Blowing Some Steam
| This is only Tuesday and the week has already been hell. Work........I am so slammed I can't even see straight. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I can't get out from under the piles of frickin' paperwork. Uugggh. Studying....I wanted to have a chance to study a little at work, considering the exam is work related, but that has been close to impossible. I was able to study about an hour today. That was the first in 4 days. At this rate, I am going to have to pull some long nights at home. Yes, the material is stressing me out. That shit is hard, very hard. Finances........My ex-husband, Jedi, lost his job. Shit happens, but now I have to kick in the benefits for our kids. I have never had to pay for them and they are pretty frickin expensive. My kids and I do ok on my salary, but when things get thrown in that I don't plan for, it gets a little rough. I make a decent wage, but Jedi and I had decided a long time ago that I won't take child support from him. As long as I could support us (and I have) I will not have him pay child support. He has a family to raise as well as I....I'm digressing here. Well, with gas prices the way they are and driving 80 miles round trip 5 times a week, it gets expensive. Money has been getting a little tight. Now, paying for benefits is going to hurt. Remember, my son is Bi-Polar and the cost of his doctors visits and meds can add up quick (especially with my so-so benefits). Then you add my ever growing care packages to Sniper. That is something I won't give up. Sometimes I think they mean more to me than to him. I know he enjoys what I send, but the love I put into them mean a lot to me to send them to him. I have a great satisfaction thinking about him receiving a little touch of home in each box. Speaking of, I sent another 3 off today. So financially a little stressed right now. Sniper......Besides the normal stress of having him deployed and where he is at, I spoke with him and he will be out of touch for awhile. He is extremely busy and it will be hard for awhile to communicate. Well he has a job to do....kick some Iraqi Ass. So, after work tonight the stress was at the point where my head was starting to hurt. I decided I needed a stressor reliever. So instead of studying, I went out to the shooting range. Oh man did it feel great to blow some steam. I spent a couple hours there and came out very relaxed. Most woman would rather settle for a nice hot bubble bath and a glass a wine. Me, I would rather shoot something. I picked up this hobby since Sniper left and I am having a blast with it. There is a couple guys who were in the Marine Corps awhile back that work there and they have been giving me pointers. Boy do I need them, but it sure was fun to point that damn gun and fire. Next time I will have to get pictures of my targets to show ya' all how well I am doing. dyzgoneby |
posted by dyzgoneby at 4/25/2006 07:57:00 PM
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post a commentI am right there with you Dyz. For my stress relief nothing is better than sparring for about an hour! Especially when they are better than you and you get your butt kicked but then they turn around and teach you how to defend yourself from it.
Fire away!
HH6...Sparing sounds like so much fun. I really need something to relieve all the stress and tension. Shooting is helping. I am also thinking of joining a gym, once I pass this first exam. Until then......I will be firing away.
Stressed.... desserts spelled backwards!
Next time try a huge piece of chocolate cake AND the firing range. You'll be set for a week after that high! WOOT!
And in all seriousness, the Series 7 is a BITCH. Oh man.. I've never studied so frikkin' hard for anything in my life. Just remember: 71 passes just as good as a 99 does!
The best stress killer I have found is 7 or 8 glasses of wine in my hot tub. Gas prices do suck and if I was the president we would have a big pipeline running from Iraq right to Crawford Texas!!!! There I would have ol Dick and Condi filling up tankers all day long!!! Yeah thats it, thats the ticket.
Paperwork and expenses - oh yes! Now there's something to shoot up something about! I'm up to my woohoo in paperwork right now and I live in CA. Yes indeedy - I do so need to shhoot something...
I hope that it all starts to gets better soon. Just think positive. You have to be a strong woman to endure all that you are.
afsister....It never dawned on me that stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Bring it on, Yummy. Yep, that Series 7 us a real bitch. If I was going to be a broker, they would pay me for 3 months to study everyday. Instead I have to cram all three exams (Series 7, 66 & L&H) into a 6 month period, trying to work full-time, be a somewhat single parent, and have no life. Whoppie.
Unclejim....Tonight I am finding a bottle of something and having a few while I study. Gas prices, I am spending $80 a week in a economical car.....Yuck.
Yankeemom....I am ready to go back to the range again tonight. Yep Cali, you feel it to.
