H2oshy's Blog

1 year later….. February 2, 2011

Has it really been a year? Jeez!! I totally fell off the map didn’t I?

Let’s see. Where to start? I finally got my divorce finalized, my then wife went to prison (still there) I changed my bankruptcy from 13 to 7, I moved, have been taking care of both girls and just basically trying to survive and make the most of the situation.

So here is now how my week is.

Wake up at 6:00 and go wake up my oldest. She’s 12 and in 6th grade. I get her breakfast and while she is eating, I either start reports for work then get ready or, just start getting ready and start my reports later.

After she eats breakfast, she gets ready for school. right before I take her to the bus stop, I wake up my youngest (8) and get her breakfast. I then take the 12 year old to the bus stop around the corner while my 8 year old eats and watches TV. Max time I am gone (2 minutes).

When I get back, I fix myself something to eat for breakfast and clean up from the morning. I also take this time to try to encourage the 8 year old to eat breakfast instead of just watching TV. around 7:30, I take my youngest to school and then head to work (47 miles).

I normally arrive to work around 8:30 and go up and log in then start my reports while we go downstairs to smoke. I come back up and do all my reports and other job duties until around 1:45, skipping lunch. I then make the hour drive to my youngest daughters’ school to pick her up around 3:00. Then it’s to the house to get her started on her homework while I wait for my oldest to be dropped off at the bus stop. On Mondays, I have to go pick her up after choir practice.

Then we get to do housework and homework until basketball practice. We have practice on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesdays after practice, I get to take the girls to visit their mother in the county detention center. then I get to come home, get the girls dinner going while they take their bath/shower and get ready for bed. Around 9:30pm, their mother calls to speak to them for about 20 minutes as I am cleaning up from dinner. after that call, they brush their teeth and go to bed. That’s when I get to stop for a sec. Normally I watch the news through the weather and go to sleep.

Thursdays are different since we have no practice. On these days, I can actually start the laundry when I get home and make a decent meal. Saturday’s are for basketball games (both girls sometimes at the same time in different locations) then on Sunday, I finish the laundry and any other housework that didn’t get completed through the week. Oh yeah, on the weekends, holidays, non school days, I do all of my reporting for work from home. I have not missed completing my reports any day for almost 10 years. It’s habitual now.

So, that gives a little insight into what my daily life is like now. I would LOVE to still post these as often as I want but the truth is, I am completely worn out by the time I have a minute to rest and I normally fall asleep almost right away.

My tattoo sleeve is not complete, there are other things that I want to do that I haven’t completed because of lack of time and/or money. I have resolved to complete my sleeve this year! I am making time for that one way or another.

There are a few other things going during this past year too. I have no time for anything else so.. pretty much just making sure my kids are well taken care of and the roof over their heads is maintained. Cut and Dry.

Hope to post more pics soon as I really enjoyed it. Almost like therapy. I will post again. Yes, I will!