To try to sum it up without writing a boring book
I was unhappy in my marriage and thus, life. I was "doing time on planet
earth" building a prison of the self via mmo's, reading, what ever. As
long as it past the time and kept me content in a depressive state of
existence.
Coming home from work on the bike one day, (2010) I come across this
douchebag (wow, spellchecker for a hundred!) pushing with his truck
through traffic because he just wrecked 2 other cars. Light changed, I
followed until he caught up to a cop in front. I got up to the cop car to
tell the cop to pull the dude over. He didn't like that and ran me down
with his truck. Could have died, didn't die. With no helmet, I kinda got
real lucky. Turns out he was a parole officer high on who knows what but
being part of the justice system, he got 60 days... I did make sure the
fucker bought me a new bike. (pardon my potty mouth)
The Jim that pushed himself off the ground was not the same one that flew
off the bike. I knew this immediately. No longer content with the current
state of affairs my then wife was not interested in change, could not
accept me making myself a priority. She tried to make the divorce as
painful as she could, she failed.
https://plus.google.com/photos/106117045580880633346/albums/5830437071625982961
some recent photos
I am back 'home' trying to recover the house from foreclosure. Should be
doable. If so, the house is mine. I quit smoking soon after the bike wreck
and have been free from smoking for over 2 years now. So I am firmly on
the other side of divorce and property settlement. Still shuffling some
money to the lawyer but for the time being, got a good income, minuscule
alimony for a year, done.
Now being on the other side of all that stuff, I have joined a riding
group of 40 and 50 somethings that are done with the kids, etc. I am doing
some mild exercises and eating heather foods. I was born 13 lbs so I have
and will always be a 'big' guy but I'm working on moving the scale from
230 to 200. It's a mind, body and soul project. Not trying to become a
hippy but happy and healthy. And I'm doing it.
So how you guys doing?
Jim