Heather,
I have a bumper sticker on my van that says:
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery"
-Thomas Jefferson.

Your post reminded me of it. Sometimes you have to just clear out all of the negative people in your life. And leave them. And sometimes its lonely, cause they are gone. But its better to have lonely peace than to be surrounded by negativity.

Nice to hear from you Living. Its been awhile. Sorry about the accident to your knee.