trilobyte

So here's a little slice of trilo-life... I've hinted at and talked a bit about stress and drama going on in my life, here's a rundown of what has all been coming together simultaneously like a death ray...

Been going through a marathon divorce for the last 7 1/2 years... no she doesn't want to reconcile (neither do I), she just wants every dime she can get (I've paid for her to go to college and get her bachelors and masters, yet ironically I couldn't afford to go to college myself :mad. Today I read through over 30 pages of legal documents pertaining to the settlement. Ugh. And of course, MORE changes need to be made before I can sign off and give her a whopper of a check.

Been dealing with some tax problems that would make any of you wince. I thought I was cool, my refund from 2002 would have covered the leftover debt there and given me a few nickels. Today I read through three different letters... one notifying me that they think I made a mistake on my taxes and they are reducing my refund by $600! one notifying me that they were applying my refund to an outstanding debt, leaving me with zilch (something's not right), and one notifying me that they didn't apply the money to my tax shit, but to my ex wife! I built up some arrears when I wasn't working, but the above mentioned big check is to give her all arrears plus a settlement, and they were supposed to NOT deduct from things like taxes because of the pending settlement. Now I have to figure out how to re-do all those numbers. I'm a lucky bastard, aren't I? Where's my money???

The ex-gf who dumped my ass in the fall when I was in the middle of the cross country trip (great timing, eh?) and I have been going through drama. Without rambling more than I have to, she's wanted to stay friends etc etc and I get the vibe that she's doing it to reduce her own feelings of guilt, and she wants the benefits of having someone you can talk to about anything at all without any emotional attachment or for that matter even sex. WTF? She dumped me, she can get a new boyfriend! Don't keep me in that weird twisted shit. Anyhow, I told her last week that for now at least, I couldn't be her friend. And today she responded with of course a drama filled email.

Hey, and we're at war. Not that I'm out in the desert or my family is at risk, but people I know are. And it affects my job (aside from the impact to business, there's a lot of logistical things involved in what I do and the ripple effect of increased fuel prices, increased security, and all that shiznat).

And I think Mr. Skull swiped my drink. That bastard.... If he had eyes I'd gouge them out!

There's also this crap job, but strangely enough it wasn't so bad today.

But tomorrow's Friday, and this weekend will be fun if it kills me. Saturday is the SGLA Medieval Times shindig (bags of fun if you can make it), anybody have plans, thoughts, or ideas for Friday????

And I still am looking for someone interested in going with me to see the Vines on Tuesday night...