I've been getting a little emotastic about a few things with my relationship - no problems, just feeling the distance and the pain/frustration of being separated. I'm trying really hard not to blog about it because it'll turn into a ranty, whiny blog post. And who wants that?

I think about writing a post most every day, but I'm struggling with apathy. So, I thought I'd give a brief life update:

1) I had my last dental visit for awhile. My teeth are all fixed up, and while I'm not looking forward to the final bill, at least I know it'll be final. Yay.

2) Today is my last regimen of the antibiotics from hell. I'm really happy because I'm tired of all the random nausea. This above all else has affected my energy and general ability to take life by the horns. I'm so tired, even today.

3) I started playing World of Warcraft again. While I'm not saying I'll be playing it a lot, while feeling ill, it certainly makes time pass faster and more enjoyably. I haven't enjoyed the inability to hit the gym or walk at lunch, and the lack of ability to concentrate on my writing.

4) I'm debt free! After tallying up my total, I paid off over $42k in just under three years, which is remarkable when I think of the life problems I had during that time, including a husband who wouldn't work and divorce.

While I do still have a credit card, I only use it to do things like booking flights/hotels, and I pay it off immediately with my cash. By January, I should have my emergency fund in place.

This has lead to a pleasant joy of being able to relax my super strictness with my money, and letting myself pay for a few fun things. Hence WoW. I won't have to fret over if I really want to put $50 out for a video game again. I've started buying a few fruits/veggies organic, and I let myself eat out/have specialty coffee a few times over the past two weeks. Of course, that was also because I've been so ill I could barely function some days, so... it was a good confluence of events.

5) Speaking of fun diversions... My friend Nicky, who lives in Belgium and who was an exchange student with me in Japan during college is coming to the US next month! We're going to meet up in Chicago and spend a week together terrorizing the town. I can't wait, you have no idea. I'm trying to find things to do to keep myself happily busy and distracted, because I'm feeling really lonely lately.

I spent a lot of last week planning revisions for the novel. I can't wait to start working on it this week.