I intend to live forever - so far, so good

[ClingingToHope]

Finally home after working second job in Chicago Friday and Saturday. We got done early enough yesterday so that I could meet a friend in Chicago. Her hair stylist has lost 40 pounds over the past year and was competing in the Midwest Bodybuilding championships.

95 percent of it was freakishly large men and women and five percent were these beautiful model types.

It was a good time. After, my friend was tired and we just went back to her place to watch Avatar. She used to be on a dance team for three years with STBXW so instead of watching Avatar we just talked and talked.

She's big into astrology. She got out a book and went through my perfect matches and guess what, STBXW is my worst match. She went through Aries and my needs and what a Virgo is usually like and yes according to this book we had no business being together.

My friend is great to talk to. Some things are hard. She's beautiful and has lots of opportunities to get married, but her parents never appeared happy and she doubts she'll get married so she has never felt some of the things I'm feeling.

She said I should be excited because I have a chance to get things right this time.

Drove home this morning and am watching football on the couch. Yesterday we worked from 3 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and I stayed up talking until 2 a.m. That's a long day.

Came home to find a letter from my L to STBXW's L asking them to come up with a proposal on the house and other issues to get things moving.

Also logged on to match. The 35-year-old I was going to go to dinner with two weeks ago said she's started dating someone closer to home so we won't be going on the date.

I'm a little down, but with Christmas coming and the house and the move things are a little tight. So really it's not a bad thing. We've debated whether or not I'm emotionally ready to date. Truthfully, I'm not financially ready really.

With that said, I need to get off this couch after the first game and head to a Goodwill and Salvation Army to see if I can find a dresser for D8 for less than $75. I found one D8 likes at that price, but I want to see a couple more.