Jbird#2 Separated Living Together Need Advice

[Jbird]

The trip to ND is about 1500 miles. I had planned the trip way before the BD, because I have some new wells coming online. The purpose of the trip is to see my mom and siblings which I haven't seen in three years. Mom has a very bad heart so it's important to me to still go. It will be easier to go as soon as I get my royalty money from the new wells than later after I start working.

I will be taking SND20 with me to see her grandma and relatives. She is mentally disabled, so she is an adult in age only, When I come back to Tx I will have to set up care for her while I'm working.

The trip will help me drop the rope, I think, because I will have family and friends to do things with and it will get me away from having to decide daily what to do or not do for STBX. I may even work some for my BIL when I'm there because he is a home builder and needs extra help.

For income I have framed some prints and put in my friends store. This month I have made a little under $400, not much but more than I had if I didn't put the product in the store. When I had my art gallery and custom frame shop I did 75 % of my business in December. So my hope is to put as much product in his store to be ready for December.
I will have my resumes sent out before my trip so I can job hunt hard when I get back. Although the royalties will not be what they could have been, because of oil prices crashing, they will be more than last yr because of the addition of the new wells.

I have not been served with D papers yet, but I'm sure STBX will take her SUV and the payments of $257 every two weeks. I will cut the cable bill in half or maybe even cut it out. She will take her jewelry that she has on credit along with the $155 payment and her dentist work that is on credit for $80/month. That amounts to almost $900 in bills per month. Before I bought the art gallery in 2k I was a retail store manager, so if I can land even an assistant mgr job I can replace STBX's income and have reduced expenses.

My posts may come across as being weak, but I am listening to what advice I am getting and trying to implement the advice. I know I did some things wrong but I am pretty sure I have shed my last year over this S. I don't feel sorry for myself anymore and I feel I will be free of a lot of drama when this is over.

Jbird