a chance to die down. Funny that I don't think about him any more, but I know that an apology wasn't given and I have no reason to believe that he feels badly for anything he did. There is a reason he is in my past and he can remain there. Can you say DELETE? I knew you could and I did!

Another person also found me on facebook. Got to love that social networking website! This one however is someone that I would love to become friends with again. His name is Andy and we used to be really close friends. He's gotten married to a very beautiful girl and I am super glad for him. :) Here's hoping that we are able to keep in touch.

The LMC appears to be out for the season. He's torn his right medial meniscus and has a left shoulder subluxation (i.e. he popped his shoulder out of joint, but it worked its way back in) with a possible tear of the cartilage there as well. We are looking at surgery now for the knee and then surgery after he finishes football completely for the shoulder. Poor guy is scared shitless and I can't blame him. We did finally get him to a better orthopenis than the first one we went to. The first orthopenis was just that.....a dick!

I've been working my fool ass off the last month and it doesn't appear that it will be letting down any time soon. Select is having an influx of patients and that means they need more agency nurses to staff them. I was actually offered a position there full time on the weekends and had to turn it down because I have to work one full weekend a month at UAB. The charge nurse says they pay well and I really wanted to find out how well, but didn't ask. LoL

I just finished another class and will be starting my next one on the 13th. This one was a bit more intense than any of my other classes to date. They appear to be getting harder and harder as I am working more and more! A paradox you think? Or maybe just irony?

I do have a date this next Sunday and I am looking forward to it. I have never had someone make plans for me and then tell me what we are going to do. It's really refreshing. I have always hated making plans all the time. We are going to go eat some sushi and then visit a huge market. Going to be lots of fun as he makes me laugh a lot. :)