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?