Ever since my wife said she was leaving me, I have been stuck in a rut between my work life and home life.
I was spending far too many hours at the office and I knew it.
My wife and I tried using counseling right away, but to no avail. We both realized that there were things about each other that we didn’t know before actually getting married. I’m an active person who is looking for excitement and all she wants to do all day is relax whenever she’s not busy at work. We started to clash and that’s how the acrimony started to build. While I’m glad that some kind of progress has been made, I can’t say that I’m content within my own mind. On the contrary, I’ve been really upset and at a loss for words with everyone around me. I’m forgetting about basic chores and home maintenance. I left my a/c filter in my air conditioner for two months straight during the dustiest and most-allergen-filled season of the year. When I finally checked my HVAC filter, I saw how incredibly clogged it had become. This is a bad mistake because it overworks your system as it tries to reach the temperatures you set on the thermostat, and that can lead to the coil freezing or the fan motor getting worn out. I decided to call my HVAC technician to have him inspect the system to make sure there aren’t repairs that need to be made. Now I have a stack of fresh filters in my closet that I purchased in bulk off the internet. I’m hoping this will help me resist forgetting about the filter replacements when they need to happen.