Well, this weekend didn't quite go as planned. He wasn't happy to see me there, surprise, surprise. lol but he didn't really have a problem with it, which is what i expected. HOWEVER, his friends seemed to have a huge problem. They were trash talking me to people before I even showed up, and before they even knew i was going. One of his friends made a shirt that says "Hans beats me" (yea, my ex's name is Hans... he's about as german as they get). and I was threatened and cornered twice by the whole group of them. Thankfully, people I didn't know stepped in and got rid of them. *sigh* They also accused me of punching myself and blaming that bruise on him.

yea, that makes a lot of sense.
oh well. Things are on decent terms between him and I, and that's all that really matters. We're still doing business together, for the time being. And I plan to slowly take my business elsewhere, or eventually hire someone myself and cut my expenses down a LOT. But that will take a bit of time, unfortunately. Slowly but surely

I want to be reliant on myself now, after all of this. pay my own employee for the work he's done, not a business "partner" (for lack of a better term) that I have to pay and split the profit with. We shall see though.
I'm helping my parents move into their new house in 2 weeks, which I'm really excited about

It's their dream house, and I'll have my own space, and they're trying to set me up with an unbelievable job working with exotic sports cars, through a friend of theirs from church. So, we'll see how it all goes. But, hopefully, this was all a blessing in disguise and things take a turn for the better... which so far... seems to be the case.
Anyway, I just wanted to give a little update. I haven't cried since the night before I left, and I don't really have the urge to. I've just been in a kind of solemn, blah-mood. Trying to get used to living with my parents again, and having them tell me to "KEEP IT DOWN" because my brother is trying to sleep. lol