History Lesson ...there will be a quiz

Before I jump into the deep end of the pool, you'll need some information ...

• After graduating college I secured employment and proceeded to spend 18 years living on my own and on my own terms. I concentrated more on my career, finances, and enjoying the freedom of being able to do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. I am, afterall, a very strong and determined woman who is capable of achieving whatever I want.
• Sometime around my 30th birthday I woke up one morning with a different feeling. I had always been comfortable being alone; but now, I realized, I was uncomfortably lonely. And thus began my serious search for someone special.
• April 1, 2000 - the first date with the man I would later marry - Bob
• December 2000 - I purchased my own home! Super duper important moment in my life and achievement of life-long dream.
• February 2001 - Bob and I break up.
• March 2001 - Bob and I get back together.
• February 2002 - I'm not so sure Bob and I are going to make it. I buy a doggie to comfort me during the pending misery of not having him in my life ... Rudy, the chihuahua. Bob and I get through the rough patch. I keep Rudy, too.
• November 2002 - Rudy becomes riddled with separation anxiety and the Vet recommends he have a friend. I get Mollee ... the pomperanian/mutt mix.
• June 2003 - Bob and his 10yr old son, Alex, move in.
• August 2003 - The three of us start pre-marital/blended family counseling.
• May 2004 - Bob and I get married ... a spectacular elopement that we pulled off with Alex and my parents in attendance. We continue counseling as I am not yet convinced that things are "normal".
• April 2005 - I start to realize that the chaotic "drama" that surrounds Bob and his children is just the same kind of family "drama" that everyone goes through in their own way and that we are, surprisingly, as normal as can be expected. Considering the baggage he and his children brought into this blended marriage and the astonishingly protected "Mayberry" life I experienced growing up, I come to terms with the fact that we both have adjustments to make and that I am (dare I say it) not always right. We stop the family counseling.
• January 2006 - Bob takes a job in Iraq in hopes of earning excellent money and I live in daily terror for 5 months until he comes home.
• May 2006 - Bob is back and working a normal job. I, however, find myself in an overly stressful job that wears me down physically and emotionally.
• September 2007 - Bob suffers a pinched nerve in his neck and comes home on STD for the next 6 months.
• November 2007 - Suddenly an opportunity presents itself for me to change jobs and step into the shoes of my friend Rhett who leaves to have her baby. My worklife improves dramatically and I love my new job.

And now you're caught up .... any questions?