I am considering the same- not looking forward to working full time and night school 4 days a week for 8 months, but it just might keep me distracted enough to have a new reality and a better future-
do you mind giving me some more details about your plan?
You sound so together. We started out sitches about the same time.
You are planning to move? and start school? keep your job, go to night school?
Why are you moving? is selling the house part of the settlement?
I just need to hear from other people invigorating stories about Chapter 2. Help me to visualize new possibilities for myself.
Sure. I am getting there for being together. A work in progress.
Today is day 0 0-3 months. 1. finish getting house in order to sell. Half money with ladybug. ( ladybug wants to sell and I do not want to buy her out. And I would feel weird having another woman over here. So new place will be another step on the road ) 2. Determine which school has the courses I wish to take at nightschool. 3. figure out where I want to live ( within 30 KM of work.. I think 30KM is 10billion miles ) 4. Start volunteering for YMCA to see if I would enjoy social work. 3-5 months 1. Sell house and move to new house ( I want an open concept place that is big enough for my speakers.) 2. Travel to Florida to visit good friend and get out of dodge for a bit. Sarasota is the location. I hear it has beautiful beaches. 3. Apply for night school class for summer or fall 1 course a semester towards my degree. 6 months 1. turn 40 ugggh have good time 7 -10 months 1. go to school and live life deal with happy bomb-a-versary during the month of August and beginning of September. 2. run marathon. 3. travel to europe.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. unconditional love is awesome!
about social work...you need to guard you heart; build up a desensitization to the sad lives at there as you aim to help as many as you can but be wary of burn out...maybe Canada's social workers don't have 200 clients though! (not discouraging you; my family has a lot of social workers! but we live in the USA)
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004
Cutter, That's a fabulous plan! I hear social work can be tough - any reason for that particular change? Have you thought about becoming a licensed marriage counselor???
Just a thought.... Same amount of schooling (or close?) and a better paycheck to go with it??
Just a thought...
T
ME28,WAH30, M 5YRS, T 7YRS ,OW/ILYBNILY/SEP 9/09 Served with D papers 6/6/10 Current
yes! I vote for becoming an MC too!--SPECIALIZE in infidelity. There seems to be a shortage of counselors who understand it.
Oh wait...this is your life, your decision, but seriously you would be good at it.
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004
deal with happy bomb-a-versary during the month of August and beginning of September.