Status Change

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.