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[Terapin]

Hi all. Just wanted to give a quick update on things.

The closing on our house is in a few weeks. The closing on the house I bought is also in that week. It's certainly been stressful, but I'm actually getting excited about it. Sure, it [censored] moving a few weeks before xmas, but whatever.

Money situation has improved a bit. I just got a signficant raise at work, which is going to make paycheck to paycheck living much easier.

Thanksgiving wasn't too bad, but I"m not looking forward to xmas and new years whatsoever.

Despite still living together, W and I are basically no contact unless it involves our son or the house. When I received the settlement agreement from her L, my L sent it back asking for an additional few grand from the sale of our house. W hasn't mentioned it, but I can tell she's furious.

Also heard through the grapevine that W has been crying a lot, reaching out to friends about how stressed and depressed she is, etc. She's renting a townhouse, but can't move in till mid January, which means she has to stay with her parents for a month. I don't think she'd be dumb enough to ask if she could move into my new place for that month, but I wouldn't put it past her.

So anyway, things have been pretty good. Just waiting on appraisals for both houses. Still hard to believe that 2 weeks from now, for the first time in 18 years, I'll be alone.