Help / Advice ( a new beginning )

[BobbiJo]

This definitely sucks....sorry brother.

Has this been a problem for a while, the way you get along with your boss? Or are you just in a rough patch? And, not that it matters but I am curious, what is it that you do? I can't remember....

Sorry for the sucky situation

[smith18]

"This sorta sucks" is an understatement. I could not imagine having either myself or X far away from the kids.

All I can suggest on the work front is that sometimes you hit times where you either cant stand what you do, bureaucracy or business politics drives you crazy or there are personal problems with other employees. I've found that when such things come up, that if I just have patience, they have a way of working themselves out.

I've been with my company now for over 20 years and I can say that during that time, I have gone through something similar to what Michelle describes in her 5 stages of marriage. We've weathered the storms and have a shared history. The 3 other guys and I, who have worked with each other for over 20 years, know each other quite well and know what buttons to avoid pushing. We all have a common goal of finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

I so hope you strive to fix whatever problems are going wrong at your work.

[fb2]

This is a really serious worrisome problem. I have often tbought about this very possibility - the need to move far away for work or some other reason. And what if our jobs involve a lot of travel, shift work, long commutes, etc. Jobs are often so temporary. It's a curtailment of fundamental freedom to loose custody of your kids as a result. And sort of like being under house arrest. Divorce for not enough good reason is simply plain wrong. Maybe I'm overreacting to this but that's what I think.

[john210]

I hope you can work things out at work because your kids need Superdad to stay in their lives....especially now.

[smith18]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM IDAHO WHEN...

- The wind is faster than your truck.

- Every other vehicle is a 4x4.

- When the sun goes down you start looking for your coat.

- In March, your vehicle is 43% mud.

- You leave your keys in the car and the next morning it's still there.

- You installed your new computer using a Leatherman tool.

- You hear the words "stream" or "brook" pronounced "crick."

- The elevation exceeds the population.

- You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you.

- You can see the stars at night.

- People drive 200 miles to shop in a real mall.

- Your great grandmother is older than the courthouse.

- You got a set of snow tires for Valentines Day.

- The bumper jack in your pickup will lift a house.

- Your back yard smells like sagebrush or various animals.

- A girls' basketball game fills the gym.

- You slept through the night unawakened by a siren.

- A rodeo is more popular than a rock concert.

- You can fish, golf, and go skiing all in the same day if you try hard enough.

- Yellow light means "follow the car in front of you no matter what."

- Democrats are like salmon, they are on the endangered species list.

- You wave to someone on the freeway because you recognize the truck.

- You talk about a combine and people don't wonder what you are putting together.

- In the spring, every tenth car you pass is a tractor.

- When the car in front of you is weaving you suspect a farmer instead of a drunk.

- Maps and gloves are kept in your vehicle's "jocky box."

- You can choose plastic bags or paper sacks for your groceries.

- You have to wait for a flock of sheep to pass you on the road.

- You know why people pay money to watch "pig wrestling."

[Wooglint]

Okay... so, the funny part is that these are all true. Especially:

You can fish, golf, and go skiing all in the same day if you try hard enough.

I know, I've done it. However, in my neck of the woods I can water ski and snow ski in the same day.

[smith18]

You may rely on your Leatherman for a lot, but dont forget where it is made - Portland Oregon. Also, the Gerber Legendary Blades headquarters is just a block away from where I work. I have a very nice Gerber pocket knife that is personally engraved with Pete Gerber's autograph!

[AliSuddenly]

Kerry.. that is too funny !!!

I dont know where Idaho is, but it sounds kind of remote.. bit like Cornwall maybe (but you can ski, or owt here, we dont do snow, just rain!)

Sorry to hear about your job Woog, thats pants, as they say in England. Surely you cant move away from your children?

[ernest88]

Woog,

don't know where you are exactly but I have been to Boise/Nampha area and I loved those two cities..Boise was really clean..a nice town..I was there in about 96 maybe??

[Wooglint]

I'm about 60 miles from the Canadian border, Washington border and Montana border.