A real downer

The holidays were great. The biggest reason is that my daughter was with me for 11 days. She is at a very fun age. We got into a great routine. Even with all the holiday events, it was very "normal" for lack of a better word. Baths, bedtime stories, cartoons on at all hours of the day. I had to take her back yesterday at 3:30. Gonna be really quiet around my house after work today. Any other divorced dads out there that face these times?

sorry to hear that man, i cant imagine how hard it is not to be able to see your loved ones. love em or hate em, Dont take your family for granted peeps.

Sounds like good times! Congrats! Yeah i have a similar situation, its good to se them, but hard to see them leave! Except this year im out of the country so I missed seeing him, hopefully I'll get to see him next holliday.

God damn son... that just about made me choak up. :( But hey... enjoy and cherish the time you do get to spend with your loved ones.... my :2cents:

kids are great. me and my wife have two together. and i have a son with an ex that i haven't seen in about 6 years. (his mother is a good for nothing dirty tramp). but not a day goes by i don't think about him. he's 13 now and i hope one day we can have a good relationship. gotta cherish the times you have with em.

I know I had a blast with my niece over the holidays... She's 22 months old, and just had a great time with everyone (and was always getting into SOMETHING) Great times... How old is your daughter??

Glad you got some good days with her, man. My sis just went back up to j.c. today after a week of them down in k-town and took her 3 rugrats with her. Man, it's quiet around here. Here is something to cheer you up though. STT schedule. Little T in march? JANUARY 20 Moroso MSP – West Palm Bch, FL FEBRUARY MARCH 15 & 16 Barber – Leeds, AL 29 & 30 Talladega GP – Munford, AL APRIL 5 & 6 Putnam Park – Meridian, IN 12 & 13 Barber – Leeds, AL 19 & 20 Nashville Speedway – Nashville, TN 19 & 20 Pocono – Long Pond, PA “East Course” 26 & 27 Autobahn – Joliet, IL "North Course" 26 & 27 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “Special Time 2:00pm to 8:00pm” 26 & 27 Carolina MSP (CMP) – Kershaw, SC MAY 3 & 4 Grattan – Belding, MI 9 & 10 Barber – Leeds, AL "Special Event" 2 Days of Riding, Lunch & 4-hour Private Viewing & Dinner in the Barber Museum Friday Evening 16 Grattan - Belding, MI "LED & PRO School" 17 & 18 Pocono – Long Pond, PA “East Course” 22 Mid Ohio –Lexington, OH “Twilight LED 4:30pm to Dusk” 24 & 25 BeaveRun - Wampum, PA 26 BeaveRun – Wampum, PA “LED” 24 & 25 Talladega GP - Munford, AL 24 & 25 Autobahn – Joliet, IL "South Course" 31 Grattan – Belding, MI JUNE 1 Grattan - Belding, MI 2 Summit Point – Summit Point, WV “Main Course” 2 & 3 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH 9 Road America – Elkhart Lake, WI 14 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “Twilight LED 4:30pm to Dusk” 14 & 15 Barber – Leeds, AL 14 & 15 GingerMan Raceway – South Haven, MI 16 GingerMan Raceway – South Haven, MI “BMW Day” 23 Autobahn – Joliet, IL “Full Course” 23 & 24 Road Atlanta – Braselton, GA 28 Putnam Park, Cloverdale, IN “LED with Desmo Indiana” 30 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH JULY 1 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH 4 LED Grattan – Belding, MI 5 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “Twilight LED 4:30pm to Dusk” 5 & 6 Grattan – Belding, MI 5 & 6 Talladega GP – Munford, AL 12 & 13 Barber – Leeds, AL 14 & 15 Road America – Elkhart Lake, WI 19 & 20 Summit – Summit, WV “Jefferson Course” 24 Mid Ohio – Lexington, OH “LED” 26 & 27 Putnam Park – Meridian, IN 28 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “Ducati Revs of Ohio” 29 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “LED” 30 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH 31 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “LED & Pro Practice” AUGUST 2 & 3 Autobahn – Joliet, IL “North Course” 10 Pocono – Long Pond, PA “F-USA Course” 16 & 17 Nashville Speedway – Nashville, TN 16 & 17 GingerMan – South Haven, MI "Special Event Track Fest & Rally” 18 GingerMan – South Haven, MI “LED” 22 Grattan - Belding, MI "LED & PRO School" 23 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “Twilight LED” 30 Autobahn – Joliet, IL “North Course” 31 Autobahn – Joliet, IL “South Course” SEPTEMBER 1 Autobahn – Jolliet, IL “Full Course” 1 New Jersey Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt Raceway) – Melleville, NJ 6 & 7 Blackhawk Farms – S. Beloit, IL 6 & 7 Barber – Leeds, AL 7 Pocono – Long Pond, PA “East Course” 18 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH “Twilight LED - 4:30pm to Dusk" 20 Pocono – Long Pond, PA “East Course” 20 & 21 Grattan – Belding, MI 20 & 21 Talladega GP – Munford, AL 22 & 23 Mid-Ohio – Lexington, OH 24 Mid Ohio – Lexington, OH “LED” 27 & 28 GingerMan – South Haven, MI 27 & 28 Carolina (CMP) – Kershaw, SC 29 & 30 Mid Ohio – Lexington, OH OCTOBER 3, 4 & 5 Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV “Femmoto” 4 & 5 Nashville Speedway – Nashville, TN 4 & 5 BeaveRun – Wampum, PA 11 & 12 New Jersey Motorsport Park (ThunderBolt Raceway) – Melleville, NJ 18 & 19 Homestead-Miami – Homestead, FL 25 & 26 Barber - Leeds, AL NOVEMBER 8 & 9 Talladega GP – Munford, AL 22 & 23 Carolina (CMP) – Kershaw, SC DECEMBER 7 Moroso Motorsports Park – West Palm Beach, FL 13 & 14 Jenning GP – Jennings, FL “Special Event - Details Available Soon"

