Over a year...

Wow it has been over a year since I have posted. And my oh my what a year it has been.

Brief run down

Sept 2009 - Sam and I realized that our marriage was falling apart and we began counseling.

October 2009 - trial due to a suit with a client (issue had been going on since 2006, and it actually went to a jury) verdict was not in our favor, but was weird. Appealed. In March of 2010 the judge did not see it our way. We are STILL working out details on it.

October 30, 2009 - Sam and I realized that the combination of our two personalities was not workable and the decision to split was made.

December 29, 2010- New Year's eve with great friends and a spark happened with a special someone-completely unexpected and out of the blue.

January 2010 - I moved in with my extremely supportive parents so Sam could fix up the house to sell. We began divorce mediation and were able to fairly easily settle the issues. 50/50 custody, assets and debts split 50/50. We were going to still work together.

March 2010 - At USITT I decided that I could not continue to work with my ex husband. The divorce, while amicable, was because of our issues together. These of course carried over to work. Plus, I was a bit tired of wearing the A/P, A/R, Payroll, and HR hat, and while I loved the aspects of my job that came with dealing with Clients, ESTA, USITT etc, I wanted to pursue my own goals and dreams for the future. And doing Business Management for my ex-husband's rigging company just wasn't going to make THAT happen. Additionally resigned as business manager of D2 Flying Effects wishing both Sam and Delbert well and dove into the OMFG NOW I NEED TO FIND A JOB land. I was still wrapping things up with Fisher Theatrical, so wasn't worried about money YET, but holy moly what a scary step. Meanwhile the long distance relationship with the New Year's guy was still going on, and more feelings developing by the moment.

May 2010- Real Estate market sucked even more than ever. Sam worked on buying a fixer-upper and we decided I'd move back to the house we owned instead of selling it.

July 2010 - FOUND A JOB! Was hired by Event Tech as "Director of Business Development." Working on a lot of cool exciting projects, still get to be involved with ESTA (soon to be merged with PLASA) and my committee work. Getting a paycheck and only wearing oh, 10 hats instead of the 20-25 I was wearing before.

Guy from New Year's got a job locally and moved into an apartment around the corner. He makes me smile. A lot. More gushing over him in another post ;-)

Aug 2010 - Moved back into the house in Catonsville and have been trying to get settled and do house projects ever since.

Sept 2010 - My youngest started Kindergarten! Wow. Continuing the tons of house projects to make it feel like a home, and not just some place I live, which is how it had felt for the past few years given the drama you can imagine led to Sam and I deciding to divorce.

So that is the run down on the past year. Holy moly it has been a rough one and continues to be a roller coaster for many reasons. However, I have never felt so at peace at the same time.

(More on those things perhaps in later posts). I wanted to get back into the blogging thing- I find it therapeutic and it keeps my writing skills honed. Not sure how many people care, but if it's an outlet I guess it's an outlet ;-)