Yes, that is a song lyric… so deal with it.

This is how I feel today, “that which doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger”. Its just been one of those days? Weeks? Months? Seasons? Years? Yes… years, it’s been one of those years for me and although I can see how I am getting better and stronger, there are still days where things are getting harder and coming faster. 

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Magik

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Meet Magik — an 8 week old black and white domestic shorthaired cat that the kids and I adopted from our local SPCA. Gabe was responsible for naming this one. He almost named her “Oreo” but I think Magik is a good name (his spelling) as she can disappear without a trace with only a moment’s notice

Arthur

Originally uploaded by Moonslark

Meet Arthur!
Arthur is a 7 week old domestic shorthair that I adopted (along with Paige and Gabe) from the SPCA in Saskatoon. Paige picked Arthur out, and was a bit disappointed when he turned out to be a male rather than a female kitten (she had picked out the name “Julie” for her kitten and even picked out a flowered collar for this cat)… but she decided that she wanted THIS kitten… so… we adopted ARTHUR

So… I know that I have been remiss in my duties as a blogger. Not that I have ever been the world’s BEST blogger, by far, as I tend to write in fits and spurts despite my best efforts. And I had higher hopes for this blog, but I haven’t managed to get this off the ground in the way that I had wanted to, due mostly to life circumstances that have been more stressful and distracting than I had previously anticipated. 

But as I stated before,things seem to be settling down now. Things are working themselves out and I am fairly sure that there is an end in sight… at least for the upheavally bits (can’t say there is an end in sight for LIFE, because, seriously, it just continues on with or without me being present). 

The good news, at least in my eyes, is that there seems to be some sort of formal agreement coming down the pipe for the support issues between STBX and myself. We have almost formulated an interim agreement on what amount of child support. child care expenses, and spousal support I will be getting from him, and that seems to minimize the pressure on me with regards to budgetary concerns.  For the time being I will get bi-monthly payments for child support, proportional daycare/extracurricular costs paid/reimbursed, and my car and student loans paid on my behalf (as spousal support). Going forward, I expect that it would be more of the same, until the time the house can be sold and the other property divided between us. 

But for now a major hurdle has been overcome, and that is enough for me.

I am ready and willing to start blooming again. I am ready to pick up doing some of my craft things– I have started learning to knit socks (and have successfully completed ONE so far), have started writing in my books again, I have plans to start up the podcast thing, pickup on the cross stitch again, to learn to sew, and get back to scrapbooking as well. — and some of my Craft things (tarot, ritual, set up an altar)… its really just a matter of time before I get to that point again. Mostly the stopping point for me has been the fact that I am still trying to settle into a routine, things are everywhere and nothing seems completely ready to start on a new phase of things… 

This week I took some time out of my normal routine to get things done and get away from the everyday stresses and to get ready for the new phase of my life. I have some big plans for this week… but they aren’t exciting beyond knitting, yarn stores, more blank books, chilling out, and unwinding from the stress. Next week I have my kids again, and we’ve already discussed that we’ll be adding 2 furries to our family which will be exciting.

And so… I digress…

How does one branch out to the universe, eh?

I’m nominally back on track. I have moved, retrieved a bit of the marital furniture, and have started to unpack and reorganize my life. I have a lot of work yet to do, but that’s as to be expected. I have bought some new stuff, particularly a new tv, and I have gotten back some of my old stuff (love seat, books, SOME pictures (but not any of the photo albums or non-digital pictures of my children)). I have spent the last week setting up something so that when STBX brings the children back tonight they have something to come to. 

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