Well, it will probably come as a surprise to most of the people here, 
but Saturday after I left Mike, Rene, and Margie, I went back home and 
decided not to.  There are a LOT of factors here, not the least of which is 
that 7 years ago I was spending HOURS every night with my horses and now 
spend a few hours a week with them due to pressures at home.  So I am no 
longer at that home.
     I am staying with someone who saw the warning signs a long time before I 
would admit to them, and there is no computer there, much less a modem.  I 
will try to get ahold of one this weekend, as I really really miss all you 
guys.  But Saturday night I went "home", dropped off the Jeep, picked up my 
Toyota, and spent the next two nights in hotels.  I still haven't been back 
to Dean's house.  I am calling a realtor friend of mine (we used to play 
together when we were four years old, so I have known him a LONG time) and 
tell him what I am looking for.  Best case scenario it will be a horse 
property; maybe, though, with just me it would be wisest to leave them where 
they are for the time being as they have wonderful care extra attention.
     Anyway, don't worry about me - I am more certain of this than I have 
been of almost anything in the past twenty years or so.  I won't go over any 
more of the reasons that I left Dean; suffice it to say I had a list four 
pages long and quit writing as there was no longer any reason to waste my 
time on so obvious a decison.
     Since ElseWhere is HIS BBS, I am not sure how much longer I can keep 
posting here.  In fact, I'm not even certain this message will go out.  In 
case someone needs to get in touch with me, the best way is still my pager 
(602-201-9110), or leave a message with my aunt Barbara (who goes to sleep at 
8:30 p.m. and rises at 05:00 a.m.) at 602-265-8513.  
     I really miss all you guys, but I am looking forward to having a life 
again.  Something I didn't tell Meg when she was here that she probably 
suspected was that the reason they didn't meet Dean and J.D. was that he was 
throwing one of his temper tamtrums again and being a real @$$hole.  Same 
thing when the Mays were here.  I am tired of having him be jealous that of 
neat people that he has never even met!  But then again, he is even jealous 
of the time that I spend with my horses.  
     I was beginning to believe that I must be a tough person to get along 
with - but the few friends that I have told about the fact that I left Dean 
have said things like "Thank God."  I ask them why they never said anything 
earlier, but it's 'cos they are friends.
     Not sure when I will be back; hope it is within a few days.  I think of 
ALL of you as my friends, and meeting Mike and his family just reinforced 
that feeling.
                                            Vicki
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