Reprieve!

I got to the courthouse right on time, and looked at the board to see what room I was supposed to be in, then realized that the listings were for sessions that had ended an hour before. Just as I was looking for someone who could tell me, the plaintiff's lawyer approached me, asking if we could talk for a few minutes. I told him what was going on with us, and offered to negotiate a settlement. After a little while, we'd worked out a payment schedule that worked for both parties. Of course, if I miss one payment, we're out on our asses in no time flat.

Also this week, both the router and the DSL went out, which cost some money to restore, but by the time I went to bed Thursday, we were back online.

Today I got extravagant, buying our Thanksgiving meal. We usually don't do turkey, because Honey doesn't like it (having spent her young summers raising them). What we do instead is indulge in what we refer to as "high-class cold cuts": brie, pate, prosciutto, etc. We sit around noshing that and sipping wine while watching old movies. No family, no stress, just us relaxing together.