Masterpiece - a little more progress...

[Jer2911]

W got some extremely bad financial news yesterday regarding her business taxes... And now I see monster beginning to re-emerge because her "exit plan" for getting me out of the house has hit a major obstacle -- she simply can't afford to buy me out of my % of the house right now and she also can't afford a lawyer to represent her on the co-parenting agreement that we need to eventually file with the court.

She also now does not have the financial means to help me with furnishing a new house -- which means that even when I do get a new job, moving out will have to wait until I've brought in enough paychecks to be able to purchase furniture (including bedroom sets for 3 kids in addition to all of the other furniture needed -- so it isn't going to be a cheap move).

Amazingly, I am not stressed out about this at all. I have full faith that God is handling this situation (even to the point that the really bad financial news is one more message from Him to her about the choices she is making in her life right now), and that God is also working hard on my job sitch. I do expect something really great to happen with regard to my job search and I think that will eventually help relieve the financial sitch that we are now in.

When she told me all of this last night I simply expressed my concern and assured her that I understood the seriousness of the sitch and would continue to do my part to keep household costs down. I've never been the one in the family who spends extravagantly anyway, so it's not a big deal to me in that regard. I am the one who does all of the grocery shopping, so I will just increase my efforts to shop wisely :-) I also held back from making any kind of comment about "well, perhaps you shouldn't have spent all that money on a trip around the world to visit OW and sent her money to make the trip here to visit you in addition to the other money I know you've sent her!" -- Those thoughts did cross my mind, but I didn't say them to her.

Still no word from anyone at the district regarding a potential job, but I know that it will happen when the time is right.

Despite all of this, I am feeling really good this morning -- very positive and hopeful about the future. I know good things are headed this way and it's all just a matter of time.