My Apologies...
This is exactly what I've been missing: signing on to chat with friends and not feel guilty for not policing the threads instead. Right now, here's what's keeping me cranked and on the edge of detrimental substance abuse:
My Father-in-Law ( he lives in Arizona) is recovering from a Cancer related surgery. Wife is stressed she can't run out to see him.
My Brother-in-Law (he lives in California) is in need of a Liver transplant and there's been a nightmare getting information from him as he's not being co-operative. Some bad blood between Mother-Father-Son-Doctors-etc.... Amy is in the middle of this and is trying her best to cope. And then...
I'm being raped by the City's water dept. whom are charging me for a YEARS worth of water every 3 months, and I've been in dispute with this since Oct. and then....
I find out from my lawyer recently that my mortgage company never paid back taxes I had put money in escrow for when we had the house signed over to us 3 yrs. ago. Plus my tax status was never re-adjusted. Technically, I'm behind just under $14K. I have half of that still in escrow that was never paid. After I pay what's owed, THEN I get to go sue the mortgage company & my lawyer for being F`up's. I have a Real Estate lawyer involved and will get it straightened out. BTW: Real Estate Lawyers cost more than a nice stroker kit I had my eye on.... And while this is going on.....
My Sister wants her share of the house, which I was about to do when the pooh hit the fan. Now I can't re-finance to buy out my Sister until the tax and water issues are resolved, but she needs the money by June when she graduates Med school and has to pay for licensing for her practice. I hate when the phone rings and I see the Florida area code.... She's getting concerned.
And the final kick in the nuts is our 16 yr. old dog is going senile and it's breaking our hearts. We're watching her go away a little bit each week.
Being an "Elder Member" (I love that reference...) I figured I owed you guys an explanation why my head is up my *** these days. Not looking for a pity-party, just explaining why I'm not in the best of mind sets these days. Fortunately, Amy & myself are physically OK, but emotionally it gets stressful, just about everything around us is upside down, broken, or on fire. Hard to be fair and understanding to our community when all you want to do is punch someone in the teeth....
Amy & me will be fine. We're just being tested right now, but we're in the game. Thank you all for your support and understanding. I'm not leaving, I'm just not allowing myself the chance to do any serious damage if I'm bent at that very moment when I shouldn't be. I like too many of you "mis-fits" to hurt.
I'm concerned with our family members health, our property, and our finances. We'll get through it all, but do you REALLY want to deal with someone being ground up on a daily basis? Am I being honest enough?