I am now a published writer. I have had several articles published in a local magazine, and they must like my writing because twice I have had the featured article of the issue.
I also got my substitute teacher's license and have been doing some teaching 2-3 times a week. I am not a teacher by training, but had the credentials to get the license and it is a good fit with my needs and my kid's schedules.
On a sad note, my grandpa died in January , which has left me pretty much an orphan, if you can be an orphan at age 40. My parents died 22 years ago in a car accident and my grandpa was the last one left.
S12 and S15 are doing ok. In the past month we have had several conversations regarding "feelings" which is progress for us. We have settled into the idea that H isn't coming back.
H is so far away from the man he used to be that I barely recognize him, much less even like him. He lies, he drinks, did I say he lies? He supports OW but is not faithful in supporting us financially.
I have not yet taken any legal action, but financial necessity pretty much dicates now that I can't live in limbo land any more. He blames all his failures on me. Everything is my fault, it is my fault that he had the A, my fault that his business went south, my fault for kicking him out of the house. He accepts no responsibility for his actions and it ain't pretty.
Through the past year and a half he has said many times that he wants to break it off with OW, he lists her faults, claims that their relationship is too complicated, blah blah blah. But they are still together. During my hiatus from the boards I found out that she was here in the US in August, just days after I went with him to Vegas. So she has a visa to travel here and I do not doubt that somewhere in his pea brain that H is planning on bringing her here permanently. He is now talking of moving to California and I think that he wants to start a new life with her there.
Our R has seriously deteriorated. On one level I still do love him, but I do not like the man that he has become. He is icky.
If any of you have any tidbits of advice I would be glad to entertain them.
I have had several articles published in a local magazine, and they must like my writing because twice I have had the featured article of the issue.
, which has left me pretty much an orphan, if you can be an orphan at age 40. My parents died 22 years ago in a car accident and my grandpa was the last one left. 
