Somebody's Poisened the Waterhole

Just to let everyone know, I offhandedly start every new post with 'well' and then I hit backspace on my keyboard 4 times, and start again without the 'well'.

Things were looking fairly bright for the New Year starting and the month of January. College classes are starting up again soon, but that means I was getting a nice loan from the government to help cover my expenses. My workload increased, but that meant that I had more reason to perfect my career as a supervisor. And, my kids are happy as well as the wonderful girl that spends every day with me.

But then, my ex-wife decided to file bankruptcy on everything that she has ever had her name on, which includes my house, my truck, the van that was her responsibility and all of the medical bills for my first three kids (the last two which were outlined as her debt according to our divorce decree). So, that means that I have now inherited about $10,000 extra in debt when I was just pulling my drowning face out of the water of financial burden. Furious does not even begin to feel the emotion that I am experiencing.

So, I am trying not to think about ... several things. And instead, I am attempting to focus on my wonderful family here at the house. Of course, as you would imagine, this has caused my stress level to sky rocket. I have also tried to keep focus on the novel and work on it, but having to research my options of responding to the 'bankruptcy crisis of 2010' - I have not found much time. Never fear, though - I plan to get started wholeheartedly tonight after work. Perhaps, finish chapter 2 by tomorrow afternoon. Yes...yes...that would make my spirits lighten.

On a completely separate note, I think that I may be a failure at understanding Blogger or Blogger has failed to meet my blogging needs. I cannot find where I receive alerts that someone has either commented on my blog or that someone has responded on their blog to my comment. It is frustrating to have to scroll through my blogs and past blogs of others to find out if somebody might have said something. If I am missing something vital in this process, please let me know.

Cheers.