Apartment!!!!

I HAVE AN APARTMENT!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!

I finally have an apartment! I'm so excited! It's a three bedroom, two bath, income-based-housing apartment, and I'm at the other end of the parking lot from my older brother and his wife and their kids. My daughter will like having them so close so she can play with them. Also, the complex "playground" (a slide, a jungle gym, and 2 rocking horses) is right outside my back door. Awesome. And the mailbox is across the parking lot from my front door. Sweet.

I'm excited to have my own space again, total control over my environment and life, a place for everything, and everything (usually) in its place. I will be in complete control of everything my kids and I do, from when we get up to what we eat to how much TV we watch to when we go to bed. I'll have peace and solitude when I need it, and I will (be able to, be forced to) spend more time with my kids.

I look forward to the freedoms of being on my own again, but I acknowledge that there will be restrictions too. I can't just leave the house to go see a friend, because my mom won't be there to watch my kids. I'll have to load up the kids to go to Wal-Mart, the Mall, to run errands, etc. But I can have people over anytime I want, and my Mom won't be there to make things awkward or uncomfortable, to guilt-trip me or nag me or fight with me in front of my friends. She won't be there to do those things ever! Yeah! Big plus!

Next step in my progression of life: better job, preferrably one I like. :)

See. I don't need anybody. Period.