arctic-stranger
Waiting for July
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greetings one and all
Well, after a long absence, i thought i might jump back in here. I kind of miss you guys.
The last year has been hell. I have one son on probation. The trial was a year long process. I moved out of the house in June, got a cabin in the woods, and tried to start a new life. I was thiiiissss close.
I took a leave of absence from work, and after a week of my brother in law crawling all over me, i thought i should at least try once more to make the marriage work.
One month into my two month leave, i was told i was no longer wanted at the church. Thus began a painful three month departure. First was the original shock of being fired. Then deciding not to fight it. (Actually i was very close to quitting anyway, but i did not expect to be fired.) Then my last sunday at the church. (tears flowed profusely.)
Then...it turns out that the letter that fired me was written by a troika, and while the said it was the feeling of whole leadership board, in fact at least half were unaware of what happened. They recieved my resignation, but did not know I had been asked. Then the congregation found out.
Well the proverbial feces hit the fan. A large group formed to try to get me back. people actually wrote letters to the editor. i would run into people, and they would rant and rave for an hour about the injustice done to me.
Sooooo i had to write another resignation. Given what all had transpired, it did not seem fitting for me to remain. Nor did i see the need to tell all, nor did my wife, who knew all by this point.
During this time, the trial for my son was going on. (It took three months from start to finish.) We had a psycho DA who wanted to take him out of the home and put him in an institution (for a third degree misdemeaner.) I moved back home because it was the only way to keep him in the home.
Now i am back home, but my heart is elsewhere. I am hoping to get a job soon (anyone need someone who is incredibly well read, very verbal, can sell snow to eskimos, and write a speech in 20 minutes?) I am hoping to finish ALL the changes i started. And some of you helped me greatly in that start.
Well that's the news from the far north. This all makes Northern Exposure look like a Disney movie.
I hope everyone here is doing well.
Well, after a long absence, i thought i might jump back in here. I kind of miss you guys.
The last year has been hell. I have one son on probation. The trial was a year long process. I moved out of the house in June, got a cabin in the woods, and tried to start a new life. I was thiiiissss close.
I took a leave of absence from work, and after a week of my brother in law crawling all over me, i thought i should at least try once more to make the marriage work.
One month into my two month leave, i was told i was no longer wanted at the church. Thus began a painful three month departure. First was the original shock of being fired. Then deciding not to fight it. (Actually i was very close to quitting anyway, but i did not expect to be fired.) Then my last sunday at the church. (tears flowed profusely.)
Then...it turns out that the letter that fired me was written by a troika, and while the said it was the feeling of whole leadership board, in fact at least half were unaware of what happened. They recieved my resignation, but did not know I had been asked. Then the congregation found out.
Well the proverbial feces hit the fan. A large group formed to try to get me back. people actually wrote letters to the editor. i would run into people, and they would rant and rave for an hour about the injustice done to me.
Sooooo i had to write another resignation. Given what all had transpired, it did not seem fitting for me to remain. Nor did i see the need to tell all, nor did my wife, who knew all by this point.
During this time, the trial for my son was going on. (It took three months from start to finish.) We had a psycho DA who wanted to take him out of the home and put him in an institution (for a third degree misdemeaner.) I moved back home because it was the only way to keep him in the home.
Now i am back home, but my heart is elsewhere. I am hoping to get a job soon (anyone need someone who is incredibly well read, very verbal, can sell snow to eskimos, and write a speech in 20 minutes?) I am hoping to finish ALL the changes i started. And some of you helped me greatly in that start.
Well that's the news from the far north. This all makes Northern Exposure look like a Disney movie.
I hope everyone here is doing well.
