Five Years Ago Today

[tadpole1025]

Thanks Drew. I appreciate it.

Just updating:

I'm doing ok. I still struggle with getting out of the house. It really is a STRUGGLE. I fight with myself every weekend. The only social life I have is at work. But...I am going to see the new Star Wars movie on Tuesday. All four of my boys are going with me. It'll be a nice treat to do something as an "almost" family.

Speaking of my job, I'm getting a promotion and new hours on January 30th. They really seem to like me here. It's going really well. With the promotion, I'll now actually be doing the troubleshooting when a station goes down. I work for a major satellite tv company and it will be my job to diagnose outages and get the station back on the air. You know when you see "we are having technical difficulties" on your tv screens? That's me. Haha. It's a heck of a promotion. I'll be responsible for over 8,100 stations. Lots of stress, but fun.

S29 is no longer on speaking terms with XW. Sad really, but this is her mess. Apparently, around Thanksgiving, S29's fiancée made it known that she was uncomfortable around OM. XW went nuts and is now no longer talking to S29 or his fiancée. It is sad because S29 was the one that atleast had a little to do with her. Now, she has virtually no relationship with any of my sons. She used to be such a wonderful mother.

My lady friend at work is amazing. I only see her once a week with my schedule, but on that day when we are done working, we will usually walk and talk for about an hour before heading home. She has really started to open up to me about a few things which tells me that she is starting to trust me. She is having a hard time today. She sent a message telling me that her grandmother died this morning. She was very close to her grandmother like I was. I feel bad for her and....kind of honored that she messaged me and let me know.

I've made up my mind on the trip I want to take next year. I want to go on a whale watching cruise. I just need to decide if I want to go to Hawaii or Alaska.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Tad