For those that don't know, I'll provide an abbreviated list of my year thus far:
-blew out the tranny in wife's car
-stepson rolled his jeep (1.5 hours after getting it no less)
-stepdaughter broke up w/ bf, and entire family was stalked for 3 months
-stepdaughter rear-ended guy when she hydroplaned
-stepson being charged with over 20 breaking & entering charges in three different counties
-1 cousin died from a drug overdose
-1 cousin has been diagnosed inopperable(?sp) heart disorder
-1 cousin (twin of heart defect cousin) is in rehab for alcohol
-mother had cyst removed from her cheek area. I believe it was benign though
-father lost transmission in his truck
-brother lost electrical system in his 3 week old wrangler
-dog had tumor on upper gumline (turned out to be an infection, but looked cancerous)
-uncle may lose house because it is tied to his business, and the state is shutting down the only road that goes by his store for 6 months or so next spring/summer
-wife has breast cancer
So, not that you're all caught up, here's why tomorrow is going to suck. Wife goes in for surgery to have tumor removed. They are screening for cancer spread at that time. If it has spread, she has chemo to look forward to. Due to the size of the tumor, and because of what the doc has said, I fully suspect that to be the case. So I will be spending all day tomorrow while the carve up my wife and try to rebuild her (she is having reconstruction done at the same time). While I'm sitting there worrying about her, my stepson will be sitting in court finding out how much shit he's in. It's a given he's going to jail. We just need to find out for how long. It seems he got a shitty judge who likes to make examples of people and gives very little. I'm guessing he's looking at at least 6 months, if not more. Add to this I've been working 13+ hours everyday except for the weekends (when I have been getting things settled for my wife so she doesnt have to worry about anything extra), and I am destroyed. I'm soooooo tweaked right now thinking about tomorrow. The way this year has gone, I'm waiting for the doc to say it can't be stopped and there is nothing they can do. I feel like shit (stomache pains, light headed, headaches, way stressed). Plus, even though I'm eating half what I used to, and working twice as much, I've still put on weight. I hate this.
I just hope everyone else is having a better year than me. I wouldn't wish this shit on on anyone. Hope everyone else has a good holiday.
-blew out the tranny in wife's car
-stepson rolled his jeep (1.5 hours after getting it no less)
-stepdaughter broke up w/ bf, and entire family was stalked for 3 months
-stepdaughter rear-ended guy when she hydroplaned
-stepson being charged with over 20 breaking & entering charges in three different counties
-1 cousin died from a drug overdose
-1 cousin has been diagnosed inopperable(?sp) heart disorder
-1 cousin (twin of heart defect cousin) is in rehab for alcohol
-mother had cyst removed from her cheek area. I believe it was benign though
-father lost transmission in his truck
-brother lost electrical system in his 3 week old wrangler
-dog had tumor on upper gumline (turned out to be an infection, but looked cancerous)
-uncle may lose house because it is tied to his business, and the state is shutting down the only road that goes by his store for 6 months or so next spring/summer
-wife has breast cancer
So, not that you're all caught up, here's why tomorrow is going to suck. Wife goes in for surgery to have tumor removed. They are screening for cancer spread at that time. If it has spread, she has chemo to look forward to. Due to the size of the tumor, and because of what the doc has said, I fully suspect that to be the case. So I will be spending all day tomorrow while the carve up my wife and try to rebuild her (she is having reconstruction done at the same time). While I'm sitting there worrying about her, my stepson will be sitting in court finding out how much shit he's in. It's a given he's going to jail. We just need to find out for how long. It seems he got a shitty judge who likes to make examples of people and gives very little. I'm guessing he's looking at at least 6 months, if not more. Add to this I've been working 13+ hours everyday except for the weekends (when I have been getting things settled for my wife so she doesnt have to worry about anything extra), and I am destroyed. I'm soooooo tweaked right now thinking about tomorrow. The way this year has gone, I'm waiting for the doc to say it can't be stopped and there is nothing they can do. I feel like shit (stomache pains, light headed, headaches, way stressed). Plus, even though I'm eating half what I used to, and working twice as much, I've still put on weight. I hate this.
I just hope everyone else is having a better year than me. I wouldn't wish this shit on on anyone. Hope everyone else has a good holiday.
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