I'm Back....AGAIN

Not sure if anyone remembers me, as I've come and gone from this site so many times in the past two years. I think I was using a different screen name last time (probably a year ago)...but I'm back as SixTumble again. I've been lurking from time to time and began realizing that I really miss like-minded mamas these days, as my friends IRL have yet to go and get themselves preggers and are still livin' the single life. So, I'm back, AGAIN.

This past year has been hectic, to say the least. My husband and I got married in October '06, and then six months after the wedding I had a close call with an affair, only to find out that he had been cheating on me with various women for quite some time (off and on for 5 years). Needless to say, we separated with no intentions of later reconciliation, and he moved to New York City to pursue his stand-up career. Up until about four months ago I was a single working mom of my now four-year-old bebe, and got by with mucho help from my mom and grandparents (I soon discovered that single motherhood is no small feat...you single hipmamas have truly heroic hearts). I dated a few men/boys and met one that I kind of even fell for (he still remains to be a bit of a downfall in my life). But in November, something changed in my husband and he confessed all the jacked up things he'd done in our relationship, gave up drinking, quit comedy, and left New York to try to fix us. And his efforts have so far proven productive. He's moved back in, working two jobs so that I could quit my pukey job and go back to school finally, and has become the man/father I always knew him to be without alcohol. He's not completely dry, but the addiction no longer has hold of him, and now instead of drinking late into the night 4-5 times a week, he goes out maybe only twice a month. I feel like an almost "normal" family...whatever that means.

So, that update was rather boring and longwinded. But, hopefully I can get back into the swing of hipmama again. I've definitely been missing all the support y'all give.