How am I feeling???

So this question was posed to me on a blog that I follow. How am I doing? Well, here we go with the answer:

I'm not really sure. Either Friday or Saturday, I had a TM Alumni tell me I was complaining too much on my facebook page. Meanwhile, I have others that tell me they enjoy my status updates about what I'm doing at work, when I get there and other things that have to do with life in general. It's been 10 YEARS since these poeple have seen me, and so I started to look back over my updates. I did find that most of them are of me complaining. There's also not a lot of things that I see good happening in my life, other then watching my son grow up *smiles hugely at that thought*. He's my sunshine and joy. He's even doing something new thanks to my sister in laws niece, he's standing on his head with his feet on the ground and arms flapping like a bird. BUT other then him, every time I turn around, I'm getting blasted by something. Whether it's a financial hit, a hit with my car, from my sister in law, or from my wife (whom I fight with all the time), I'm always having something bad happen to me, or so it seems. Don't I have the right to tell people how I'm doing without the fear of them saying that I'm complaining?

To me, yes, I do have that right. If they don't like it, they can stop being friends with me. Besides, there are some things that I "complain" about, that I can't do anything about. I can't fix the traffic, so I guess it doesn't need to be talked about. I'm working on changing my work situation, but don't have a degree so I'm disqualified from most jobs in the area. My drive to and from work, yeah, I could change that, but I like living where I'm at, even if the wife doesn't.

So all in all, do us Americans complain to much? Do we complain about things we can't change more then we do the ones we have control over?? What are we doing about the things we can change? What are we doing about them? Are we moving closer to work, so to speak, in order to shorten the drive, or are we just going to be complacent, and grumble and complain about it?

I propose that from this day forward, we try to change those things in our control like finances, fighting, even something as small as daily commute, and not worry about the things we can't change.

Oops, I did it again....

Decided on that title because it seemed fitting. Not because this blog is going to be about Brittany Spears, but because here it is July, and I haven't posted anything since January!!

So, here's the mid year report. There have been a ton of sex scandals broken this year, there have been moves made, and moves to soon come. There have been broken hearts mended, and circumstances fixed.

To get on with what has happened in my life thus far. We moved from a really nice townhouse into a 3 bedroom, 1bath house that belongs to my brother in law and his family. Oh, did I mention that they live there too?? Yes, that means there are 6 people living under one roof. Now, this means, my wife and I, plus Minicoder, my brother in law and his wife, plus their son. This is the issue. My nephew likes to beat on Minicoder, and his parents don't do anything to stop it other then say, "No, No!! You don't hit." Of course there are times that he does it non-stop or uses toys to hit him, and then he gets a 1minute and 30 second time out. Yeah, that's really showing him how to behave. He has gotten the occasional smack on the hands, but again, that's not doing anything. What's even worse is that my sister in law is now pregnant, and will be having a baby in Decemeber. Actually, this pup will be here to celebrate Christmas with us.

I know I've yet to post some pictures of Minicoder up, and I think that this post will be the one where I show how big he's gotten. I still can't believe that he is crawling, cruising, and completely mobile. Heck, he's even going up and down stairs on his own. He's bashful when he meets new people, yet he's grabbed the occasional waitress' rear-ends. The best was when he grabbed the waitress' butt, and she turned to him and said, "You are very cute, but a little young for me. Maybe in a few years." I about died laughing.

In other news, I currently drive for about 5 hours per day. In order to stop the excessive driving, I have an interview this Friday with a company 20 minutes from my house. If I get it, say good bye to the Western Shore of Maryland, and sign me up as a resident of the Eastern Shore. Even if I don't get a huge pay increase, it will save almost a grand in car expenses. Yes, currently I am putting almost 300 miles a DAY on my car. I hope to get this job.

Well, I think that will be all for now. I hope to have more later.

Here we are...

Finally made it through the beginning of the year. It's been a doozy. In 4 days, the first full month of 2010 will be in the history books. For some, not much has changed, for others a lot has changed. I am in the latter group.

So for me, in the months of Decemember and January, a ton has changed. I have moved into two different houses, been sued, been yelled at, and had to learn two different commuting routes to get to work. Sadly, both routes take the same amount of time, 1.5 hours to be exact. I am now waking up at about 0430, and out of the house no later then 0530. Then I get to joyously leave work at 1600, and hope to be home around 1730. The first move was from a place that my parents owned, which was too small for us with the addition of Minicoder. So we moved into a 2 bedroom, 1 bath townhouse on the other side of town. I was quite happy until I found out that our beloved governor decided to strip me of more tax money. So, I am now bringing home less money then I was last year. At the same time, I don't foresee a raise in my future, at least not if I stay with my company. As for the lawsuit, my mom claims that it was to get the utilities turned on in her name at the first place we lived in, I think it was because she wanted me to payback the money that I owe her. Either way, we will find out as this year progresses.

On my list of stuff to do for the year, I am looking for a job that is near where I am currently living, and praying that the wife wants to stay there. I know I do. Other then that, not wasting time with things that don't matter, paying bills, and getting back on our feet so I can move into a place of my own. Yup, that's it for this episode. See you soon