Today I was supposed to write about chocolate cake. I wanted to write about cake and share the delectable sweetness with you but I can’t. I was up last night with the full moon and the raging wind seething. I really can’t pretend to be anything but I am and what I am is pissed.
Every Friday for the last five plus years I have left a chocolate bar by the front door for Reg so that he has something to look forward to at the end of the week.
Today is our first Friday of official employment “freedom” and I have a dollar store bag with chocolate bars in it. I stocked up months ago.
The truth is, we were dumped. We worked so hard for this relationship to work but it is over. I am mad, sad and just tired. So tired of wanting something that is just not going to be.
This V-Day we will eat chocolate pancakes, cake and dive into that bag of dollar store treats. We will binge and be sad for the life that did not want us back.
Then the rest of our life will be in front of us. We will be together to take on the world and find a place where we are wanted.
The old dream can bite me. I am done.
I feel I am missing something, but wanted to say sorry for what is not going the way you planned.
Again, I really don’t understand, as I am still new to this blog. But hope things get better soon.
Reg lost his job. Sorry, I didn’t want to come out and be so obvious but I guess I was too ambiguous. We are now civilians and on our own.
I’m so sorry, Suzie. Justin has had nothing but awesome things to say about Reg and feels that the military has made a HUGE mistake with this.
So sorry Suzie. We are in much the same position and have been for a while.
Will you stay there or travel back to the west?
I was hoping to hear from you Jessica. 🙂 Justin is a sweetheart. I feel the same way. Hugs.
Amelia, you too? I am so sorry to hear that! We are going to try and sell the house. Can’t be a home owner so if we have to rent, might as well go back west!
Sorry to hear that he lost his job but glad that the two of you are not breaking up, which is kind of the way I took it at first. I always say that things happen for a reason and perhaps this shake up will bring something magical to you! Hugs to you both!
Very sorry to hear this news.
My binge food of choice used to be Tim Horton’s donuts. But chocolate bars are good too. Just remember — tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life, as they say! I predict that Reg and you will go on to something even better.
Very sorry about the loss of income. I know they say there are more stressful things in life, but I’d say — probably not all that many more.
As for being a foodie in a time of money being tight, my thinking has always been — it’s easy for those with lots of money to act like good cooks, because they can buy whatever whenever, so it’s pretty hard to go wrong, really — no great achievement. I think the test of a good cook is actually — what can the person produce out of the bargain fruits and veggies that need a bit of trimming here and there, the cheaper cuts of meat, the chicken that needs to supply a whole week of meals…
That new pressure cooker of yours will save you a ton of money on food.
I hope something starts to look up for you two soon for work.
Janet, I am very grateful that Reg and I are more solid than ever. We have been through this sort of loss before, a few times. Just never wanted to go through it again but you’re right, we are together.
Thanks THW!
Debra, hope you and your Rare One had a lovely Valentine’s Day. Yes, Reg and I will come up with something awesome and now we are free to go wherever we want and do whatever we want.
Randal, that has been a plan for me, to try and make excellent food on a tight budget which is a big test and challenge. I think you’re right, the Instant Pot is going to help a lot! Thank you for your kind words.
Suzie,
I too am glad that you are both together (that’s how I took it too!) and that you will go through this together. The good news is that you can now get out of that “hell-hole” and live wherever you want to. Reg sounds like such a talented person; I am hoping and will pray that he finds the perfect job for him and you too. I have a feeling that there are good things ahead.
In all of these years of being online I have seen this happen again and again. Everyone has gotten another job…I suspect that this will happen to my husband as well and probably soon…I know it is one of the most terrifying things to go through.
Still, I think that this is going to be a positive experience for you both, Suzie…I just sense it!
xoO
I know I’m echoing the comments from everyone else. It’s great that you and Reg have each other during this time. I say veg out and rage to get all that stuff out.
I know somehow from this job ending for Reg, something better is going to come.
Hi Olivia! Yes, if we can sell the house, we can finally move. I do hope Reg finds his way to something new that he finds challenging and makes him happy too. It is very scary, we have been here before but just didn’t think it would happen again. We’ll figure it out and thanks for the positive thoughts!
Shell, it’s true, I am lucky to be with Reg, no doubt about it. Vegging has been doing on big time. I just couldn’t let the day go by without acknowledging how crappy it is to have this day be the day the job broke up with us. Oh well, let’s hope for better opportunities soon!