A real downer

fpzx10
12-26-2007, 03:57 PM
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?

NONE_too_SOFT
12-26-2007, 04:00 PM
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.

vabarber2
12-26-2007, 04:14 PM
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.

Amblyopic
12-26-2007, 05:30 PM
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:

bowb4me
12-26-2007, 08:27 PM
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.

SVRider
12-26-2007, 08:41 PM
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??

Trip
12-26-2007, 08:45 PM
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"

fpzx10
12-27-2007, 09:20 AM
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.

SuzukiLady
12-27-2007, 09:28 AM
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!!

Zepp
12-27-2007, 09:34 AM
Sorry. That must be really tough on you.

Trip
12-27-2007, 09:40 AM
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:

fpzx10
12-27-2007, 09:51 AM
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

Rae
12-27-2007, 09:58 AM
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.

fpzx10
12-27-2007, 10:35 AM
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?

PlayfulGod
12-27-2007, 10:38 AM
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:

Pippi
12-27-2007, 11:06 AM
Awww, that sucks - sorry to hear that :(

Pippi
12-27-2007, 11:07 AM
:scratch: Did I miss something? +1 :readng: