I'm Safe and I'm Away from There

Thank heaven for friends with large gas guzzling SUVs!!! 

My friend Robin and her wonderful, patient and logical husband arrived Sunday afternoon with a trailer and we were able to get my large furniture stuff out on Sunday afternoon.  Then today, my friend Barb volunteered to come up with her Suburban along with her son, who drove her ex-husband's Tahoe, and I was able to take just about every single thing I paid for in that house.  I'll be having a moving sale some day!  I figured I'd be needing towels...lots of towels....every towel in the house to be exact. (Paid for by me and not appreciated by The Farmer, I mean Alien.)  I figured I would need batteries...even the ones in the remote controls.  And I figured I'd need lightbulbs and toilet paper.  Oh and of course a shower curtain and the hooks it hangs from. Sheets. Pillows. Bath mats. Silverware. Knives. Storage containers.  Dishes.  All purchased by me and minimized by You Know Who.  No reason why I should have to buy them all over again.  The Alien can just pick out all that stuff at The Dollar Store and I'm sure he'll be perfectly content.

A young woman at the vet's office, who lives at a dairy farm, volunteered to take my barn kitties.  I caught all but two of them today and released them at her farm.  The two who stayed behind will be fine...they've always been less social than the others.  Leaving them at the dairy farm was really traumatic for them AND for me.  They were scared and all ran off for hiding places.  I was able to hold a few of them before I left.  I know they'll probably be fine, but I'm NOT fine...I just left behind nine beloved cats that I wanted to have around me for a long time!  And I left Coco and Tylene, the outside girl dogs, and it tears my heart out.  I LOVE all of them...they were everything to me.  They were what kept me sane in the midst of madness.  I miss them all.

I am safely at my parents' house.  Pepper and Frances were here to greet me.  I met my parents halfway yesterday and they took the dogs back with them.  Winky and Buster came with me today and everyone is happy and content.

I'm sad.  I miss the cute husband that I was so happy with a year ago.  I miss my life on the farm.  I miss that I won't be married anymore.  I want to be married.  I liked it....before.....not now.

Comments

[scrappysue]

so glad you are safe and away donna. love that you took the lightbulbs and the battery remotes - i hope it made you feel better, if only for a little minute!

[Pam]

I'm so glad you are somewhere save and loved Donna! And big huge thank you's to all your friends who were there to move you!

I am sorry you had to leave your barn kitties and your two pups. That must have been devastating. I'm gld you have Pepper, Frances, Winky and Buster with you! I'm sending you lots of hugs and you have my number if you need anything! I don't have much but I'm more than happy to help anyway I can!

[debbie]

I'm so glad you are safe and away.

[Melinda]

I am relieved yet feel sad for you about the loss of the kitties, dogs and a marriage that once made you happy.
Now go enjoy some clean towels and lots of batteries- HAHAHA!

[Angie Tieman]

Glad to hear you're safe and sound and out of there. Even better to hear you *appropriated* a few items before you left! Sorry you had to leave your dogs and kitties, that really sucks. :(

[Jen Biggs]

So glad you were able to have friends there to help you get out safe and sound. AND that you have internet again! Good to hear from you.

[annette]

Donna, so glad you are out of that toxic place! You are strong and wonderful. you will make it through this! but LOVE you TONS.

[Janelle]

I am really relieved that you got out and are safe with people who love you. I was feeling pretty concerned about you and wishing I lived somewhere close enough to help.

Thumbs up on making sure you got EVERYTHING you paid for out of that house! Snicker.

Now you can get your grieving done and then move on to the next wonderful phase of your life. Big hugs!

[LisaLisa]

bless your heart, donnadonna. all of us love you. and i do, wholly. xxxxooooooxxxoo xxoxoox xoxoxoxxxoxoxooxoxoxoxoox xxoo ooxoxooxxxooo...

[Stacey]

Donna,
I'm so glad to know that your safe. I know this is a difficult time for you and it will take some adjusting and grieving what you have lost. Just know that you will get through this, you have friends and family that love you. I can guarantee that he will feel the loss of you much more than you will feel the loss of him. You deserve to find some one who will love and cherish you and you will!
Hugs,
Stacey

[Janette]

Dear Donna,

I am in shock reading your blog. I had no idea this was all going on. Bravo for getting your things out of the house. I know that you are sad and disappointed. But I am happy to hear you are safe and with family. Hang in there girl and be strong. A new life is waiting for you.
I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

[Lynette van Barrelo]

You know I've been kept up to date but I haven't been near a computer for a few days. I've had my phone though so I've been able to keep up with your movements.

Here is something to think about...
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are what counts. I'm so happy you are away from the poison.

XXX Lynette