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Post Info TOPIC: What do I mean by having a life :)


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What do I mean by having a life :)


Things have been so crazy busy lately, some in a good way some in a not so good way. 

My life feels a little like a I Love Lucy Reboot 2015 probably PG13/R version.  Seriously if this hadn't happened to me I wouldn't believe it. 

A couple weekends ago I left my house without children in it for once and headed out to get some nails as I haven't finished hanging up pictures in my house.  A deputy pulled behind me and I laughed because I knew I was about to get pulled over .. I have a headlight out and so sure enough 100 people have headlights out trust me I get pulled over .. so I pulled into a public parking area and as I'm rolling my window down laugh and say good grief how about we just put you all in a room and we don't have to do this one at a time.  Seriously at some point I will get pulled over by one I already know.  The deputy is laughing and says let me check your info and I'll get back to you.  Comes back and is very serious saying umm .. so do you know your license is suspended .. WTH!?  My original response .. HA HA . funny cop!  His response .. umm .. kind of serious me with my mouth open WHAT!?  He can't find out what's going on with my license.  I tell him straight up there is a horrible mistake.  Again I'm completely calm outside of a little freaked out because WTH is going on and who is playing the bad joke on me.

So new cop comes over and is going on about my headlight and apparently the light over my license plate is out .. now I must have had a you have GOT to be kidding me look as I'm not exactly concerned about that considering what I have just been told .. LOL .. I very calmly looked at him and said .. this at the moment is not my main concern all I keep hearing is your partner telling me my license is suspended my priorities have changed drastically .. LOL .. he was nice and just was like well I still have to tell you this. 

Thank you GOD that I have such understanding friends who happen to be home on a Saturday night around 7pm.  A good girlfriend of mine says she'll come get my car with a friend of hers.  Well, all of a sudden says umm you may want to find out if they are taking you to jail because my boyfriend is telling me they can .. LOL . ohhh great .. so I've been instructed not to get out of the car which trust me I'm not going anywhere I have no jacket and so on .. Seriously .. nails .. that's what I left the house for .. LOL!  I'm waving like a crazy person and the original deputy comes up with his partner on the side .. and I ask .. umm .. so are we taking a ride downtown?  I need to know so I can figure out how to post bail and so on as well as what to tell my kids!?  Plus you really need to know I just don't look good in prison orange and I need to do something different.  Now the guy is busting up his partner is like holy crap who is this woman shaking his head laughing and they both go NOOOOO .. you're good we aren't going for a ride.  So my girlfriend is now in stitches and she's going SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP you are NOT auditioning at a comedy club!!!!  I"m like well I need to know .. these are important details.  Now I have to find a gag shop and get my photo taken like a mug shot .. someone so graciously pointed out that would be a great profile pic on facebook .. LOL!  

This is the irony .. it wasn't my fault .. LOL .. because that's what they all say I have proof it really wasn't .. my mistake was not changing my address .. it had something to do with my insurance company .. it took 4 days to straighten out however it's straightened out.  Saying it was a PIA is not strong enough wording .. I'm just grateful it's all taken care of. 

Now getting to the crux of my story because of course I"m not done yet .. my poor girl says mom I have the nails in my room because I was hanging pictures .. OI .. you aren't mad .. LOL .. not mad .. it's not her fault and thank goodness this whole mess happened and they were not with me.  That could have been disastrous.  I told her must have been a God thing because if I got pulled over somewhere else things might not have gone so smoothly .. thankfully I didn't go to jail, it's all been resolved and it's all good. 

The next weekend they are suppose to have visitation with their dad .. it's a hit and miss .. I do believe that I got pulled over and distracted for the simple fact of I think I would have rattled his cage in such a way I might have been in prison orange.  He tried with some manipulation and it backfired badly.  They did see him and I"m glad they did.  He actually thinks that after 2 years of not spending the night going to FL for 7 days driving to get there and driving home with 2 virtual strangers is a good idea.  This is exactly to a T what he pulled with the wedding.  So I'm waiting to see if he has the cajonas  to call me and discuss it like a grown up.  This is suppose to happen in June and they haven't spent more than 2 hours with their dad in 2 years .. good luck with that, after some minor discussion they both looked at me and said umm .. this is such a bad idea and I did laugh going ya think?  This is something we can discuss next year .. not this year in 3 years he's never taken them during the summer .. this is not how to start that off.  If he were to stay in state and in county this time around I am not opposed .. however I need to feel I can get to the kids if they call and they need to know I can get to them. 

They had a nice visitation and that's a good thing.  There isn't enough time and I do not trust him in the least nor am I required to trust him.  I just know this has disaster written all over it and I'll take the heat now and possibly later even my atty was like umm sooooo not happening .. LOL. 

Anyway, I have another court date and this will free my life from this whole deal completely .. unless he's an idiot which we know that's not far from the truth.  I'm really hoping this will allow me to move forward.  I'm taking steps to get out and about .. I feel pretty dang good.  Sooo .. it is what it is and honestly not making apologies for feeling the way I do about these situations .. I can only make the best decisions based upon the information I have which is nothing at the moment .. LOL .. so it's an easy decision.

Hugs S :) 

 

 

 



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Hi Serenity Thanks for the giggle. Keep on taking care of you.

There was a reading recently in the ODAT that spoke of using humor in difficult situations I see you are doing just that. Good work

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I think what honestly saved me from going to jail is the fact I was so utterly calm and still laughing about this going this is SOOO going in my book!

At one point one of them looked at me and said you seriously had no idea this was going on and it wasn't a question it was a statement. I didn't have that whole oh you caught me thing going on and obviously I was a little to comfortable and even asked so which judge is doing traffic court now? It is still so and so .. they shot each other a look and I was like seriously .. been here done that. I should have teased them and said what you don't want to go for a ride with me? It will be fun they said .. there won't be any trouble they promised .. LOL!

I spent some time with another girlfriend of mine and the inside joke is so how many deputies did you meet this week? NONE!! I'm setting a record . LOL!



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Thanks for the laugh! What a lovely way to start out the day!

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If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. - Lao Tzu

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