6/26/2004 04:06:50 PM|||Amy|||This has been a hard week. I haven't wanted to write, but I have been very busy. I am desperately in need of a vacation. A proper vacation. Not the kind of vacation where you take a week off work to wash your car, catch up on laundry and dig the dust out of the corners where the vacuum cleaner won't reach. I need the kind of vacation where you pack suitcases, buy traveler's checks, drop the dog off with a generous and understanding friend, and then hop a plane for destinations that are more exotic than the Gulf of Mexico.

Legal issue #1 is close to being out of my hands. I want to double-check the paperwork, but once I've done that - I will be able to call the lawyer and say that we are ready to move forward.

Legal issue #2 starts on Tuesday - in that, I meet with the lawyer on Tuesday. I'm not exactly sure what happens after I meet with the lawyer, but it is entirely possible that the divorce paperwork will be filed with the court by the end of next week.

After I called the lawyer to set the appointment to start the divorce and discovered how simple this all seems, I went around and talked to a few of my workmates. They all told me that I am doing the right thing, or rather, they said, "It's about time!" I am ready for this, but I thought it was going to take me months to get this far.

I have been rubbing my eyes and my forehead so much that my eyes are burning and I no longer appear to have wrinkles in my forehead (although that might be because of all the Neutrogena wrinkle cream). I have broken out in a rash from chin to chest. My temper is short, and it is taking every effort of will that I can drum up to keep it under control. I have a lot on my mind.

To make everything just that little bit more exciting, it turns out that one of my faculty, the one with whom I have a complicated relationship, is moving into an office almost directly across from mine. This means that she will most likely be coming in all the time to ask for something or to just generally encourage a healthy strain in my ability to remain professional.

I have just volunteered to help the campaign of the local U.S. congressional Democratic candidate, and yes, I admit, I did this out of spite towards my ultra-conservative, Republican, Bush loving (soon to be ex) husband.|||108828592203372219|||In Need of a Respite