In the eye of my storm

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It has been quite some time since I have journaled/updated my sitch.

There is plenty to update.

I have met 2 more times with one of the companies that I interviewed at the beginning of October while I was in NM last week. It looks like a good possibility after the start of the new year. I’m looking forward to having and seeing my children more often. Flying back and forth to NM is for the birds.

I have moved out of the house I was renting and moved in with a couple of roommates. It has given me a lot of flexibility financially. I kind of feel sorry for my W to see how much she is struggling to get by. Unfortunately for her, it is one of the consequences of her decision.

As far as the D goes, it is on hold until January per my request pending my employment transition. My W doesn’t have a problem with it, although at the beginning of November she mentioned that she wants it to be done. It is crazy, because her actions and words do not align. She picks me up and drops me off at the airport. We have gone to church as a family every time I have been down there, except once.

Before making my trip for Thanksgiving, she suggested picking me up and letting me spend the night at her house when I arrived and again the night before I flew back. I am grateful for that, because I get to spend more time with our children and take them and pick them up from school.

After my children and I arrived at my W’s house on Sunday evening, they all gave me cards, pictures and a gift for my birthday. Even a really nice card from my MIL. I had a lot of animosity towards my MIL as recently as September, I have finally come to realize that this was completely my W’s decision and my MIL did not influence her.

It was a year on Tuesday that my W dropped the bomb. As crazy as this year has been, it has gone by quickly. I’m looking forward to new things in the coming year.

Life is good.