But For the First Time, Today is Finally Different!

How many years did I wish I could be exactly where I am right now?

Today is graduation day at the school where I’ve worked for the past twenty years. For several years, three of my favorite co-workers and I celebrated this occasion by getting sushi after the ceremony.

I can’t explain why, maybe it was the stress of the end of the year or the emotional rollercoaster of saying goodbye to so many students, but regardless, each post-graduation sushi “celebration” found me in yet another tearful marital crisis where I swore it was time to end my marriage once and for all. But somehow, it never happened, and the next year, I’d find myself in the same place.

This year, I am ecstatic to report a better outcome. While I am sad to leave behind a career that has been rewarding beyond measure, today, I congratulated my last group of MEHS graduates as I prepared for my own journey.

Yesterday, my lawyer gave me the news that had been one and a half years in the making. Next week, when I relocate to a new state, I will do so as an officially divorced person!