Heather.....I am trying to remain postive. I really have found an inner strenght that I honestly never thought I had. You too are a strong woman to endure all that you have.
I could only wish I had a company car. Until then, I will stay with my economical car. Then again I pass these frickin tests and I won't care about the gas prices.
I so wish tonight I had a hot tub. I could use it. Especially with a nice glass of wine. I guess I will have to stick to my bathtub.
No, not all Jarheards drink whiskey and beer. Sniper enjoys wine, but then again right now I don't think he would care what it was as long as it was alcohol.
Mouthwash....yuck. Either you are a redneck or you were deployed when you drank it. Then again maybe someone dared you to drink it. Again...YUCK!!!
I could only wish I had a company car. Until then, I will stay with my economical car. Then again I pass these frickin tests and I won't care about the gas prices.
I so wish tonight I had a hot tub. I could use it. Especially with a nice glass of wine. I guess I will have to stick to my bathtub.
No, not all Jarheards drink whiskey and beer. Sniper enjoys wine, but then again right now I don't think he would care what it was as long as it was alcohol.
Mouthwash....yuck. Either you are a redneck or you were deployed when you drank it. Then again maybe someone dared you to drink it. Again...YUCK!!!
I wish more women was as open minded as you on the childsupport issue, but I also hope, dispite your ex's situation that he is still trying to be a father to the children, it is not all about the money. Oh by the way your future husband is blessed. Keep up the good work MARINE!
A parent who is paying into the child support system should be able to have an option to take care of basic needs directly.
Here are some suggestions to not only help the mother in raising and caring for the children or child but also it gives the non custodial parent a chance to be involved in the child’s or children well being and welfare.
At the present there are gift cards A father or parent should be able to use an electronic card for food and send it to the mother and it will be deducted from whatever payments are made into the system.
This can also be used for clothing.
Part of the payment should also be paid to the utility companies, a portion can go toward lights gas water, rent etc… Utilizing a check or money order with a receipt.
Daycare if a parent agrees that the child should go to Day care then this should be a shared responsibility.
Entertainment: Both parents should share entertainment.
Visitation
A child should not be used as some kind of revenge tool, each parent should be adult enough to agree on times and days that their children should spend.
There is No excuse except for abuse that a parent should not be allowed to spend time with their child or children.
This are just suggestions that can be tweaked and probed into more deeply. This is such an emotional issue. If possible please refrain form how no good He or She is, the purpose here is to not only to try to get a better understanding but work out agreements.
Maybe this will get our politicians to stop using child support as a political tool and really start helping families be families no matter the circumstance.
Now may be once a year or ever six months the father sends the receipts to the court to see if the father is meeting their duty. If not then the father or non-custodial parent has to pay into the old system.
Hang in there. Things always have a way of working out.
Sniper will be home again. (hopefully soon) Focus on that.
Sounds like you have some stressing on your plate. Shooting things sounds like a hell of a lot of fun though. :D I am sure it will all work out greatly. Maybe the ex won't be without a job for a very long period of time. And thank you (I also thieved how to do your sitemeter.)
((((DYZ)))) big hugs back to you.
Yeah I was deployed at the time. Durring Desert Storm a buddy of mine sent me a big bottle of Listerine, only it was filled with Jack Daniels. He sent it with a bunch of TP, tooth brushes, tooth paste and misc stuff like that. The opened the box, but not my "mouth wash" thank god.
Militarymom....They always do. See my next post.
Christy....Sitemeter is way cool. I love seeing where everyone is at. As for the ex, if things go accordingly to plan, I won't care.
Uncle Jim.....Laughing my ass off here. I knew it. I have heard so many stories from Sniper I knew the alcohol had to be mixed, but you will take what you can get.
Oh yeah, I'm not the bubble bath type either. I love going out with the boys to shoot their arsenal of weapons at my mother-in-law's place in the country. I've always been a pretty good shot, too. It's funny, we went out Sunday to ride my oldest boy's new quad and my mother-in-law said that one of her neighbors (this is the country, so it's a mile or so away) asked if someone had been shooting on her property a couple weeks earlier. When she said yes, he said it sounded like there was a war going on at her place. Yep, that would be us..... :)