Phew!

Well, today was quite an interesting day, to put it mildly. All started out well with me getting to my lawyer’s office first to prepare me for the “prove up,” as these things are called. We proceeded to court and my sister was there to meet me and give me much-needed support.
The process itself was not too bad. [...]

Read Full Post »

Big stuff

Well, tomorrow is my day in court. I’m on the docket for 9:30 AM, so it will be a split personality type day: in the morning I will be a married person, but by the afternoon I will be offically single again.
But that’s not all!
I also was able to arrange my closing on the house refinancing [...]

Read Full Post »

Being here

I’m at my house now. My own house. My home. It’s just for a few days until Mark gets back from a business trip, but it’s sort of like a little breather in the middle of a long stretch of craziness.
As I sit here on my couch, with Sadie curled up on my left peacefully [...]

Read Full Post »

Checking ‘em off

Hooray! Next Monday, February 23 is my big day in court. Yep, I will be officially divorced that morning.
It does make me a bit sad to think about it so I lined up some moral support for that time. My sister will be there with me and then I will take the rest of the day [...]

Read Full Post »

Moving along

Here it is, week 3 of living at my sister’s house and I’ve pretty much settled into a routine. She joined the same gym I belong to, so now we go to the gym together at times.
Having a work out buddy is another motivation for me to not skip a gym date, although I wouldn’t [...]

Read Full Post »

“Backyard chickening” alive and well in Chicago

With everything else going on in my life, I haven’t been writing much about my chickens and the community of chicken keepers here in Chicago. There have been a lot of good things happening in this area, so I thought I’d give a quick summary.
First, an update on the stuff that has been happening in my [...]

Read Full Post »

Heating up

We’ve been enjoying a mini “heat wave” here in Chicagoland for the past few days. It has not only gotten above freezing, it’s become warm enough to put away (temporarily, I’m sure) the big, down-filled “sleeping bag” coat I wear during the coldest part of winter. Yesterday the temps were above 60F, and the rest [...]

Read Full Post »

A dozen down

This is my twelfth night in exile. Not much to say other than I am getting used to it. I still miss my dogs and my chickens.
It appears that I *may* be able to move back in as of March 1. Mark emailed me today that he met with this lawyer this afternoon and is [...]

Read Full Post »