It stayed in Vegas!
I agreed to a 9+ hour drive to Las Vegas to hang out with my boyfriend’s ex-sister-in-law (but they are like brother and sister the way they bicker at each other all cute like).
The number 1 thing I HAD to see was the “Boneyard”. It’s the neon sign museum. The last time I was in Vegas they had just imploded The Stardust and I have a picture of just some of the sign. It was so neat seeing all the old ones from years ago. Come to find out, it was the last tour of the Boneyard until they make a new one later this year.
Later in the day we drove out to Hoover Dam. I took pictures, but realized there is just NO possible way to absorb the enormity of the thing through pictures.
At night we sat around and enjoyed BBQ steak. Life was good for a few days. That drive though…it can suck it. I’m just glad that I had someone that didn’t mind driving the whole way there and back. He enjoyed that I slept most of the way and would shut up. I’m trying to imagine some of the things he must have been thinking while I was asleep…that’s a long drive…and then I realized I knew him well enough to know that he was probably just thinking about boobies.
The power went out the day after I got home and I was forced to read a book that has been screaming at me. The book is called “Eating Animals”. It is one man’s journey to becoming a vegetarian. I knew when I started it that I didn’t want to be a vegetarian, I just wanted to be more informed. Because the power was out forever, I read the whole thing. It’s been 4 days and I can’t bring myself to look at meat anymore, let alone imagine ever eating it again. Powerful book is an understatement. If you like eating meat, like I did, don’t read the book.
The week flew by and it’s now Friday. I’m spending the night with Tabitha tonight. Yes, pigs are flying around handing out ice water to people to in hell. We went to the senior informative night because our daughters will be graduating from high school next year and they asked that junior parents please help provide help at Senior Grad night. “Ohhh, that will be fun!” so we signed up together and now the night has come and we are thinking, “fuck, we are too old to be up all night with a bunch of teenagers!” but we will do it. We both agreed that this coming year we are going to do our best to be more active in the school…I mean, we are paying up the ass for our kids to have an awesome senior year with the trips, picnics, proms and all the other fun stuff that comes along with your last year of high school….we might as well enjoy it right along with them.
I even got all the information together to make sure that we get a skydiver to land in the stadium at Homecoming next year. Yeah, I know…best mom….EVER.
My life is going pretty good right now. Things are changing around and settling in to a new pattern. The sun is out and I am laughing more than I have in a very long time. I have set aside all the BS and got to know Tabitha outside of the person she was made out to be and the person I wanted her to be. Yes, as mentioned before, she’s crazy as fuck and sometimes not in the best way…but not as bad as I thought. My friend, Wendi has found her spot in my life and finding her way in her own and it’s awesome to see her transformation. My love life is exactly that, LOVE. It’s new. It’s not the same old jokes over and over. It’s not wondering what he’s thinking because he will tell me. It’s not wondering what he is really doing.
And my kids…LOVING being a mother right now. It was rough for awhile, but it’s better once the outside was left there…on the outside. Kara is my daughter of adventure. She sent me a text the other day, “Beautiful day for skydiving.” and Alyx sent me a text that said, “8th grade” My heart exploded with such pride. They are growing up so fast and I am doing this on my own and it feels awesome! Shea gave me a hug the other day and I realized that she is like my auntie Shirley…the one that gives the best hugs. She’s going to be the person people go to when they need one of those real, genuine from the heart hugs. I am blessed in so many ways!
For those of you that are just beginning this new life of yours, be it because your husband was douche, you lost your mind and decided you needed a change, life was just too overwhelming the way it was, your wife just wouldn’t accept you for who you really are or you just said, “ENOUGH” and started over: it’s scary out here…but when it’s not scary anymore, it’s a fucking blast and I wouldn’t trade it for anything!