(2008)

• Started off the year hospitalized for nerves and anxiety due to me and my husband's relationship
• My husband lost a business and business partners through alledged theft of money. After my father and I financed his share
• In April I realized I no longer wanted to be married.
• In June I jumped on a plane and flew to STL to see my best guy friend.
• Jumped in a car and drove from M.O. to C.A.
• Flew home and realized PA/DE/NJ/MD/&NY are my home and I'm never moving
• Spent months alone trying to figure out who I am and what I really want...
• Rode my horse a lot
• Lost 45 pounds
• Starting running, and lost 10 more
• Then hit the scene in a BIG BIG way
• Met so many men in a short period of time
• Had plenty of dinners, cocktail parties, concerts, movie dates, but noone touched my soul
• I met Tommy B. in August and consequently had the best time of my life. We danced to Kid Rock/Lynard Skynard on our first date. Met and fell in love with his family...they are my peeps
• Rides on his bike
• More rides on his bike
• I was slammed on the internet by my ex-husband, to the point where very personal things were shared in an email that was mass addressed to all friend, family, and parents in a bitter attempt to bring me down.
• Tom stuck by me
• Had to put my horse to sleep - cried like I was the one dying
• Tom was at my house after Tasha's euthanisia with a waiting cocktail and board games to keep my mind off of the pain
• Drove with my family to upstate NY for the first time in 11 years ( I usually fly and meet them ) We all talked the whole 8 hours and it cemented in my mind that I have the most loving, supportive mother father and brother ever
• Had my first Thanksgiving as a single person with my aunts and uncles, cousins and such.
• My uncle and cousins discribed what they would do to my ex if they ever saw him again
• Went shopping with my cousin Kristen in Buffalo - blew up my credit card!
• Paid it off when I got home (could never do that when I was married)
• Drove home and got back to Wilmington around 1 am - Tom was asleep on my couch with my dog waiting for me
• Had the best Christmas / New Years
• One rudely interrupted ski vacation later Tommy and I broke up
• We got back together
• We broke up
• We went to the beach together as friends
• We went to bike night together as friends
• We texted
• Tom and I got back together