Damn...

[PaulSage]

Guess I'm not the only one who had a shitty week. Actually, my week doesn't seem that shitty after reading about what some of you have been through lately.

This last trip to TX was just one clusterfuck after another. Apparently the kid who was mowing my lawn quit and the grass was 12-24" tall. I had to buy a lawnmower, assemble it, then spent nearly two whole days mowing and bagging. I was going to bring all seven HUGE bags of grass home in the trailer to dump on the farm, but they started spontaneously combusting in the garage. Fun. Then the gas stove started leaking gas into the house. More fun. Add to that a mild concussion and the truck over-heating on the way home, I'd say something is trying to tell me moving is a bad idea. It's a good thing I don't listen.

Anyhow, here is my attempt to add a little levity to the rest of everyone's week.

Sing to the tune of "Amazing Grace"...

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once had a web,
But now I am dead.
Was alive,
Then Paul stepped on me.​

Sorry Mr. Spider, but I couldn't take my mom's screaming any more. It was either you or her, and my shoes are only so big. You will be missed.

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

Sorry you guys had such a rough week.


The spider bit made me literally laugh out loud.:main_laugh:

 

[Jeanne]

Hey Paul,

From ALL the women (And some men) of the world, "We Thank You" for killing that spider! Ya Da Man!

I give you all the credit in the world, after all the crap that you have been through during this move of yours, you still can find humor in things. I, on the other had, would have given up by now!

Bravo my friend, Bravo!

 

[Mel&Keith]

Well, the bright side is that if our Texas August this year is like all others, it'll be so hot all of you grass will die and you won't have to mow it again until the fall. LOL

I hope the rest of your move goes more smoothly than it has been!

 

[Grinning Geckos]

So how'd you end up with a mild concussion?

Just keep telling yourself you're ALMOST done!

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Awwwww, Paul!!! This past week SUCKED. I vote to delete it from history.

 

[PaulSage]

I give you all the credit in the world, after all the crap that you have been through during this move of yours, you still can find humor in things. I, on the other had, would have given up by now!

The day I lose my sense of humor is the day I'm dead. I think sometimes it's the only way I know I'm still alive. lol

Well, the bright side is that if our Texas August this year is like all others, it'll be so hot all of you grass will die and you won't have to mow it again until the fall. LOL

Believe me, when I was at Lowe's ordering a new stove, that two-gallon bottle of Round-Up was looking VERY tempting.

So how'd you end up with a mild concussion?

By being my typical idiotic, accident-prone self. I was carrying one of those plastic shelving racks upstairs to the "storage room". I made it all the way up the stairs without issue, but going down the hallway [quickly] the top of the rack hit a light fixture and the edge of a shelf came back really hard into my forehead. Neither my mom nor myself could believe that fucking light fixture didn't just break. This of course happened the day before we finally left, so I had a throbbing headache in my forehead while driving the 1,000 miles back home. Still hurts like a bitch, but no bruise and no black eyes. I guess it's good I almost never bruise; I am doing the SEWERfest show tomorrow.

Just keep telling yourself you're ALMOST done!

But I don't listen, remember? :main_no:

Awwwww, Paul!!! This past week SUCKED. I vote to delete it from history.

I'll second that.

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Sorry, I have to veto. This week has been the first week I've had some GOOD stuff happen to me (us) ... really good stuff. You'll just have to pick another week, I can think of plenty I'd like to erase!

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I think I feel like the spider on the bottom of Paul's shoe.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

I think a few of us feel like that spider but shit happens then we get past it, well most of us do anyway.

And Shanti is right, she had some good things happen and really good or bad you can't delete anything, all of all of it is what makes us who we are.

Now I will admit that some things make us more bitter and angry but we still get past them and pull through for the most part.

Paul, I hoped your move would have gone more smoothly and I hope the rest is better than the previous. And Mel&Keith are right about the grass, its been so hot here than when we mowed last week it was mostly weeds and no grass and the grass is flat out burned up and will not need mowing for a few!

 

[PaulSage]

So how many of you have been singing my little song in your head today?

It's catchy, I tell you. Very catchy.

 

[KelliH]

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[PaulSage]

LMAO!!!

Dammit, Diet Pepsi really hurts coming out the nose, especially when it makes your ear pop.

 

[Grinning Geckos]

ROFLMAO!

I must admit, I was singing the song last night. LOL

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Hmmm... I've been hearing that Wynona Judd song, "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes your the bug" in my head ALOT lately.

 

[PaulSage]

I want to be the windshield.

I have until midnight to see just how shitty this week is going to be. It looks like my brothers are backing out of helping me move next week, so I'm not sure how the hell I'm going to make this work. I managed to carry one of my AP racks up the stairs at the new house by myself, but my mom insisted on helping me with the other ones that we took on the last trip. My mom is 55. I will NOT let her help me carry another rack. I still have 15 racks that need to come up out of my basement, get loaded into the trailer & driven to TX, then all 15 of them have to make it up the stairs at my new house. I've never felt so dependent in my life.

 

[KelliH]

Paul- Steve, Kevin and I will help you move the racks in. Do you know what day you will arrive yet?

 

[Grinning Geckos]

If my arm weren't all gimped up, I'd see what I could do about lending a hand. As it is, I'll will you some good luck! Maybe I can spread my good luck around a bit.

 

[PaulSage]

Thanks Kelli. You have no idea how much I'd appreciate it. We're planning on leaving on the 1st so we should hopefully be there on the 2nd. I guess Daniel might be coming, but I really can't count on it. Mike will help get the racks into the trailer, and since I haven't even contacted the electrician yet I might have to set some racks up downstairs anyway. I'll give you a call once we get there to let you know one way or the other.

I hate sounding bitter, and I don't like thinking that I'm entitled to anything, but after everything I've done for my brothers over the past 20 years, from changing their diapers, helping them buy vehicles, loaning them $, helping them with papers and homework until 5:00am, maintaining rooms at my current residence for them and their 'guests' when they're in town, staying up until dawn talking them through their relationship problems, and then everything that happened after Dad died, I'd like to think that they'd at least be willing to help me for one last week. They probably aren't going to see me until Xmas. None of them even have jobs for an excuse right now. One of them actually said to me a few weeks ago when I was at mom's helping her with some shit, "Oh, I thought you moved to Texas already." We've all gotten a lot closer since Dad died, but I have NEVER felt so alienated and dismissed by my family. My mom is trying to compensate for it, but it is taking a serious toll on her. I'm very tempted to tell her that she can't come on the next trip, and that I won't be going to Daytona. I'm perfectly capable of doing ALL of this on my own, but I'm struggling with whatever reasons exist for my brothers to be unwilling to help me. I bet they're probably just pissed off at me that I'm moving away and won't be able to do for them what I have been doing for them all these years. Instead of appreciation, I get resentment. Nice.

I'm going to go take a nap now. I just got back from running around town buying shit for building some temporary racks for the eggs that hatch after I move, and while I was loading stuff into the trunk of the car I whacked my head AGAIN - REALLY hard. My brother had to drive me home. I guess I'm still not used to having a sedan. All six of my previous cars have all been hatchbacks or SUVs. I hate trunk lids. A lot. Stupid thing is brand new but still fills up with water when it rains. :main_angry:

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

((((HUGS))))