Moving on with the Dirt

I received a piece of mail Monday that I left on the table. It was from the Minnesota Department of Transportation. I didn't want to open it then. For some reason, I just wasn't in the mindset. Tuesday, though, that mindset was there. I was feeling down, thinking I really haven't accomplished much in life. I looked at that piece of mail, took a deep breath, picked it up, and opened it. The piece of paper in there was the title for my new/used car. It was the first title with only my name on it for a car not paid for by someone else. (If you'd like to call shenanigans on this, please feel free to IM me on Facebook.) I told Shawn what it was, then went to him. We held hands, and he boosted up my attitude even more with kind words and reassurances. I feel more independent than I have in a long time. I've still been trying to do things myself, but this was a feeling of weight lifting off my chest. I can breathe better since I opened that title. I was able to open up ton...

Holy shit, people, I made up a new quote. I'd better get credit for this thing as it makes its way around the internet. I even looked around to make sure this is original. I can't find it anywhere. Are we ready? You only need to learn a lesson once; otherwise, you haven't learned the lesson.      ~ Amanda Poehls-Kilpatrick OMG, apply this to so much of my life. Sometimes, very seldom but sometimes, I still wonder if I did the right thing leaving my marriage and getting divorced. Then Nick and I have to have an interaction, he treats me like he would rather never have met me, and I remember I've learned the lesson this time. If somebody who claimed to love you for over 26 years can behave like you matter less that what some stranger ate two nights ago, there was no love there. I don't know that person. Now I wonder - deep inside of everyone I meet, are they the same as my ex-husband? Do they really not care? Do they rip apart somebody over and over again with one, di...