Weary

I have felt weary and worn down all week and it's only Wednesday. I should've gone running with Tito J. on Monday night but S didn't want to go, so I decided to stay home and play Jeopardy with him instead. Unbelievably, he won. This just goes to show how I'm feeling lately. Most of my bad mood is due to mental distress, thanks to me feeling like I'm on the verge of leaving Job #1 and trying to figure out what to do about it--and when. Our court case looms large over the next few months and if I only had some dates that we could work with I'd feel better. Our lawyer says we should be able to get the dates on Tuesday when we have Enforcement Hearing Part 2, so we'll see.

Yesterday before going to Job #2 I managed to swing by the hospital to see my grandfather and I brought him a get well card. There's a certain dollar store nearby that sells very nice greeting cards, 2/$1.00! Man, I'll be going back there. He seemed to be doing ok and said he wasn't in any pain.

Last night I wanted to do something nice and told my immediate colleagues at Job #2 that they could leave as soon as the last patron exited the building, so they all scrambled away by 8:35! Meanwhile, I was stuck there until 8:55 b/c the circ staff always dawdles around, but who cares. I spent time in the biography section, mentally making a list of the books I'll read next if I ever finish up these O.J. Simpson trial books, of which I have 4 or so left. I did recently interrupt the O.J. books to read Out of Control, a badly-written paperback of the Clara Harris fiasco.

S got a voicemail from someone yesterday claiming he needed to call him regarding a legal case. He sicced me on them, and when I called the 1-800 number back, come to find out it's a collection agency following up on one of his many old debts from years ago. They told me they were going to take him to court unless he took their settlement offer. I asked them if they were in Texas and they said no, they're in Cincinnati. Ha ha! Good thing I listen religiously to Dave Ramsey. They said he could pay off a much lower amount but that the only way they could do that was if we gave them access to our bank account so they could take payments automatically. I said, "Oh, that won't be happening. We'll get back to you." Which we won't!!! Not that I'm being evasive, but they can't get blood from a stone and S has no funds to pay this off. And I'm not liable since it was not my debt! And they can take him to court all they want but in Texas, wages can only be garnished for 3 things: child support, spousal support, and student loan repayments. Also, your home cannot be touched in TX either. Good thing I know the law, huh? Dave Ramsey says these people are all full of hot air and lies anyway and yes, they pretty much are.

I must be tired. I usually enjoy a good fight with idiots, but these days, I am just so tired of fighting with so many idiots. Honestly, I don't know how much more I can take. I need some kind of rejuvenation. I will admit, it has been very therapeutic to write my letter of resignation to Job #1, so it's ready to go, and clearing out my office of personal items more and more each day. Also, I sent off another resume yesterday to another job that caught my eye.

I'm also bummed out to hear of a really bad divorce one of my best friends is going through. Now it seems they are going to go through a nasty custody battle, too. He is going to do this to her just to be evil b/c he has a criminal record including domestic violence but his wealthy stepdad is going to fund him just for the fun of it. Sick. Sick. Sick.