Catching up...

It's now August and I haven't kept up with this blog. Let's see if I can give you a rundown of everything that's happened in the past 8 months.

• I've been seeing this great guy (let's call him J) off and on since last June. In fact, the great guy I alluded to in my last blog post was him. He's 25, so quite a bit younger than I am. He has 2 daughters (more on them later) and treats me really well. We have our issues, but he makes me happy.
• The ex and his girlfriend just had a baby. I'm still struggling with it. I wanted another baby for a long time and it was just never right. Now that I am where I am, I realize that it was a good decision not to have one, but it still stings to hear about it. Especially because my son was/is so excited about it.
• I have a love/hate relationship with my apartment. The carpet is disgusting and the management refuses to do anything about it, it's super small now that J lives here and I hate the stairs.
• I broke my foot in May. Stepping on a rock of all things. They didn't find the fracture until 2 weeks ago so I've been pretty much just in pain this whole time. And it didn't heal properly, so now I'm in a boot and have to do these bone growth stimulating ultrasound treatments every night. I'm so frustrated with it and I feel like it ruined my whole summer. Not to mention the fact that it's been REALLY expensive. Bleh.
• My son has been doing SO MUCH better recently. He was diagnosed with ADHD at the beginning of last school year and it's taken about a year to figure out his meds. I feel comfortable with where we are in that, but the ex absolutely hates that he takes meds. I keep trying to tell him that when he is older and more mature, we will work on alternate treatment. But for now, he is just not capable of recognizing his behavior and self-correcting.
• Because of all of the issues with the ex, custody, medication, etc., I'm considering going back to court and asking for full custody with visitation for the ex. I don't want to do it because I know my son will miss his dad, but the inconsistency is very hard on him. He struggles in school when he is at his dad's, he was late to school 19 times last year (only one of those was me when we had a car accident on the way to school) and the ex is just not supportive of OUR decision to medicate him. I really feel that he would benefit from being at my house everyday that he has school and being with his dad on the weekend and when he has breaks from school.

So, that's all in a nutshell, I think. More on all of the subjects later...