So it is Friday.  I know that so many people look forward to this day and the weekend.  Perhaps after the chilling cold and then the big ole snowstorm heading east moves out onto the Atlantic, we will be happy again.  Or it will be Monday.  Blah.
Yeah, I pi**ed off somebody's girlfriend, but hey, truth be told, what do you expect.  I've been called on so many things, wrongfully accused, etc.  You know what, the he** with this.  The truth hurts.  All of us, at one time or another.
R came out here today and expected that everything would be okay, as apparently in his la la land everything is corrected the next day and it is as if nothing ever happened.  He took the rest of whatever was left here yesterday and was rather unhappy, to put it mildly.  I can't and won't continue in this dysfunctional relationship any longer.
There is some good news, I suppose.  We get to stay in the house until the divorce is final but that could be rather soon, as two months or more have passed since the filing of the divorce by my daughter's uncle, and the lawyers want to get everything settled next court date because all there really is to deal with is the house.  No alimony or anything else.
In this world, you can give your all to a spouse and get little or next to nothing when they decide to end it all.  Because the economy is so bad and we are in a rural area, my daughter's aunt will get much less than the actual 50% of equity in this house.  Hopefully enough to get her settled elsewhere, and hopefully we will be able to get jobs given the poor prospects there too.
My daughter's granny is still in the hospital after receiving three units of blood on Wednesday and being re-hydrated.  The prognosis is bleak, though.  There are spots on her lung and colon x-rays, and the aunt told me that granny has bluish purple spots under her skin which are common in cancer patients, and often those at the end of their life.
It was only three years ago that we watched my son's grandpa die of cancer, and thankfully it wasn't too long and drawn out.  It is not an experience you want to go through.  The cancer completely diminishes the person who has it, and changes them so quickly.  We can only wait for more test results.
More good news.  If there can really be some...lol.  The cold snap is supposed to end by tomorrow morning but then we are to get upwards of nine inches of snow by Sunday.  It is January.  In the thumb of Michigan.  Where winter isn't always so fun.
Can I share something with you?  I really hate getting older.  I was going to say old, but then I'm sure I would get called on that one.  The older you get the tougher life gets.  More people that you know get sick and die.  It really does suck.
I do have to say that there really is one big silver lining in the overall American cloud.  Miraculously yesterday, no one was killed in that plane crash into the Hudson River.  I don't know about you, but it brought back memories of the plane crash into the river in Washington DC some years ago, and that was a tragic accident.  Certainly God was with those pilots.  I am thankful that no one lost their life.  Truly amazing.
And next week we will have a new president.  I am excited about that.  To think, in our lifetime, an African American president.  Our country can look forward with new leadership.  Exciting times.
I really am trying to be optimistic and upbeat.  With our lives in limbo it has been hard.  I keep thinking about months ahead of now, when finally we are settled and there is some sanity to it all.  I am trying to keep the faith.