If you have insurance through your job, this is called a qualifying event. For me, its a monumentus event. As of Monday, December 1, 2008 at approximately 10 am, I became....once again....single. Yep, that's right. The divorce has been finalized. It's been two years in the making...that's longer than my ex and I dated before we were married. It's a year and 3 months less than it takes to bake a baby....well, not actually BAKE it. Thank goodness we didn't have any of those either.Here are some events of the world the last time I was single:
- Al Gore had just finished inventing the Internet
- Angelina Jolie had only 1 tattoo (I really don't know)
- Jenny Jones' talk show was still on the air
- Tejano singer Selena and Christopher Reeve was still alive and he was walking
- the Unabomber was still terrorizing the US
- OJ Simpson was on trial....hmmm
- E-bay did not exist!
- A little child named Elian Gonzales was in the news
- No one knew who the six Friends were
- Actress Dakota Fanning had not been born
- Neither had Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten, known as the twins on Everybody Loves Raymond
- The Federal maximum highway speed was 55mph, which was ended by President Bill Clinton in Nov. 1995
- Julia Roberts was still married to Lyle Lovett
- The Bridges of Madison County was just a book
- MacDonald Carey was still living--if you watch Days of Our Lives you should know who he is, Dr. Tom Horton
- Everyone was talking about Forest Gump
Dating sounds a little scary, as you can see it's been a while since I dated. I guess I can get back into the swing of things. I'm not really a "single" type of person. I liked being married. I enjoyed being a part of something and knowing that someone will be there for me. Hopefully I can find that again, and maybe it will even last this next time.
I've already moved on with my life, as most of you know. I live in a different city, I have a good job and I've been dating. When I got married I thought divorce was not an option but now I'm glad for the past few years. I'm happy with the way things are.
Until next time.
