Bummer!

:-(

Chapter

Today, the sale of the house that I lived in with my ex was finally completed, funds transferred, 50/50.

This past month or so, I've spoken a couple of times and met up with the ex to sign paperwork relating to the sale.  The first time I met up with him was weird as I hadn't seen him in 2 years.

He's leaving the country with his money, going to work abroad.  He called asking if we could meet up before he goes but I wasn't sure I wanted to so I didn't change my plans.

I wished him all the best but didn't say what I really wanted to say because I could feel myself filling up a bit.  I had loved him and we were together for over 14 years - you can't just wipe this from memory.  He said that he still thought a lot of me (or words to that effect) - the feeling is mutual.

Thus ends a chapter of my life, with some sense of relief that I finally have some closure but also with a hint of sadness.

Keep Mum

My parents are over to visit for a while, having previously delayed their trip for several months due to my mum's illness.

When me and my mum saw each other for the first time and hugged, we both had a bit of a teary moment.

I may have been stressing about tidying up these past few weeks but I'm sooo glad they are here and for me to see with my own eyes that Mum is ok.

It's all getting rather emotional round here, with various things going on - I will update at some point.

No Cruise at Crewe

Again, it's nearly the weekend so here are snippets of what I did last weekend:

Friday - Not been sleeping well so had some extremely large gins, sent some daft emails and texts and slept soundly - problem solved!

Saturday - Met up with the ex to sort stuff out; went to Crewe to watch Ebbsfleet in FA Cup action. The Fleet were very unlucky to lose 1-0, at times, we played very good football but the ref didn't do us any favours. Great atmosphere in the pub and good to meet fellow 'owners'. Later went to the glamorous C's for nice thai food, drink and mayhem with her kids! Watched 'Casino Royale' on dvd (in anticipation of 'Quantum of Solace') - Daniel Craig...yum!

Sunday - nice lie in, made breakfast for me and the glamorous C's daughter, relaxed until the afternoon.

Deliberately not mentioning work because I'll just go into rant mode...

Interlude...

...now where were we?

Oh yeah - been making sure that I've been spending time with my girlie mates since I seem to find myself immersed in football and the footie lads these days.

Had a nice night in at JH's on Weds - good food, loadsa wine, girlie chats, a very late night. Following day was kinda lazy, ended up in town, had a great pub lunch, came across some mating frogs and then despite the hangover, made it to my gym class - need to keep it up! Did I feel good afterwards? Err, no!

Friday - met up with the ex for the first time in around 7 months, was a little weird but was ok.

Had a nice weekend with the glamorous C and her kids - pretty relaxing watching tv, chatting and playing numerous games of Yu-gi-oh! (hey I actually won a few games this time!).

Again, after indulging, I persuaded myself to go to the gym for a good workout.

I've come to the conclusion that I'll be going off the rails at some point in my life so I may as well do it looking good! :-)

Chillin

A nice relaxing weekend and I still managed to get a few things done around the house - the glamorous C had suggested doing a to-do list and it seems to be working! It's hard for me to be organised!

Met up with her on Saturday for a session in the gym - going to the classes during the week and also working out at the weekend has led to me losing some of the 'Christmas' inches from round my waist. Or maybe it's cos I'm not eating so much and not drinking alcohol during the week? Whatever it is, it seems to be working! Maybe got another inch to come off and I'll be happy.

We had lunch at the David Lloyd (bumping into one of the project guys from work who said he had roles for us...interesting!) and then we went to check out the new Chill Factor place, the UK's longest indoor ski-slope with real snow. Why was I not prepared for how cold it would be - brrrr!

But it was all very impressive, the slope was much bigger than I thought, loads of people skiing, snowboarding and tobagganing - finances aside, I'd be interested in learning to ski - no scratch that, I'd be interested in snowboarding I reckon. Not really high on my priorities but it all looked like fun!

Very nice surroundings, with an alpine sort of feel, great for people-watching and it got pretty busy.


Afterwards, went home to catch up on some reading and gin-drinking whilst the glamorous C went out to meet her new colleagues for a night out - yeah, she's got herself a contract - wahey! As it's in Blackpool, might mean I won't see her during the week any more but after that, there could be a contract where I work for her - we'll see anyway.


Had a lazy Sunday, did a bit of doodling, called my mum (not spoken to her in a while due to her active social life) and also had a long telephone conversation with the ex-bf; sounds like he's doing well for himself, he sound fairly happy and you know what, I felt happy for him.

Got a slog of a week coming up - really need to knuckle down and shift the stuff in my inbox. Roll on next weekend!

Some James Blunt lyric...

I'll post about my festival experience shortly but right now, I'm not in the mood.

Today with mixed feelings I moved out of the home I've shared with the ex-bf for nearly 10 years. The goldfish came with me - I said goodbye to the bunny... :-(

Sad but relieved (or should that be relieved but sad?) - it's not been easy at all for either of us but I've done it now and we can now just get on with our lives.

Still got a mad couple of weeks until I can relax in the sun but I can't think of anything right now except to just to get on with life as normal.