Saturday, September 19, 2009

Tales of my death have been widely exaggerated...but I might be slightly more crazy than before

Wow. It took about five minutes of staring at the date on my last post, to be brave enough to hit "new post". What do I say to y'all??

Thanks for continuing to follow me?
Thanks for being patient?

It has been so long since i have talked to anyone, written anyone one or even had a chance to analyze my own feelings. I kept telling myself I was too busy to blog and that it wouldn't really help anyway. That I wouldn't be able to put my true feelings here, because certain people could read it and it would hurt their feelings, because I'm in a different place now and the same people might not be interested in what I have to say now.

Well....

The hell with that.

This is MY blog. I'll say what ever the hell I like and if you don't like it, please don't read it anymore.

If you are involved in my current life and don't like reading me bitch about how completely F'ed up it is - go away. I am allowed to feel anyway I like and to express that anyway I like. So there. (By the way, my potty mouth is much worse than before , so excuse the swearing - it will get worse, I promise)

So, here is the story in a nutshell...

Hubby lost job, hubby got unemployment - did side jobs for cash - all was well. Old friend called with offers for jobs for both of us. Although I didn't want to go back to full time work, especially in restaurant, we decided it would be a positive move for family. We sold our lovely house (oh, my beautiful kitchen), left all my family (including my 86 YO Gramma) and all of our friends, sold most of our stuff and moved to Utah (in 3 weeks).

Fast forward three months.

I am working 50+ hours a week for someone who treats me like a moron. A stupid moron. For a pitiful amount of money. My poor husband works 10-12 hours a day, six days a week - and gets paid nothing. My beautiful, smart, funny, sensitive boy is in Catholic School kindergarten and acting out like crazy. We live in a rented trailer with no yard and a tiny kitchen and I want to go home SO badly I can barely stand it.

There isn't even anyone I can blame. Hubby tries to blame himself, but we agreed, so that's no fair. I agreed to the temporarily small salary, but I had no idea it was going to be this bad. And "supposedly" hubby is going to be a partner in this business he's doing - but he is the only one putting in the hours he does, away from his family and he is the only one not getting paid. And they don't think he deserves a full partnership...yet.

I have been so fuckin' angry and lost and confused. And sad and stupidly guilty. I'm trying not to add to hubby's stress...but I just want to yell and scream and swear...

Ok, enough whining.

How are you guys?

I have tried to read - here and there. But it's hard to spend ANY of the time I have away from work, doing anything but hangin' with my boy.

I promise to be here more, to write more, to listen more...I'll probably say "fuck" more, but you can forgive that, can't you?

I think feeling so alone has actually made this whole thing much worse. I need you guys - I need my friends...

So, I'm back. Still love me?


16 love letters:

  1. Wow girl! You have had it rough, and I don't blame you for complaining one bit. Seriously! Vent away. If you don't you'll end up going bat-shit crazy and shooting up a mall or post office or something.

    We are here for you!!
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  2. I'm so sorry things got this haywired for you. Have you had a 'family meeting' and discussed your plans...for me, what keeps me sane and keeps the emotions from getting out of control is finding where my control is.
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  3. hugs, hugs, hugs!!!!! The PNW will always take you back!!!
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  4. I agree...your blog, your rules. You can swear. You can be crabby. You can be anything you want. And yes. You can say "fuck" and no one will care. If they do...they'll leave. Not your loss--it's their's.

    Glad you're back!
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  5. All I can offer you is perspective. I am 32 and have yet to live in a house. I grew up in a one bedroom apartment, then a trailer, and now at 32 I am in a FOUR room apartment with a kitchen so small that I have to use a fold up dish rack because there is no space on the counter for anything more than a toaster, coffee maker, and microwave. There were 60-80 people just evicted from a tent city three miles from my house. That said, YOU ARE ALLOWED to be pissed at your situation. Hopefully, in a couple of years this economy will be completely different and we will all prevail! The hard part is keeping our heads above water and being patient, especially when we know that we deserve so much better!
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  6. Wow, I would be super angry. I'm surprised you can manage to even blog! We still support you!
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  7. Glad you're back! Swear all you want, and I hope things get better for you guys soon. Hang in there! You have all your bloggy peeps to vent at!! :)
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  8. Oh man, swear like a sailor if you need too! That sucks, hopefully you guys iron out a plan and come to some sort of agreement that works for your family. Not the idiot that drug you out there!

    P.S. I am so glad to hear you are not dead or anything like that! :)
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  9. I would be pissed off, angry, updet and beside myself too! I still love you and hope to hear from you soon.
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  10. It's great to "hear" from you again, but oh man... I am so sorry how things have turned out so far :(. That just completely and totally sucks.

    You obviously know the situation better than I do, but would it help to sit down and talk to the person (people) who brought ya'll out there? Sounds like what they offered isn't what's happening, may need to hammer out a detailed agreement?

    (((hugs))) I hope things get better soon!
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  11. That's what blogs are FOR. If I can complain about leaving the crockpot turned off, I'm pretty sure you can complain (and swear) about the, um, challenges you're facing.

    Sounds like something needs to be pushed. Other than you.

    Vent all you like and keep us posted!
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  12. I am sorry that things weren't anywhere near what you expected. That is so frustrating....I can't even imagine. Good luck and I say vent all you want!
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  13. Fuck yeah we still love you! I'm glad to see you post anything honestly. I feel your pain and anxiety and frustration. I am finally, after 8 months, leaving here to go be with my husband. I hope you come back and vent all you want. I will totally be here to listen!
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  14. Oh, I am glad to see you blogging again...but unhappy that you are not doing great. I hope that things get better or something changes, because you guys don't deserve to live like that. We miss you up here and I wish I could give you this cute little 4 month old boy to smooch for awhile...it seems to cure most things, as he is such a happy boy and always smiling and laughing. I am not sure if he is related to me...LOL. Love ya and I will be keeping you guys in my thoughts.
    Kel
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  15. Oh sweet Sticky...how I've missed you!! I read the above posts but wanted you to know I was thinking of you in this post.

    Hope all gets better...and remember this blog of ours is to let it out because sometimes in our real life it's too hard to.

    xoxo
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  16. Well, I, for one, don't mind the swearing at all - in fact, I might enjoy your blog even more now, if that's possible! ;)

    So sorry you're going through all of this. Not sure if I have any relevant advice, but know that as long as you keep venting and bitching here, I'll be reading! I hope things look up for you soon.

    I was a sporadic (at best) blogger all summer, too, and I'm finding it so hard to get my momentum back. It doesn't help, that I, too, have some major shit going on in my life that will be... difficult to write about sensitively. Wish me luck, too.
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