So Anyways….

Hi friends!

I guess I haven’t gotten any better at posting entries since the return of OD.

If I’m being honest, some of the excitement has worn off.  So far, I’ve only reconnected with two people here. Everyone else I am friends with on Facebook. And I have not taken the time to really find my way around the new OD. I do have a journal at Prosebox and even though I didn’t write much there either, I did go there to read fairly regularly. I definitely feel some loyalty there. The guy who created it has done a good job and I’m appreciative of the fact that’s it’s free and he seems very accessible. SIDE NOTE: Am I the only one who finds it ironic that Prosebox has been down for several days right when OD comes back?  I think it’s the first time this has happened for more that a few hours.

Now everyone is talking about cross posting or staying with only Prosebox. I really don’t want to go to two sites to read diaries.  These are my initial thoughts. I haven’t really decided yet but I well definitely pay for a month and see how it goes.

How to catch up 4 years? My life has had a few big changes but most everything has stayed the same.

The biggest change is where I live. I’ve always been a city girl who has now turned into a country girl.  Most of you know my daughter, her boyfriend, 3 kids and me have lived together.  The city I’m from is just outside of D.C..  It’s an impossibly expense place to live.  It took all 3 of our incomes (boyfriend only works part time and takes care of the kids) to make it work.  Unfortunately, last January Aimee unexpectedly lost her job.  She got a really raw deal but that’s another story.  We hung in there as long as we could but finally had to move. She and the kids are staying with his family and I moved two hours away to live with my niece and her daughter. My  niece Caren is only 6 years younger than me and we’ve always been very close. I do pay her rent but a 1/4 of what I was paying! She is very happy to have me here and has been very good to me. But oh how I miss my babies! It broke my heart to leave them.  I see them once or twice a month but it’s not the same. They are 5, 6 and 11 and I’ve lived with them everyday of their lives.

Aimee finally got a pretty good job although not as good as the one she had.  She is hoping to get another place around June or July.  I am so torn.  I really love it here more than I ever believed I would.  I just get sick thinking about going back to all the traffic and the high cost of living. I’m hoping and praying I can talk her into moving here. I just pray I make the right decision.  I honestly don’t know how she will make it without me financially but we’ve got months to figure it out.

Still no love interest in my life and I’m still 99% okay with that.  But who knows what the future will bring  – maybe I’ll snag me a good old country boy lol.

I’ve made a lot of good changes health wise.  My Dr is very pleased. Blood pressure, cholesterol and A1c (sugar) are all excellent.  Lost some weight but still have a long ways to go.

I guess that’s enough for now.  A very happy Valentine’s day to all of you. I treated myself to a $1 box of candy lol.

P.S. Where do I go to pay for my subscription?