Well.. my oldest son called to set up a time for us to meet at the DMV to sign over the car and invited me to see his new digs. He's taking me out to dinner, too. How neat. I'm pretty excited... and relieved.
I went to see my mother in law this weekend. They're thinking she fractured her back because of the pain she's in. I spent 4 hours with her, chatting, doing the Soft Touch hand massage she loves, some Reiki, and overall catching up. While talking I told her that as bad as the divorce was, it could have been worse if I'd lost my relationship with her and her daughters. "Kathleen, you're one of us." was her reply. It's something I'm very thankful for.
A friend of hers dropped by the assisted living area she's in until her back heals and asked her is she'd been walking at all. "You mean she can.. is supposed to WALK?" Needless to say, my mother in law and I went cruising around the hallways after that. It always feels good.. soothing to see her.
I told her about an idea I had about providing a Divorce Class.. or some catchy title like "My Marriage is WHAT??" It would be a basic outline of the effects on kids, the legal rights and ramifications (emotionally, financially) and reading guide. It's like having kids.. they don't come with a manual. Having an idea of what divorce entails is being forewarned and forearmed.. kinda like knowing you never want to audited by the IRS.
I'm in the cast for Miracle on 34th Street... nine performances over three weekends with five or six weeks of rehearsals. I have a small part (the caring maid to Mom and daughter, Susan who learns to believe in Santa).. I say "Oh my" a lot and carry no props! Yay!
I didn't contact the tech guy.. feel too skeeved out.
