Howdy! It's been a while but I've been a little busy. I threw the baby's first birthday, my ex had the gall to ask me what we were doing for his first birthday. I stared at him and told him I was going to have my friends and family over and he could do something separately. How delusional is he to think that people want to see him??

Anyway, I had a petting zoo come to the house and had mimosas and the party was super fun. My best friend, my son's godfather was here and we ran around the city together and he reminded me just how much I don't need the ex to be happy, it's so grounding being with people that you've known your entire life and have been best friends with, I'm so lucky to have the people I have!


As for the ex, He's still planning to move across the country at the end of January to be near his yoga studio. It will probably be easier in the long run, but I'm upset I have a built-in babysitter that's leaving, although my friends remind me he's probably not super reliable anyway.

He's going to babysit this weekend so I can go on a date with somebody who is in the same field as me (!!!). I haven't been on a first date in over 15 years so I'm a little anxious. The person I'm going on a date with is awesome but obviously it's a little stressful since my field is super small and nuanced and I really hope it goes okay mostly so future conferences don't go awkwardly.

Thanks again to everyone for the support during this crazy time, y'all were right, things just get better with time.