Time Heals, in the big picture most things in our lives aren't that big a deal. That's what bugs us sometimes, everybody else just carries on and inside I'm screaming "my life has been torn apart!" and they're thinking "is peanut butter on sale this week?" I think that's why in my faith they teach us that God has a plan much bigger than yours. But heck, at least he has a plan! Gardener, I think if I was 35 or so this wouldn't be the same anxiety as it is now. I'm in mid-life, all the good stuff is done! Now it's time to nurse my aches and pains, avoid arthritis, heart disease, kidney stones and impotence (not that it really matters at this point!). It's time to talk about where you plan to retire one day and which of your friends just died. This is the life, my man. OK, it's a new adventure...a new chapter...got it! SFO, my wife probably does like having me around because she has no relatives in this country, I'm it besides the kids. She once cried and told me that she was afraid she'd lose everybody after what she's done. She says that if anything ever happened to me she'd be there, she wouldn't just walk away...well, I seem to remember a marriage vow that I believed whole heartedly too but that went the way of the do do. Anyway, the sky is darkening here in TO and I just finished my grocery shopping. Yeah, the kids are coming back today! Yesterday I bought D13 a four pack of her favourite but hard to find root beer and at the zoo Monday I bought little stuffed animals for them. So, this morning I went over to wife's and put the RB in the porch enclosure in front of the door with the little animals sitting on top. They'll be thrilled when they get home. I booked a doctor's appt for youngest for this afternoon to get her leg looked at, wife requested I do so. She says it seems fine but it's best to get it checked, I agree. Later DBers I've got to return some ink cartridges that bought but aren't for my printer.
Btw SFO, if you're a Bills fan then you really do understand boring football! I've been a Giants fan since I was a kid, at that time the Giants were the only NFL football on TV in Canada and they were baaaad, but I loved them anyway.
Wii: You are a sweetie! Your girls are lucky to have you. That would be wonderful to come home to.
I barely watch Football but I do like the SuperBowl. My daughter just won 4 tickets to the Bills Boxing Day game. She is over the moon. Mostly because her Ex (that she still loves) wanted those tickets. hmmmm - bit of control she has there. But she is also taking my son and my nephew so its all good.
Enjoy Staples! And please help me pray for NO rain.
I had a wonderful afternoon and evening at the jazz festival despite the rain. I phoned STBX's place and she and the girls had just got home. The girls were very excited about the gifts I'd left at the door for them. I told them that D13's doctor's appt was at 3:45pm. At the Festival I looked at my cell and it showed wife had called me twice. I called her back and she said "I phoned because I wondered whether you wanted to take D13 to her appointment" I said "I thought you were taking her" and she said "I am, it's too late for you to take her now anyway. I just thought because you have her health card you'd prefer to take her" I replied "they don't need her health card" and she said "I know but I just thought you'd like to take her". Well, obviously she wanted me to take D13 probably she was tired from driving three hours home from the cottage. Hey, if you want something then ask for it, last I'd heard wife was taking her and besides I wasn't there I couldn't tell the doctor anything anyway. I actually had thought of volunteering to take D13 but decided that it was STBX's weekend with the kids and she could take care of it herself or ask me to take her if she'd rather..."I just thought you might like to take her..." Give me a break!
Well, I get the girls back tomorrow and here's the plan; one is going to the mall with her girlfriends to buy a gift and watch a movie while the other is going to her boyfriends place for the afternoon. Wow, it's good to have them home! I guess I'll be going back to the Jazz Festival tomorrow afternoon.
Whatis has returned to work. Yes, back to the sanctity of chaos once more. Now, off to kick some ass...ah, the joys of the familiar! Btw, my Dad's been doing better the past few days, still tires easily though.
Yeah I agree...it's her weekend with the girls, she got hurt on her watch so the least she could do is thank you for making the appt and taking her to the Dr. And if she really can't then ask ahead of time.
Good to hear your dad's doing better!
Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6 Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks Aug 2006, left again Apr 2007, filed for divorce Dec 2007, reunited Mar 2010, moved out, filed again
Thanks Romeo. Well, my first day back at work and it's my 21st year anniversary and aside from a muffin to celebrate the boss told me that she'd gone through my files while I was away and said "these are the worst files I've ever seen" and I replied "Well, I guess I won't have to worry about coming up with a goal for the coming year, will I?" I love this place!
My D16 asked to speak to me last night. We sat down and she told me that now that she's back from the cottage she feels lonely. She had her good friends there and now she's home and they aren't there. She cried and said she missed when we were a family, like before. I told her I missed that to sometimes and I also understood what it feels like to be lonely. I mentioned how different it must have been being at the cottage without Dad. She said she missed me. We talked for about an hour about these things and and how to make friends. At the end she hugged me and said "Daddy, you need to live for a long time OK?" and I said "I'll aways be here for you". It's hard when you hear your D saying how she misses when we were a family. She just spend a week with mother and sister at the cottage and the other family is intact. It tears your heart out but what is is!
Now it's time to nurse my aches and pains, avoid arthritis, heart disease, kidney stones and impotence (not that it really matters at this point!). It's time to talk about where you plan to retire one day and which of your friends just died. This is the life, my man. OK, it's a new adventure...a new chapter...got it! 
I guess I'll be going back to the Jazz Festival tomorrow afternoon.