who here hates yard work, and other **** that annoys me, just venting

memike said
I hope you can take a big breath today :cheers: and take some time for yourself !
All I can say is it will get better, sounds like you have allot on your plate and that is a long nape you took :shock:, you must have needed it man, My children are grown and on there own, but I remember the joys of having 2 boys needing something every time I turned around, and seemed that there was no time for myself working 2 jobs and family calling on me all the time to help with something while my barracuda sat waiting on me, some day's/weeks can be overwhelming with TODO"S! :shaking: But I have a feeling if you did not help and do these things you would not feel good about yourself :D Pride of being a great husband and father is something I think would be a bad thing to loose :thumbrig:

Yes I enjoy yard work, it's like my time :colors: everyone leaves me alone and my phone stays in the house and it is legal to enjoy a cold one while I am mowing and burning leaves and wind fall. :D
Do not! sell the one thing you can jump in, turn the key and get away for some self time.:happy7:. we all need it, even if it's just a drive to a quit place and count your blessings JMO.. at 14 I would think your daughter can learn to start and dump the grass :D but I never raised a daughter :angel10: and at 14 she nust be very smart and can/maybe play parents, My older brother has a daughter and she rules the house :wack:
A hobby and friends once a week :color: and I am not talking 2 hours worth at least 8 hours away, yep sounds like relaxing and some time with friends would not hurt anything 8) Just wanted to put my 2 cent's in here for you moparmat2000

Yep memike my thoughts exactly. This is why i told her dont bother asking about cutting the grass until you can do the complete job including starting the mower. This is money she doesnt get, since she isnt doing the job. So in this regard my kid is only hurting herself, because she only gets an allowance based on the number of chores she does per payweek. She has no money to go buy ****, and i dont give her any neither does her mom.

My GT is an escape vehicle of sorts, sometimes when i need to be alone, i will gas it up, and mebbe take an hour or 2 drive, but lately i dont have the time for that. I feel like im on a relentless treadmill that wont let me get off for awhile.

I used to race slot cars on a track i have.in my garage. Had friends come over, should be just the guys hanging out, blowin off a little steam from the work week. Wanted some guy time with my friends, never could get it, as my daughters 6, and 7 always want to be up my ***. They do this to my wife too. They dont grasp the concept of me wanting time with my friends, or alone time with the radio going, working on a project by myself.

Wish there was a commercial track i could go and run my cars on just to get out of the house by myself for a bit. Used to race 1/32 scale.slots with my older brother back in new jersey 20 years ago. Still miss it a lot. I get tired of working my *** off during the week, and again on the weekends without any fun.

So isnt life supposed to be somewhat enjoyable?!? If it is then i guess mine is a lemon.