On the plus side, this summer, I've squeezed a little time in with my daughter, who is learning an extreme sport that my son and I are involved in (and she is nimble, and will pass us both within a year). I'm getting my first vacation in five years in two days, and we're going into the wilderness with our club to participate in this extreme sport.
In case you're wondering why I've had no vacation, here's the scorecard:
Summer, 2011 child dies, followed a month later by a flood. 2012: Heavy workload, plus flood repairs. Summer, 2013: Took daughter to 20 schools (perhaps this was kind of a vacation). Summer, 2014: Wife ran away from home with no warning.
I still have to figure out how to manage the workload, but I figure that I have to get a vacation, especially a cheap one like this. I'll figure out how to manage the workload eventually.
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In case you're wondering, I talked to my lawyer today, which always gets me mad. The family court system is terrible and unfair, and may make it difficult for my kids to finish college, even with the incredible financial aid that my daughter's wealthy school provides (my son's costs make up for it).
I spent a year helping my daughter choose a list of schools that provided exceptional financial aid and developed a plan to get into one of them. My wife refused to help, and kept telling me that the way colleges select students is wrong and unfair (I din't create the system, but that didn't stop her from complaining to me about it).
