Thanks. Okay is about all it went. She was angry, but on a bright note did not verbally express her anger. Actually she verbalized very little. Her body language spoke volumes. She left without speaking as soon as she had her deposit receipt. If I had to put a word to it I would pick rude.
I was hoping we could begin to move to something amicable. There are weddings and birthday parties in our future and amicable would be nice.
This was the very last piece of legal documentation linking us and it feels good to break that link. I think it was healthy for me to do so.
DIL, S and GD are in MI visiting DILs family and watching a (cruising?). I don’t know if that is the correct word. There is a street near Flint where people show off cars they have modified or restored on this weekend. X and I went there once to pick up DILs and S. People drive slowly up this street for miles through towns North of Detroit. It has a fair like atmosphere.
After meeting X I returned to Mom’s house to work on the laundry room. Mom used an old Maytag wringer washing machine and a double deep sink to do laundry. Not for about the last five years. X and I and then just I had been doing them. The washing machine and sinks needed to be removed. So DIL can move her machines in.
The sink is concrete and it is removed. An appliance dolly, logging chain, come along winch, cargo strapping and a convenient overhead beam were instrumental accomplishing its removal from the basement. A sledgehammer and wheelbarrow would have been easier. I looked at removing it intact as a challenge
Tomorrow I plumb the gas line for the dryer and a drain line for the washing machine. Hopefully the supply lines installed years ago will be convenient to the washing machine, else I’ll have to reposition or plumb new ones. Adventures I home ownership, it’s always something.
About cycling again last week, I am surprised I am still grieving the loss of that R to this extent. I guess it is b/c so much of my identity was tied up in that R. I imagine I will for some time to come yet. It is normal I think to grieve a loss when we are reminded of it and then continue living. Perhaps breaking another link with X will help bind that wound.
BITS Me 55, ACK, when did that happen? Doesn't feel like 55 D 30 S 27
You create your own universe as you go along - Winston Churchill
