As of yesterday afternoon around 1:15 p.m. I am single.
No longer married.
I didn't realize what going to court would entail. I had to be sworn in and take the stand. Then my attorney proceeded to ask me to confirm questions whose answers were right there in the paperwork. Thankfully, all the answers were either "Yes" or "That's correct". Nothing difficult, just tedious.
As I walked back to join my attorney---the judge continued to ramble on about the same stuff we had just been confirming---I felt the tears welling up. The finality of it all hit me. This is really over.
My attorney leaned over to let me know I was free to go, and I walked out of the courtroom, leaving the other 6 couples in the room to dissolve their unions. {and can I just say how utterly appalled I was at the choice of clothing of most of the other people in the room? I was apparently out of fashion as I left my wife beater and Daisy Dukes at home....for the love of Pete, can we err on the side of "over dressed" next time we're entering the County Courthouse, people?}
So what does one do moments after becoming single after nearly 13 years of being attached? This someone drove to Lowe's to exchange the lightbulbs I mistakenly grabbed yesterday. And I marveled at how the world was still revolving on its axis, people were still acting like everything was normal, and life marched on with little regard to the change mine had just undergone.
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Oh sweet friend. I was married before for 1 whole year. It was loverly. On our court day, I got help up going through security to get into the court room, and by the time I finally get in, I found out that my divorce was finalized without me. It was so strange. I got on the elevator to descend back down into the single life that was waiting for me and even my skin felt different. Such a strange feeling.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that I am so late in reading this.