Oct 22, 2018
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I'm only sad and depressed behind closed doors
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A 40-ager's thoughts... a disservice?
A 40-ager’s thoughts… a disservice?
Just last night (2a.m.) I was made aware of some very, shall we say, extremely unacceptable actions perpetrated by my daughter’s now-ex-boyfriend, against my precious daughter.
Suffice it to say, this ‘man’ — and I use that word loosely — better hope he doesn’t run into me in a dark alley right now.
One aspect that caused me the most sadness is that she didn’t feel like she could tell me about…
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SETTING EXAMPLES IN THE WORKPLACE
I'm Like:
But Then I'm Like:
dad just said "i'm not going to eat my salad so i can save room for root beer floats"
Moving on.
6 a.m.
That's the time I woke up. I went to bed around 2:30 ish and woke up multiple times, you know kind of didn't sleep that well. ACTUALLY.. I slept quite well when asleep; I just couldn't stay asleep. After many times of waking then falling back into those dreams I do not remember I was woken up to a massive bang at about six o'clock. I swear it sounded like someone ran a semi into the side of my house... it was my brother slamming the door in his rushed attempt to make up for running extremely behind for work. So, I couldn't fall back asleep, so there began my day. Watching the news, waking WITH the sun.
Needless to say, I've been quite tired today. My dad had one of his 'bipolar episodes' (or at least it seemed bipolar). Before I start the story, I'll just make it short and tell you it ended with, as usual, him and I yelling at each other and him saying something about "this is why I need to get out of here" and me replying "yes, please do". I'm used to my dad getting mad over stupid things so I don't even care that we argue anymore but what really pissed me off and annoyed me was this....
He always claims he's such a "good Christian" and how my brothers and I don't set good examples and that no one would be able to tell where our hearts are based on the way we act. Uhm, excuse me but you have NO idea how I act and who are you to tell me I'm not a good example and not Godlike? You sure do talk the talk and listen to crazy BS on the radio or t.v about the end of the world and all of this stuff, but it's ALWAYS the negative things he indulges himself into believing. He's the one who you'd never be able to tell was a good example for what he believes as well as for God's love. He never talks about God or what He does for his life, he only ever talks about "this world is going to hell, Obama is an idiot, gas prices are going to go up to $7 by the end of the month!" Yeah, so don't tell me s**t! Soo, what got me so frustrated was, while he was leaving for work, pissed at me for arguing with him, he says in a very sarcastic manner, "Have a nice day.... God bless." But not only was it sarcastic, but it was filled with anger. Don't use our God's name in an angry way just because you're trying to prove that you're such a good person and a good "Christian" by telling us that before you leave.... I can't remember the last time my dad said "God bless" for anything.
Oh goodness, goodness.
A conversation that later happened after my mom got home...
She, along with my brothers and I discussed that as well as things we can/should/need to do in order to get our life going on a good track. You see, my parents are getting divorced and I am soooo happy. Well, there's unfortunately a lot preventing my dad from being able to move out. Like money-wise. And this is where our conversation became sooooo uncomfortable, awkward, embarrassing, inappropriate, most likely R-rated, and hilarious.
My family can be quite inappropriate at times, we should by all means have our own television show, it would be amazing. Well, without my dad in any conversation we can talk about serious things but also have some fun while doing so. We came up with some inventive ways to make money, hahaha hardly none of which we will be doing. And yes, if you're thinking one of those things we thought of was drug dealing and pimping certain family members out, you are correct! We got sidetracked with a lot of joking around about such topics..
Our solution for our problems, well one way to help is that I'm going to be looking for a full time job, giving all my paycheck to my mom so we can get things paid off, fix one of our cars that is currently not working, and make it so my dad can move out - saving us all from going insane. And believe me, I have no problem with doing this, I'm actually the one that offered. We're finally going to start going through a bunch of things stuffed in the cellar and crawlspace so we can sell all of our unused things. Also, it's just nice to get rid of things you don't use, and you feel good for doing something productive.
YEAH!
So, even though there was some drama that happened today it ended up being a pretty good day! :D
I found a silver living.