"All rise"

[faithisbelieving]

Awww...Kalni. That is sweet. I would pay for anything re: materials and shipping.

You're right Jack...I re-read that line I wrote and it IS drama queen BS. I retroactively erase it.

Officially, today, my kids moved out. XW still has some loose stuff to pick up and has offered to help clean the house. I got a SECOND cup of coffee this morning.

There is only 4 weeks of school and, to my surprise, XW agreed to drive them back to the house in the morning to keep their school bus pickup 'routine' until school ends. I've done all I can to prep my kids:

• got them cell phones and told them they can call me anytime
• got them kids safe email addresses and taught them how to use it
• tried to tell them that it is OK to let their feelings be known

S9 is afraid of his mom but he DOES love her. D7 has cajones and is not afraid to call me or tell her mom if she wants to go with me in the car, etc.

So that's it. To Jack, I guess I could sit here and type 'facts' and say, "whoa is me. I am alone in a big house without my kids and family." But, I know you'd kick my 'A'. There definitely is a 'peace' about the thought of now arriving home and having no more eggshells to step on on the ground.

It's over, finally.

Or...it's just begun.

FIB

PS..to fig et al, I really only would have fought about 2 things: the flat panel TV (ROFLMAO) and the bedroom set. A female friend of mine said that I should ditch it because 'no woman would ever want to be in that bed.' It's a beautiful brass bed. How bout if I flip the mattress and get a new comforter set? LOLOL.