Crappy Day
When it rains it pours... so they say. It seems sometimes like all the bad things happen at once.
I really found myself wondering how much more I could take yesterday.
I was just thinking I might trade my car in on a new truck, Mrs.Evil and I talked it over and she decided that it was an acceptable idea. As we looked into how much we owed on the car we found out that the dealership scammed us. There was, as a condition of the loan, a $5K insurance "job loss" insurance policy added into the financing. I was told that it would be refunded to me at the end of the loan term as long as I didn't use it. Well, it turns out that was all just a scam from the financing department. When we called the dealership to complain, it's suddenly under new management. So basically my car has $5000 more owing on it than I can get for it.
My ex-wife has served me papers. Child support is going to go up $200 more a month. I just took a job for less money so that I could be home with my family, and we will essentially be paying 25% of our take home pay to my ex. The same ex who just got back from Grande Caymen, and then wants me to pay her legal fees because she is facing financial hardships. That's the same ex who spent a week in Vegas before Christmas, Montreal last summer and Cuba two months before that. The same ex with the brand new car, two year old house and new SUV. Her and her husband make less combined than I make, and yet they are living a lifestyle I can't afford. It's enough to make a person climb out on a ledge.
Maybe it's a Sign
This same day, I'm feeling like I can't get any lower; a coworker got fired. On his birthday. It's hard to see a prideful, 25 yr old man cry. This same day, my cousin lost her boyfriend of 2yrs to a traffic accident. Dead, gone forever. What must that feel like. I can only imagine that she is devastated right now.
Buck up Mr.Evil, life could be much, much worse. You really don't need a new truck. You just want one. And Evil Jr. is an adult in 5 years. And you know you would do anything for him anyway. Little Evil is so happy to have you home every night. That makes it all worth it doesn't it. You'll be just fine.
When it rains it pours... so they say. It seems sometimes like all the bad things happen at once.
I really found myself wondering how much more I could take yesterday.
I was just thinking I might trade my car in on a new truck, Mrs.Evil and I talked it over and she decided that it was an acceptable idea. As we looked into how much we owed on the car we found out that the dealership scammed us. There was, as a condition of the loan, a $5K insurance "job loss" insurance policy added into the financing. I was told that it would be refunded to me at the end of the loan term as long as I didn't use it. Well, it turns out that was all just a scam from the financing department. When we called the dealership to complain, it's suddenly under new management. So basically my car has $5000 more owing on it than I can get for it.
My ex-wife has served me papers. Child support is going to go up $200 more a month. I just took a job for less money so that I could be home with my family, and we will essentially be paying 25% of our take home pay to my ex. The same ex who just got back from Grande Caymen, and then wants me to pay her legal fees because she is facing financial hardships. That's the same ex who spent a week in Vegas before Christmas, Montreal last summer and Cuba two months before that. The same ex with the brand new car, two year old house and new SUV. Her and her husband make less combined than I make, and yet they are living a lifestyle I can't afford. It's enough to make a person climb out on a ledge.
Maybe it's a Sign
This same day, I'm feeling like I can't get any lower; a coworker got fired. On his birthday. It's hard to see a prideful, 25 yr old man cry. This same day, my cousin lost her boyfriend of 2yrs to a traffic accident. Dead, gone forever. What must that feel like. I can only imagine that she is devastated right now.
Buck up Mr.Evil, life could be much, much worse. You really don't need a new truck. You just want one. And Evil Jr. is an adult in 5 years. And you know you would do anything for him anyway. Little Evil is so happy to have you home every night. That makes it all worth it doesn't it. You'll be just fine.