Can we just get this sh!t over with?

[davidallen]

Several things in life that I just need to hurry up and get over:

• The freaking election - enough is enough already.
• We entered a definitive agreement to sell the business and though we preach "business as usual" waiting for regulatory approval for close is killing my team. Everybody wants a Noogler hat as soon as possible...
• We had a kiddo boomerang home for a bit - and yes I am ready for that to end as well.

What you got?

 

[squeak]

Pleated pants

 

[Been Jammin]

Fat women in spandex

 

[BvillePoker]

I am just ready for 2016 to be over with. I have buried two friends, my wife's grandma is on the doorstep of death, my youngest kiddo went to OU, I have been diagnosed with diverticulosis, I have lived through two RIF's at my work. I am SOOO ready for this year to go.

 

[Been Jammin]

my youngest kiddo went to OU.

My oldest is currently a senior. She applied to 6 schools, one of which was OU (no OSU). I put on a brave face and told her I would be happy regardless of where she ended up. On Saturday, she found out that she was accepted by Tulane and was invited to be part of their honors program (plus offered a very nice scholarship). On Sunday, she announced that there was no chance she would be attending OU. Best news I had heard in a long time.

p.s. Sorry to year about all of the terrible things in your life. May the page turn soon and things start heading back in a positive direction.

 

[davidallen]

I am just ready for 2016 to be over with. I have buried two friends, my wife's grandma is on the doorstep of death, my youngest kiddo went to OU, I have been diagnosed with diverticulosis, I have lived through two RIF's at my work. I am SOOO ready for this year to go.

Hang in there BVille, gotta be better days ahead.

 

[ctrawick]

Fat women in spandex

There only needs to be a few sizes made, that is for sure.

 

[ctrawick]

When they say "life is like the seasons" it cant me more true. We have been in a winter for 5-6 years and I can finally see spring on the horizon. We had a 18 year run before all of this, so when it is over I might think it was worth it.

Keep your chins up guys.

 

[HighStickHarry]

My kids are healthy and happy. If I died tonight, I've lived a great life. I don't think many people have had a smile on their face as much as I have. I'm not ready for anything to be over.

 

[Been Jammin]

[QUOTE="HighStickHarry, post: 855896, member: 2302" I don't think many people have had a smile on their face as much as I have. I'm not ready for anything to be over.[/QUOTE]

Other than Trick or Treating, right?

 

[HighStickHarry]

[QUOTE="HighStickHarry, post: 855896, member: 2302" I don't think many people have had a smile on their face as much as I have. I'm not ready for anything to be over.

Other than Trick or Treating, right?[/QUOTE]


That is over as far as I'm concerned. I won't be doing it again. My kids will just have to suffer like they will with not having ipodpads and facespace pages or having new buster browns every semester. We are going to keep things simple so they don't end up like every other brat I see.

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

Other than Trick or Treating, right?

That is over as far as I'm concerned. I won't be doing it again. My kids will just have to suffer like they will with not having ipodpads and facespace pages or having new buster browns every semester. We are going to keep things simple so they don't end up like every other brat I see.[/QUOTE]
I find the dichotomy of you allowing them to use scooters to be very confusing, but they are beautiful children.

 

[HighStickHarry]

I like my culture a la carte

 

[shortbus]

Life

 

[AC_Exotic]

My wife's surgeries and sicknesses.

I can't tell you how many times I've spent too much time posting on this message board because I've been in an emergency room or waiting for a surgery or her.

 

[Been Jammin]

Sorry to hear that AC. Hopefully she has a speedy recovery.

 

[davidallen]

Best to your wife and family AC, everything I griped about is trivial by comparison.

 

[CowboyPhil]

I'm right there with you AC.

My wife will have a surgery this month sometime at Baylor that may end up removing her pancreas. Plus we finally have a contract to sale the home I designed and we built together that we no longer can afford due to all the medical bills.

 

[Been Jammin]

I'm right there with you AC.

My wife will have a surgery this month sometime at Baylor that may end up removing her pancreas. Plus we finally have a contract to sale the home I designed and we built together that we no longer can afford due to all the medical bills.

Dislike

 

[CowboyPhil]

????

 

[davidallen]

????

Hate your going through this Phil. Puts my minor irritations into perspective. Best to you and your wife.

 

[CowboyPhil]

Thanks. It sucks greatly.

 

[SquinkY5786]

I had two grandparents really deteriorate before my eyes this year. Both around 93 years old. Grandmother had a stroke and is bedridden now and grandfather has dementia that came out of nowhere and really has taken over. Broke his hip last week and had surgery. Both had to go to a home which sucks but is needed. All within the last few months. Really puts a lot into perspective to see a WW2 vet that could literally do anything regress to basically being a child.

