It's September now. This past week was my children's first day of school, they are in 3rd and 8th grade. This is my daughter's last year of middle school. It really seems like it was just her first day at middle school... It was also the first beginning of the school year that I did not get them ready and off to school as they were at their dad's. And it was also the first time in 7 years that it hasn't been my first day of school too.

It's felt a little weird not teaching, but it mostly feels good. I've had a couple of nice contacts from students which made me feel better than I had since the Spring. Working with my sister at the dog kennel kept my mind busy and did me good in terms of building my self-confidence up a little bit. Both Marissa's and Andy's Spanish teachers asked how I was and told me they say hi. That was kind and more than I expected.

For the time being, I'm on unemployment and really don't know what career path my life might take. I'm still trying to find out where this new road is taking me (life after divorce) and trying to do damage control from the aftershocks of it all.

Tired...just wanted to put a little bit down here instead of bottled up in my mind...thoughts get lost in there!