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26 September 2007

One-point status update: My divorce is final!→[More:]

The judge had stressed in the hearing that if I didn't get any paperwork from the courts in six weeks, then there was Something wrong, and I would need to physically go to the courthouse (360 miles north in Fairbanks) to find out what I needed to do.

The six-week mark was fast approaching (was today, actually), and I was starting to freak out that the judge had denied everything. I made plans for a long weekend to drive north and check in with the courthouse, but I got the paperwork in the mail Monday and now I don't have to!

I'm still going to drive north this weekend to see a bunch of friends I left in Fairbanks and haven't seen in a year (really I just want to go to the hot springs), but I will be doing it a single woman with my maiden name (aside: everyone at work today saw my name change and immediately asked if I had gotten married.)

post by: rhapsodie at: 01:21 | 19 comments

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Glad it's over; hope you can relax now and keep moving forward. Have fun this weekend!

posted by kyleg 26 September | 01:42

The two happiest days in a boat owner's life are:

The day he buys his boat
The day he sells his boat

posted by spock 26 September | 01:49

congrats, rhapsodie. I'm glad you'll be spending the weekend with your friends; it sounds like a nice way to wind it up and wind down. Have fun!

my one-point status:

Knee hurts, don't know why.

posted by taz 26 September | 02:18

Here's a toast to failed hopes, new beginnings and maiden names.

posted by paulsc 26 September | 02:26

Divorce isn't the end, it's the new begining of another end.

posted by BitterOldPunk 26 September | 02:53

Congratulations.

I kept my married name, as it's the name I'm known by professionally. I also prefer it to my maiden name, and I have no sentimental attachments to my father's family that'd make me want to keep that name anyway.

posted by essexjan 26 September | 03:51

One point status report:

- I will have my vengeance.

And congrats from me also.

posted by seanyboy 26 September | 04:50

Congrats, rhapsodie. Too funny about the name change question! Enjoy life sans ball and chain.

one point status report: I requested to be credited in a marketing video for my work that was used in it.

posted by chewatadistance 26 September | 07:32

Congrats rhapsodie. I got my divorce in right on the cusp of 1999, so I got to enter the aughts as a single person.

One point status report: back from vacation setting the alarm to get to a 10:30 meeting. Oy!

posted by jessamyn 26 September | 08:33

Congrats!

Status: Eating cereal, drinking coffee, and cuddling with the cat while watching my neighbors poke around their gardens as the sun rises.

posted by occhiblu 26 September | 08:49

Congratulations.

Status: Still getting over the flu but back at work and not really enjoying it. Bleh.

posted by octothorpe 26 September | 09:12

Congratulations!

My status: procrastinating, feeling a bit upset in my tummy.

posted by muddgirl 26 September | 09:13

Status: Piles of work on my desk, but at least it's somewhat interesting.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 September | 09:58

Congrats! Glad that you didn't have to go in.

My status: pissed off at a colleague who seems to think that she can change the instructions to the technician about MY experiments because hers are more important. Result: a dead rat that didn't need to die.

posted by gaspode 26 September | 10:41

Congrats, rhapsodie.

Status: played racquetball with my husband this morning. I'm terrible at racquetball but it was fun.

posted by LoriFLA 26 September | 11:27

Congratulations!

Status: Day started out like gangbusters, now is getting very looooong.

posted by rainbaby 26 September | 12:57

Woo hoo!

Status: Feeling like shit.

posted by deborah 26 September | 14:38

I'd say congrats on the divorce, but having just gone through one myself, it seems like a strange thing to say, but happy that you're happy about it. My divorce was also a Really Good Idea, but I still have recurring dreams about going back to my ex because it's too hard being alone.

posted by Twiggy 26 September | 21:18

Divorces can be the best things ever. I had one, too, once upon a time.
Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginnings' End.

my favorite quote.

posted by redvixen 27 September | 14:45

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