Only 15 days later than the previous post? Really?

Most of the previous post is technically still correct...except the part about the, ummm, "date".

At this point I have pretty much given up on the whole idea of "dating". The whole "Match.com" thing is a long, empty road to nowhere. I do not have enough "extra" income to keep going out on pointless "first dates" with women whom I will more than likely never have a "second date". I gave up on "PlentyOfFish.com" many months ago. I have been on dates with 5 or 6 women in recent months and I have had no real "connection" with any of them.

At the other end of the spectrum, Felice is talking to me again (and texting) and we have a tentative coffee or lunch date scheduled for next weekend. It will be the first time I have seen her in person since January...and it is now October. I am taking everything with a grain of salt, but I am hopeful.

I currently have $418.21 in my bank account. I have paid all but 1 of my bills for the month of October. After everything has cleared I will still have $103.80 in my account. That is more money than I have had as "discretionary income" in many, many, many months.

Jim will be moving back into the house sometime this winter, at which point the rent for this house will go from a 2-way split to a 3-way split...more money in MY pocket!

I have been in constant contact the the Clark County D.A.'s office since Drew turned 18 on September 2nd. They are attempting to get my monthly Child Support payments lowered from $300.00 a month to $150.00 per month until all the "past-due" that has accrued is paid off.

I reached a full year of sobriety a little over a month ago. When I first started attending AA meetings on a regular basis I kept hearing that anyone with less than one year of sobriety is more likely to fall again and that you do not fully comprehend just how invasive this disease is, or just how far you fell, until after "One Year". I thought it was a bunch of "Look at me, I've been here longer than you!" B.S., but now that I have reached that ever important One-Year Milestone I can't help but agree. There actually is a, well, different feeling. An understanding that you have about yourself, your thinking and this disease once you reach the One-Year mark. I know it sounds like a bunch of hot air, but strangely it's not.

All the pieces of my life are looking more positive and hopeful than they have in YEARS...and I have really needed some hope!