I know I had a blast with my niece over the holidays... She's 22 months old, and just had a great time with everyone (and was always getting into SOMETHING) Great times... How old is your daughter?? She's 4. And Trip, thanks for the schedule. I thought they weren't gonna have it til January. Gotta line up my weekends. You really need to ride Barber. I wanna hit some other tracks this year, but I gotta do Barber again.

Kudos to you for being a good dad!! My daughter was at her fathers for Christmas, which totally sucked for me, but i couldnt say no when he asked...there arent too many fathers out there that actually want their kids around!!

Sorry. That must be really tough on you.

She's 4. And Trip, thanks for the schedule. I thought they weren't gonna have it til January. Gotta line up my weekends. You really need to ride Barber. I wanna hit some other tracks this year, but I gotta do Barber again. Let me know if Barber or Little T in march lines up with your schedule. We need to hit one early. :cheers:

Let me know if Barber or Little T in march lines up with your schedule. We need to hit one early. :cheers: I'm working on it now. Just emailed the ex about tweeking the schedule. Too bad we just had a bad fight about altering schedules. Cross your fingers. All I'm asking for is a bump in weekends. We'll see

I feel ya, I dont have any lil ones but this was the first christmas by myself. Had to work so I couldnt even go up to visit family. All my roommates left me the house to myself, it was ghostly quiet and pretty much a complete downer of a holiday. The upside is a friend of mine was in the same boat so we hung out pretty much all holiday.

I feel ya, I dont have any lil ones but this was the first christmas by myself. Had to work so I couldnt even go up to visit family. All my roommates left me the house to myself, it was ghostly quiet and pretty much a complete downer of a holiday. The upside is a friend of mine was in the same boat so we hung out pretty much all holiday. :scratch: Did I miss something?

The holidays were great. The biggest reason is that my daughter was with me for 11 days. She is at a very fun age. We got into a great routine. Even with all the holiday events, it was very "normal" for lack of a better word. Baths, bedtime stories, cartoons on at all hours of the day. I had to take her back yesterday at 3:30. Gonna be really quiet around my house after work today. Any other divorced dads out there that face these times? I know how ya feel. Mine live in MI. Its very hard to not see them. :cheers:

Awww, that sucks - sorry to hear that :(

:scratch: Did I miss something? +1 :readng: