Thanks for thinking of me Jelly & Bob - that means so much. The support here gets me through.

I feel like I have been carrying a heavy weight on my shoulders for the last year and a half and I am tired. and now I have hired someone to help me set it down and push it down the hill.

I have turned in the required paperwork to the L and given him the go ahead to proceed. The declaration will be entered into the county system by the end of next week. WW will be served sometime within 2 weeks after that (but I won't know the day that it happens).

I was picturing the movie version of being served, but all it will be is a sealed roll rubber banded to the front door knob (which I will likely get as WW doesn't come home as often.) I was picturing the too dramatic version of the uniformed sheriff knocking on the door.

I am very sad about this again right now, but I know it's what needs to be done.

I have a little scare about the business value ($0 in my mind as it is all just my intellectual property), but the courts may see that differently - I think I need to research this more.

I am still receiving notices about our delinquency and am trying to address these one at a time. I am catching up, but there is a beginning to be a noticeable echo in my piggy bank. (received water shut-off notice (fixed), home foreclosure hearing notice (I think/hope this is just a crossed mail path problem as I am caught up on this) I also just received a notice that the business owes IRS about 5k in taxes from 2008 (I hadn't seen this before - (I am thinking of crying in the IRS agents office cry- seems like a good plan, right? IRS will be sympathetic.... thoughts?) kidding

I am requesting equal shared physical and legal custody of the kids and a buy-out of W's equity in the house (if this works - may just have to sell (or that may be decided for us).

Just wanted to update on my sitch

other than that, I have been cycling daily road (25 mi) + some xc trails as well (this has been a lot of fun). I think I am getting confidence in my abilities to join a xc cycling group that I have been looking into.

School starts again monday for me and the kids and life goes on.

Thanks for everyone's support
Cheers!!


Me-45 W-44
S21, S18, D15
T-27, M-21
BD Jan 2014
PA revealed March 2014
In-house separation - April 2015
I filed - Aug 2015
She moved out Oct 2015