Inspirationless

I've been a little silent on here for a while. I guess I've run out of things to talk about. But, as any great writer will tell you, sometimes you just need to write, and the inspiration will come later. I don't purport to be a good writer, much less "great." In fact...I don't really see myself as a writer at all. Typing, on the other hand...I'm good at that.

A week ago yesterday, I fell on my way home. While the scab on my left knee is almost gone, a huge bruise remains, and it's still painful. I'm getting too old to fall down. My right knee still has 3 scabs on it. The 2 smaller ones are almost gone. The big one is still gross. Gross!

After skipping a bunch of spin classes, I started up again last Friday. In spin class, terms, I only have 4 more days until I leave to get Scooter. In real life, it's 9 days and a wake up. I'd rather think of it in spin class days...

Well, one of the things I was looking forward to has happened. I got my hair cut. Another thing to look forward to should happen either this week or early next: closing on the house. We ran into a few hiccups with closing - not on the buyer's side, which is what we're always scared of, but on our side. Yes, folks, the state automatically puts a lien on your house if you have a child support obligation. Nice. The lien can be released 1 of 2 ways: the ex signs a release (not going to happen), the state releases the lien because you don't owe anymore (has happened, except they won't release it until the ex's obligation starts: June 1st). ARGH!!! The title company is so kind as to accept a certified payment history from the state and the new order, releasing my child support obligation. Hopefully, we can make this happen.

Unfortunately, the ex won't have this problem if he ever sells his house - he's not on the title, so the state won't put a lien on his current house. Of course, as soon as he's in his new house this summer, the lien gets slapped on. So I guess there's a benefit to living rent-free with your girlfriend until she becomes your wife.

The ex took his first step forward in the appeals process. Here come more stress hormones. Seriously. If humans were supposed to live like this, there wouldn't be such a thing as antacids - we'd all be used to this by now. I like how the ex's new wife (remember Vicky?)

sent me a psychology study that she obviously didn't read. It's title was something like "the effects of moving on children of divorced parents" or something. Basically, by reading the title, you'd think that it'd be a bad thing to move away from one parent. If she had actually read the study, she would have found that moving away from one parent can actually help a child's development if they are in a stable, loving home environment, especially if the parents' relationship is contentious. Well...I think a $100,000 (when you take into account both party's expenses when it's all said and done) court battle is pretty contentious. Also, the study strongly discouraged lengthy court battles, as those can have extremely negative effects on children of divorce. Hm...maybe they should back off a little.

Oh...and the study also said that in the case of divorce with children, the kids are often times better off if the non-custodial parent dies. I'm not going to go so far as to suggest anything. I'm just saying... before sending me studies about how kids shouldn't move with their loving, stable parent, maybe you should actually read them.

But enough about that nonsense. We're in the home stretch until Scooter comes home-home. I can't wait.