 

[davidallen]

Thoughts with you and yours 5786

 

[AC_Exotic]

I'm right there with you AC.

My wife will have a surgery this month sometime at Baylor that may end up removing her pancreas. Plus we finally have a contract to sale the home I designed and we built together that we no longer can afford due to all the medical bills.

I understand. The medical costs (and we have insurance) have really ruined us financially (or at least we can't enjoy the life we once did). We moved out of our large home and have had to simplify things in our life because we had no other choice.

Ten years ago I was making well over 100k and had to step back to a less demanding position in the same field for less money to devote more time to my wife's care. She can no longer work, so we've taken a big hit all around in that department.

Bottom line, I'd rather have her around than a big pocketbook.

 

[davidallen]

I understand. The medical costs (and we have insurance) have really ruined us financially (or at least we can't enjoy the life we once did). We moved out of our large home and have had to simplify things in our life because we had no other choice.

Ten years ago I was making well over 100k and had to step back to a less demanding position in the same field for less money to devote more time to my wife's care. She can no longer work, so we've taken a big hit all around in that department.

Bottom line, I'd rather have her around than a big pocketbook.

Respect - you have ruined my image of you!

 

[Rulz]

It's crazy...when I look back at my life, It seems like I had a long time of happiness...and I generally did throughout my childhood and into young adulthood...

But as soon as I turned 30, all hell broke loose.

Since about 2004, it's been one f*%#ing thing after another. Some of it I couldn't control, and maybe about 30% my own mistakes (basically my reaction to some things).

And every year, I have done the same thing...pray and hope that "all that crap is over". For my immediate family, it is in a way. My kids are finishing school and soon going off to college. Bright days ahead for them. And that's good. They are my step children..they have endured their bio dad passing away in their early teens, and were subject to another person who put them through a significant amount of hell. I helped them get through that, and they are now 180 degrees from the downward spiral they were caught in...I'm glad to be a part of that.

But I look back and think...my fathers parents passing away when I was in my teens and all the hell that was for them...so from about 1987 to 1998, that was a time period of easy livin for my family for the most part. Now, with my parents getting older by the day...and with all the problems we have had, we are fast approaching that time period that I saw for my parents in the mid 80s. I now know what they went through during those times...and it's scary as hell, what will I do when that time comes?

It depends on your place in life and distance from the death of a family member in terms of time I suppose....and it's all part of the life cycle, so it's not supposed to be times of eternal sadness...but it's easy to look back and compartmentalize certain parts of like and whatnot.

In reality, it's not always bad times, and it's not always happy times. It's just life. I doubt any of us run around being a sad sack all day and night during the trying times, but there is a longing for simpler days, family members that brought wisdom and comfort in their own fashion, and the promise of a better tomorrow.

So here I go again...another year almost down...I hope and pray it was better than last year! I don't know how long this run will last, I hope it's a happy run, and I'm going to ride this pony as long as I can!

 

[J.R. Murphy's]

This year was awful professionally. The wife and I have made the decision to relocate out of Oklahoma as my industry sucks right now as far as new opportunities go and because we've never really been happy here.

Have applied all over the region (mostly Dallas area) and have barely heard anything back. I'm hoping next year brings better news.

 

[davidallen]

This year was awful professionally. The wife and I have made the decision to relocate out of Oklahoma as my industry sucks right now as far as new opportunities go and because we've never really been happy here.

Have applied all over the region (mostly Dallas area) and have barely heard anything back. I'm hoping next year brings better news.

Best of luck JRM.

We made a similar decision back in 1995. Professionally the best possible move, but still a little twinge of what if...

 

[ctdub]

This year was awful professionally. The wife and I have made the decision to relocate out of Oklahoma as my industry sucks right now as far as new opportunities go and because we've never really been happy here.

Have applied all over the region (mostly Dallas area) and have barely heard anything back. I'm hoping next year brings better news.

What's your field?

 

[J.R. Murphy's]

What's your field?

I've been a licensed attorney for 12 years now.

 

[SquinkY5786]

It's crazy...when I look back at my life, It seems like I had a long time of happiness...and I generally did throughout my childhood and into young adulthood...

But as soon as I turned 30, all hell broke loose.

Since about 2004, it's been one f*%#ing thing after another. Some of it I couldn't control, and maybe about 30% my own mistakes (basically my reaction to some things).

