We Are Sooooo Done!
I'm a pretty upbeat person. I don't normally get too down, figuring it could be a lot, and I do mean A LOT, worse than it is now. I think I am finally in a slump.
For over a year now, my lovely wife and I have been living apart due to the fact that I work in Iowa and she is trying to sell our house in Granite City, Illinois. "How's it going?" you may ask.
THE HOUSING MARKET SUCKS! We are now in our second realtor, our first one giving it an excellent try, but being unsuccessful, and our second one is also making a massive effort, but the house hasn't sold. In addition, I have totalled my car driving to and from Iowa on weekends, one of the families that looked at our house stole my wife's brand new mp3 player that I got her for her birthday, and my insurance company doesn't want to pay me what it costs to replace my car, probably leaving me to have to get something like the car in the Freecreditreport.com commercial. Add to that that my lovely bride has been raising three kids and her mother pretty much by herself (Yes, we did manage to have our third child through all of this. I hope one day he recognizes me.) and she is so discouraged that her chin is dragging the ground most of the time from sheer exhaustion. I also just spent 5 days in Kansas City with a chest cold that made me cough so hard my ribs bruised and I had to find some way to actually work during that time. Now, I have to pack up and go back to Iowa, only to return next weekend for more of the same.
I really don't like to whine, although my wife can tell you I'm pretty good at it. We are just tired. We're tired of every step forward giving us two backwards. We no sooner think we are ahead when something slaps us back in the hole. We are trying to do everything right and it's just not working.
Ever feel like you have enough character? I know God cares. I know He's listening and He's working everything to my good and that He's more concerned about my character than my comfort. I just would like a break. I would like to have some comfort for a little while. My lovely Emily could certainly use it!
A few years ago, we asked God for simply a dull life. Nothing exceptional. Nothing big or glamorous or bountiful. Just dull. And you know what? God said, "yes." We had a wonderfully dull 18 months. No one died, no one got terribly ill, no one had a major accident, the bills were paid on time and we even had our second child. We moved and it went fairly smooth and we got a house that we liked. Life still went on, it just seemed that we were coping with everything so much better and we reveled in it. And we asked for a year, God gave us 18 months.
I'll settle for six months this time. Enough time to catch our breath, reconnect, begin dealing with our kids without pursuing thoughts of giving them to gypsies and feel like a family again. I'm not asking for the moon, just a boring life.
Boring is good.
Thanks for reading.
For over a year now, my lovely wife and I have been living apart due to the fact that I work in Iowa and she is trying to sell our house in Granite City, Illinois. "How's it going?" you may ask.
THE HOUSING MARKET SUCKS! We are now in our second realtor, our first one giving it an excellent try, but being unsuccessful, and our second one is also making a massive effort, but the house hasn't sold. In addition, I have totalled my car driving to and from Iowa on weekends, one of the families that looked at our house stole my wife's brand new mp3 player that I got her for her birthday, and my insurance company doesn't want to pay me what it costs to replace my car, probably leaving me to have to get something like the car in the Freecreditreport.com commercial. Add to that that my lovely bride has been raising three kids and her mother pretty much by herself (Yes, we did manage to have our third child through all of this. I hope one day he recognizes me.) and she is so discouraged that her chin is dragging the ground most of the time from sheer exhaustion. I also just spent 5 days in Kansas City with a chest cold that made me cough so hard my ribs bruised and I had to find some way to actually work during that time. Now, I have to pack up and go back to Iowa, only to return next weekend for more of the same.
I really don't like to whine, although my wife can tell you I'm pretty good at it. We are just tired. We're tired of every step forward giving us two backwards. We no sooner think we are ahead when something slaps us back in the hole. We are trying to do everything right and it's just not working.
Ever feel like you have enough character? I know God cares. I know He's listening and He's working everything to my good and that He's more concerned about my character than my comfort. I just would like a break. I would like to have some comfort for a little while. My lovely Emily could certainly use it!
A few years ago, we asked God for simply a dull life. Nothing exceptional. Nothing big or glamorous or bountiful. Just dull. And you know what? God said, "yes." We had a wonderfully dull 18 months. No one died, no one got terribly ill, no one had a major accident, the bills were paid on time and we even had our second child. We moved and it went fairly smooth and we got a house that we liked. Life still went on, it just seemed that we were coping with everything so much better and we reveled in it. And we asked for a year, God gave us 18 months.
I'll settle for six months this time. Enough time to catch our breath, reconnect, begin dealing with our kids without pursuing thoughts of giving them to gypsies and feel like a family again. I'm not asking for the moon, just a boring life.
Boring is good.
Thanks for reading.
posted by One-Eyed Jack at Sunday, March 02, 2008
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