Thanks Jules. I have no idea why I typed Jules and not Julia it just seemed right. Hope you don't mind!
Making friends is my biggest challenge at the moment but I think I am breaking out of that. Living in a fishbowl of a small town it is sometimes difficult. Sad to say but some 'cliques' have long been established and they are hard to break into. I know it isn't high school anymore, but a lot of the girls/women here in my age bracket went to my high school and moved back here at the same time, and were already friends back then, so they have their own little clubs it seems. However thanks to facebook I have connected with a few ladies who were a year or two younger than me in high school; I wasn't close with them then, but they are nice and fun. One posts a lot about her training program, she has lost 70 pounds after gaining 85 through pregnancies and 'life'. She also mentions going out for a beverage now and then. So I messaged her that we should work out some time and then reward ourselves with a drink. She thought that would be a great idea. Just want to make sure I don't come across as creepy/stalker to anybody!
I floated the idea of a 'card club/bunco group' to several ladies last summer and there was some interest but then it gave way as they all had busy lives with husbands, kids, jobs, etc. We'll see what I can come up with!
Just finished my final Journal for linguistics class. Decided to go for broke and took the online final as soon as I finished the journal. Now only one assignment left and I am done with the class! Last actual class session is tomorrow. Then it is officially summer for me!
Oh and Dan asked if he could have Nathan for an hour for baseball and I said ok. When he brought him back my little niece was here to spend the night. She had been staying with my mom all week as my sister and her hubby and older two girls are in D.C. Niece (3) has not seen Dan in a year. She ran to him and he put his arms out and she crawled up on him. That was nice for her to get to hug him because she loves him still. And when Dan brought Nathan back we were all in the backyard and my dad had come in to visit. So Dan had to say Hi to my dad whom he hasn't seen in months.
Then the upside, he gave me my settlement check! So looks like I will be replacing the 1999 Honda sometime this month. Will be awesome to be able to put down half the purchase price when I buy it. The rest of the money will be going into savings until I meet with a financial planner. That is part of my summer 'get organized' plan. Need to find out just how much alimony $$ I should be putting in savings to cover my tax responsibility. There were other things I wanted to discuss with a planner but I am sipping a margarita at the moment and those things escape me. Sad that I am only having one, have been nursing it for 45 minutes and I am still feeling the effect. Anyway I have other goals, the house needs resided in the next couple of years, I have small ($5K) credit card debt I plan to wipe out with part of the settlement, and then I need to build up my savings in case my job goes south at some point. I plan to stay in this house another 5 years at least so I want to make sure I can afford it and then have some savings for when my alimony stops. That's in 8 years or sooner if I remarry, so I will say 8 years!
Sad that I am only having one, have been nursing it for 45 minutes and I am still feeling the effect. 
Anyway I have other goals, the house needs resided in the next couple of years, I have small ($5K) credit card debt I plan to wipe out with part of the settlement, and then I need to build up my savings in case my job goes south at some point. I plan to stay in this house another 5 years at least so I want to make sure I can afford it and then have some savings for when my alimony stops. That's in 8 years or sooner if I remarry, so I will say 8 years! 
