And then there were two.

My saved voice mail messages now total just two.

When we started this blog six months ago, I had eight saved voice mail messages--seven from Him and one from post-RCB/pre-Him or, as we like to call him, "the asshole."

The deletions started off innocently. One day, I was cheerfully reminded that I had one message marked for deletion. Instead of hitting "9" to save, I hit "7." And then there were seven.

It soon became easier. When weeks went by without any sort of contact from Him, I'd delete one. How I got to just having one left from each of them, I am not certain. But I am proud of myself. Baby steps, but significant ones.

I'm not going to lie. It might have to do with the fact that I am getting attention from other people these days. I know that's the reason I was able to once and for all delete Him from my messenger contact list last week. I don't need to know that he's in the office and ignoring me. And, I don't care.

Regardless of the impetus, it's getting done. Soon I will have a whole slew of new saved messages. I mean, that's the whole point of all of this, isn't it?