And every year, I have done the same thing...pray and hope that "all that crap is over". For my immediate family, it is in a way. My kids are finishing school and soon going off to college. Bright days ahead for them. And that's good. They are my step children..they have endured their bio dad passing away in their early teens, and were subject to another person who put them through a significant amount of hell. I helped them get through that, and they are now 180 degrees from the downward spiral they were caught in...I'm glad to be a part of that.

But I look back and think...my fathers parents passing away when I was in my teens and all the hell that was for them...so from about 1987 to 1998, that was a time period of easy livin for my family for the most part. Now, with my parents getting older by the day...and with all the problems we have had, we are fast approaching that time period that I saw for my parents in the mid 80s. I now know what they went through during those times...and it's scary as hell, what will I do when that time comes?

It depends on your place in life and distance from the death of a family member in terms of time I suppose....and it's all part of the life cycle, so it's not supposed to be times of eternal sadness...but it's easy to look back and compartmentalize certain parts of like and whatnot.

In reality, it's not always bad times, and it's not always happy times. It's just life. I doubt any of us run around being a sad sack all day and night during the trying times, but there is a longing for simpler days, family members that brought wisdom and comfort in their own fashion, and the promise of a better tomorrow.

So here I go again...another year almost down...I hope and pray it was better than last year! I don't know how long this run will last, I hope it's a happy run, and I'm going to ride this pony as long as I can!

I have come to a YOLO point in my life. I have 3 kids under 6. Starting to deal with family sickness and death, Uncle and Grandmother passed in the last few years, Grandfather any time now, and mother in law with MS. One of my children have (not diagnosed yet) mild Aspergers. He has made a lot of progress and is doing very good now but when I first heard about the possibility from the Pediatrician I damn near needed to be committed. Didn't eat and obsessed about it all day and night. Its one of those things that they say just wait and see (which I don't do well). Just a lot of crap dumped in my lap at once that hit me like a sledge hammer of perspective. I came to the realization that life is short and what important is that you make memories. Have really upped vacations. I recently took my name out for a promotion that would have been a little bit more money and supervising a number of employees, but also more time spent at work and work would follow me to my home. You just can't sweat the small stuff. And that there is no guide to living life. You don't have to follow the perfect cookie cutter notion on everything. We are all born and all die, the middle is anything you want to make it.

 

[AC_Exotic]

I have come to a YOLO point in my life. I have 3 kids under 6. Starting to deal with family sickness and death, Uncle and Grandmother passed in the last few years, Grandfather any time now, and mother in law with MS. One of my children have (not diagnosed yet) mild Aspergers. He has made a lot of progress and is doing very good now but when I first heard about the possibility from the Pediatrician I damn near needed to be committed. Didn't eat and obsessed about it all day and night. Its one of those things that they say just wait and see (which I don't do well). Just a lot of crap dumped in my lap at once that hit me like a sledge hammer of perspective. I came to the realization that life is short and what important is that you make memories. Have really upped vacations. I recently took my name out for a promotion that would have been a little bit more money and supervising a number of employees, but also more time spent at work and work would follow me to my home. You just can't sweat the small stuff. And that there is no guide to living life. You don't have to follow the perfect cookie cutter notion on everything. We are all born and all die, the middle is anything you want to make it.

I have a 20 year old son with Aspergers. He's doing pretty well. If you want to talk and compare ones, PM me.

 

[Cordellhall83]

I'm ready for Rustic Cuff phase to pass.

 

[CowboyPhil]

Just an update to my sh!t story.

Wife's surgery is finally scheduled for Dec 19th only about a month later than we hoped.

Monday we finally received her first long term disability check. Yeah! Tuesday Integris lays her off cancelling her health insurance and long term disability (yes the one she finally was approved for) effective Jan 1. So she has an 8-10 hour surgery scheduled for the 19th and they cancel her insurance 2 weeks later.

Our house is closing finally on Dec 9, 2 days from now, and I get an email forwarded this morning from the buyers realtor asking for me to have the lawn mowed. Are you f**king serious? 2 days before closing in the middle of god damn December and you want me to mow the f**cking lawn!

I just hope to not be on the news tonight.

 

[HighStickHarry]

Phil, I don't have words to make you feel any better and I am sorry for what you are going through. The only thing I can offer if the house is in Oklahoma i can round up the yard of that house off and on for a few years if you wish.

 

[CowboyPhil]

...and now her insurance is unapproving the previously approved surgery, saying it is medically unnecessary!!!!!!!!!!

12 DAYS BEFORE SURGERY!!!!! For some reason they will not give me the address of the people that make these decisions.