GrayOwl
Gold Member
Hi CMan...
Thought I'd check in and see how you & Munchkin & life are doing.
Life here is tough and stressed this week. I'm processing the will for my Mom's estate and as that processes we have to file bankruptcy to sort out my disaster. Hoping to keep the family land and little house in Upper Michigan. It'd be a nice (and inexpensive) refuge. The abusive situation at work has tied up my pension for a couple more years, cut my pay in half, all the while working under the threat of verbal assault or possibly physical attack - and constant threat of termination for some egregious act I may commit; such as parking on a line in the employee lot, or politely asking a bully to stop swearing at me at the top of his lungs.
Mom's place is 300 miles north of my work near Milwaukee - but I found a beautiful little park near work with 20 vacant campsites this week and set up the tent for 5 days. Birds, a shower, a clean swimming beach, - it's safe, private, awesome. So I've had some fantastic weather and days out there. The wife came over from the daughters' (45 min away) and stayed a couple days. Over the years I've assembled the finest gear so camping, trekking, or paddling I live in luxury. I think I could live outdoors the rest of my life. Just give me a shower and hot water I'm good. Also picked over two pounds of wild raspberries - rare to be near a big city and have them go overlooked. So there are positives and I am working hard to focus on THEM and not the B.S. in life.
I rent a little office (12ft X 17ft) to work on my website and lobbying and keep a fridge, cot, and supplies there too. I just can't live there - it's an office - so the campsite find 8 miles away was a miracle. Somehow something has delayed my pension dividend check that I needed so I'm scraping change together to avoid default - I'll find a way - and it will show up probably tomorrow. Still have gas and food and shelter here. Life isn't exactly where I wanted it to be, but the daughter just got a job, wife got a job offer, my website is chugging into operation and may provide some revenue, and the feds will eventually step in again and my pension will be released. What happens in the two year interim will be God's Will..... or somebody's....lol.
So the glass IS half full.... just depends on my mood rather I see it half full, half empty, or get pi$$ed and kick it to smithereens...lol again. I don't have that option anymore - it never worked. So I enjoy the campsite, plan on exploring a few trails out there on my last day there this week, and next week will set up again out there for another 4 days. Work with the bullies 24 hours a week, work at my office some....life goes on. Enough about me you can ignore all that drivel if you want.
I hope your stress situations, work(or lack of), kitty, housing, gf....all that stuff is working out for you.
You had mentioned that your symptoms make certain work situations difficult for you. Any changes or improvements with that? Meds?
Thanks for listening. Your feedback the other day was really good too. You're perceptive and seem to have good insights on life, so I hope things go well for you and there is a healing process that works. Take care..........
Thought I'd check in and see how you & Munchkin & life are doing.
Life here is tough and stressed this week. I'm processing the will for my Mom's estate and as that processes we have to file bankruptcy to sort out my disaster. Hoping to keep the family land and little house in Upper Michigan. It'd be a nice (and inexpensive) refuge. The abusive situation at work has tied up my pension for a couple more years, cut my pay in half, all the while working under the threat of verbal assault or possibly physical attack - and constant threat of termination for some egregious act I may commit; such as parking on a line in the employee lot, or politely asking a bully to stop swearing at me at the top of his lungs.
Mom's place is 300 miles north of my work near Milwaukee - but I found a beautiful little park near work with 20 vacant campsites this week and set up the tent for 5 days. Birds, a shower, a clean swimming beach, - it's safe, private, awesome. So I've had some fantastic weather and days out there. The wife came over from the daughters' (45 min away) and stayed a couple days. Over the years I've assembled the finest gear so camping, trekking, or paddling I live in luxury. I think I could live outdoors the rest of my life. Just give me a shower and hot water I'm good. Also picked over two pounds of wild raspberries - rare to be near a big city and have them go overlooked. So there are positives and I am working hard to focus on THEM and not the B.S. in life.
I rent a little office (12ft X 17ft) to work on my website and lobbying and keep a fridge, cot, and supplies there too. I just can't live there - it's an office - so the campsite find 8 miles away was a miracle. Somehow something has delayed my pension dividend check that I needed so I'm scraping change together to avoid default - I'll find a way - and it will show up probably tomorrow. Still have gas and food and shelter here. Life isn't exactly where I wanted it to be, but the daughter just got a job, wife got a job offer, my website is chugging into operation and may provide some revenue, and the feds will eventually step in again and my pension will be released. What happens in the two year interim will be God's Will..... or somebody's....lol.
So the glass IS half full.... just depends on my mood rather I see it half full, half empty, or get pi$$ed and kick it to smithereens...lol again. I don't have that option anymore - it never worked. So I enjoy the campsite, plan on exploring a few trails out there on my last day there this week, and next week will set up again out there for another 4 days. Work with the bullies 24 hours a week, work at my office some....life goes on. Enough about me you can ignore all that drivel if you want.
I hope your stress situations, work(or lack of), kitty, housing, gf....all that stuff is working out for you.
You had mentioned that your symptoms make certain work situations difficult for you. Any changes or improvements with that? Meds?
Thanks for listening. Your feedback the other day was really good too. You're perceptive and seem to have good insights on life, so I hope things go well for you and there is a healing process that works. Take care..........
