Thanks Mckell, I'll check it out ASAP!
Well, as if right on cue, life threw me a curve ball that means I won't be able to leave my husband after all. I am a Canadian citizen, and I won't bore you all with my immigration issues, but I have been waiting on the renewal of my resident status since February, and now I've been told, that I will have to wait until at least March to receive a new card. What this means, in short hand is, I CAN'T WORK! We've been scraping by since February, with me doing some freelance writing, and selling on ebay a bit, but if I wanted to separate my life from my husband's, I knew I would have to do what I was doing, and go back to work part time as well! I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be a "non-person"! I can't even renew my drivers license until I get that card! It means no travel (not that we can afford it!), and that I "belong" nowhere! Worst, I feel as though I am still dependent on him, and that was a huge part of me wanted to separate, to gain my independence back, and become my own person again. Honestly, after everything that's happened in the last two years, I keep thinking what a horrible penance I am paying for all the mistakes I must have made in my past life!!