I am coming up on my 1 year anniversary of the incident that put the final nail in the coffin of my marriage. Life is awesome!!!

So the lease on the house I had rented with ex husband is up the end of June. The management company called me Thursday to see what my plans were. The owners want to take advantage of the spring market and they would work with me if I wanted to move early, if not I have been a great tenant and could stay through the end of June. I called the townhome community that I want to live in and they have 1 opening in a dog friendly building. The place is awesome, BS7 has to switch schools but it is the same distict and he has gone there for summer daycare and is familiar with it. They have a brand new work out center that is amazing, a party room and an outside pool. The downside it is smaller and I am selling a bunch of stuff. It will be a good thing to get ride of the reminents of the life with crazy ex. I will be saving $350.00 a month, plus it is near my office so after school is out I will not need to get on the freeway even and my commute drops in half.

I took Friday off because my BF was home after a 3 week stretch on the road and we went there together because I wanted another adults opinion and he is more critical than I am about things. He loved it too and thought it seemed very safe for BS and I. He is also off that week I move and can help out a bit, although I am hiring movers. I am so excited to live somewhere I have not lived with my ex, a lace that is totally mine and BS. I am looking forward to meeting new people and living somewhere where there are other kids for BS to play with.

Things with the BF are awesome. We had 4 great days together, celebrated his birthday. I feel like we ate our way through the weekend so today it is back to healthy eating and hitting the bike. He is such a sweet guy and really good with BS7. We are very different people, he is a self proclaimed redneck and I went to college and am far more liberal than he. What we do share is core belief system,a great work ethic and a wonderful friendship. He is so sweet and supportive.To be honest he is the first man I ever felt like I could count on. He says that he has never had anyone treat him with so much love and kindness, not even his own family. I think it is a good relationship for both of us. I have my own life and am able to focus on BS and I. Each night we talk at the end of the day and when we are together we have an amazing time. Oh and TMI the sex is plentiful and great.

When he is home and I am alone I stay at his place. He has a 4 bedroom home that he hardly gets to be at since he drives truck and is on the road 2 weeks at a time. When BS is with me and he is home he comes to our house. He actually was talking about fixing up one of the bedrooms for my son so we could stay there occasionally and my son would be happy. He has been checking out to see who has kids in his neighbor hood and knows where the parks are. He had 3 step dads growing up so he is really aware of what works and what doesn't. It was cute because BS7 made the comment to me that he can tell that BF really cares about us and that makes him happy. Told me I could marry BF if I wanted. I explained NO MARRIAGE for mom.

The ex is still a pita, at least this weekend he did things with the kids and was a good dad. It sucks because it is harder for BS to transition home after a good weekend because he cries and misses dad. After a typical week end he is just happy to be home. It is a tough situation for him. It is better than it was initially so I know it will continue to get better.