Coping One Day at a Time

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Registered: 10-03-2003
Coping One Day at a Time
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Sat, 07-17-2004 - 11:34pm
Hi,

Since my last post, I lost another of my beloved cats. Boo-Boo (14), turned sick suddenly and the Vet ran tests on her. He said she was severely anemic and it looked like bone cancer. She passed away peacefully on 6/28, exactly one month after I lost my other cat, Doo-Dee. I lost the 2 housecats, the ones who showed me the most love! The 2 remaining cats prefer the outdoors, and aren't very loving. I feel the loss and miss them so much! I know that God must have had a good reason to take them both so close together.

I am ok with my current job for another month, it seems. I will go on unemployment, after that, if I have to. I decided to attend night school for paralegal training. It's 4 nights per week, for the next 10 months or so. I would like to work in the area of Family Law. I feel that I am working towards a goal. I like my teacher and I'm learning a lot about the different areas of law.

The home situation is just as bad as in my last post. I can't afford to move out and get my own place or share a place (I checked on Craigslist). I am on the verge of going to court to get a R.O. against him, and then he will have to move out and leave me alone! Then I can advertise for a room-mate to share the expenses. Other than that happening, he would have to drop dead for me to finally be happy! Please keep me in your prayers!

Barbara

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 07-18-2004 - 1:54pm
Hi bf...I'm so sorry for your losses.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

- Maya Angelou

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Mon, 07-19-2004 - 1:02pm

Grrr...


And I just had to get a new roommate, too.


I am so sorry this is happening right now.

CL-Blueliner4

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Registered: 10-03-2003
Mon, 07-19-2004 - 5:12pm
Hi,

I know that he has undiagnosed mental illness. I see the way he cycles thru crazy stages. The worst of it seems to be during the early a.m. hours (2 & 3 a.m.). That is when he acts like he just woke up from a nightmare and starts in with the verbal abuse. He repeats the same stuff to me over and over again, like a broken record. I just tune him out. He even says that he has someone following me and checking up on my dad & brother in Fresno! He doesn't drive and there's no way any of that is true. He is really imagining things. He used to have epilepsy, but stopped having seizures 20 years ago. I wonder if this weird behavior is somehow related to epilepsy?

Barbara