Accomplishments.....

I got some stuff accomplished this past week and one of the things I did was something I never have done before - - I changed the windshield wipers on my car! =) This is something I have asked others to do for me in the past, but today, for some reason, I decided it was something I should do for myself. I even tested them to make sure they didn't go flying off of my car when I turned them on... =)

Yesterday, after two hours of belly dance class, I went with one of my troupe members to buy fabric for a new costume that we need. We found some fabulous material and got great deals on it. For some of our upcoming performances we are going to be wearing the same costume in different colors. We were able to pick whatever color we wanted and I ended up choosing lime green. =) It's not a color that I wear on a regular basis so I think it will be fun to wear it as a belly dance costume. I even have material for my spectacular costume creator (Mom - thank you SO much yet again!!!!) to make me a pair of lime green pants. =)

For another pair of dance pants, I found black material with gold animal stripes/swirls on it. I think that this material will make some really fun/funky dance pants to wear for rehearsal and potentially some performances. They will be very unique. =)

Another thing that I accomplished this week is something that my wasband told me he was going to take care of that SURPRISE, he didn't...... Am I overly surprised? No, not really. I mean, look at all of the other things he said he was going to do and didn't - both during our marriage and then after the fact.... Anyway, back to what I did. He sent me a message asking if I would possibly be able to remove him from my car loan. So, with trepidation, I called the bank (after calling my Dad first because I wanted to ask someone about my biggest fear - what happens if I don't get approved for the loan; do I lose my car?!?). After discussing my options, applying for my own refinance loan, they approved me for my own loan so my car is now in my name and I don't have to worry about his name being on the title anymore.

It's nice to know, really know, that the car is mine (even if the bank holds the lien) and that the wasband isn't able to do anything with/to it. While there are times that my car annoys me, it is my car and it fits my personality. Until he brought it up, I hadn't even thought about the fact he was still on my car loan/title.

One other accomplishment from this past week occurred in belly dance class. I have been working to overcome our double veil choreography. Not to overcome the steps necessarily (even though I do need to work on the choreography still), but the emotions behind the music of the piece we are dancing to. As I wrote last week, the piece of music reminds me of the disintegration of my marriage (the emotions associated behind it all). When we were working on our double veil piece this week, I was able to use the emotions I feel in the music and put it into my dance. While I still have a way to go with it still, I am working to overcome it and that's what's important.

We'll see what this upcoming week has in store for me...