It's Time To Begin

OK, so you may have figured out from my earlier posting that I am getting a divorce. All that talk about new beginnings and starting over. To make a long story short, I have been married for 18 years. During those 18 years I think we were truly happy for about 1 year. The rest of the time we continually struggled to find a way to make our marriage work. Nathan and I are two very different people. Other than enjoying travel, there is not much else we have in common. So we played ping pong with ourselves. For a period of time, I would try to fit myself into his idea of the wife he wanted, and then he would try to fit himself into the person I wanted. Well, that just doesn't work.

Today I wake up with a plan. I fully intended to start packing. Even though I am selling almost everything we own, there are still a few items I plan to keep. Things like my books (I love my books), my china, and a few other small items. We will also keep my book cases, the dining room set and china hutch and Eddy's bed. Pretty much everything else goes. I will be having a huge estate sale the last weekend of January and will use that money to buy all new things for our new lives. India is getting really excited about it. Eddy is still pretty reserved, but that is his personality. He says if we have a couch he plans to sit on it and that is as far as he is willing to go when it comes to planning. LOL. He is such a guy.Anyhow, wouldn't you know it, India comes into my room a few minutes after I wake up today and tells me she wants to spend the day with me. We talk about new furniture, TVs and dishes. So off we go.

First we went to BestBuy to scope out a new TV to replace the monstrosity we currently have. No kidding, this was the one reason we were there. We had pretty much settled on a 48 inch TV and might have even found a nice cabinet for it. On the way out, we see a red box. We almost missed it. It was a box to hold slips of paper for a drawing. Want to guess what they are giving away? A 50 inch TV to be delivered by one of the Hurricanes (local major hockey team) players. In went my entry. And yes, I fully intend to win that TV. It’s a done deal.

After that I took India to Rooms to Go to see the new living room furniture I had picked out. I have been trying to make up my mind on whether to buy a sofa and a love seat, or a sofa and a chair with an ottoman. I have been going back and forth all week now. So we walk in and make a b-line strait to the set I am going to get. Next to that same furniture was a small wooden box with, yet again, another drawing. This time the prize is $1000 towards new furniture. This is just enough for the chair and ottoman. Do I have to say it? I entered that one too. Problem solved. I get the sofa and love seat, and the $1000 will cover they chair and ottoman. Yes! I am winning that too. No discussion on the matter. The prize is mine.

Life can be so exciting!

Later




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