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I will set the scene. I am 53 years old and meet myself coming and going. We have owned a business for the past 18 years, and I do all the paperwork, taxes, invoices, payroll etc, plus I transcribe full time, and take care of my own home. Needless to say, I run on coffee. I wake up at 10 a.m. and work until 2 a.m., every day but Sunday. I never get outside or am really able to do things that I would like to do because of my schedule. My husband is a hard worker, but his schedule allows him some free time; like today, he was gone from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on his Harley, as I prepared to do the monthly billing for our business, and get things prepared to do quarterly taxes, employee taxes etc. He basically has quite a bit of free time, where I do not.
We used to live in Northern Wisconsin, and I am always so excited when we take our yearly long weekend trip up there to visit old friends and see the sites. We always rent a hotel, and I so enjoy it. I can get up actually put on makeup and not have any housework, dishes, paperwork to do for a whole 4 days. I feel a little pampered and just really enjoy this time.
Well..... my husband bought a beautiful pull-behind camper. it was a wonderful deal, and he paid a very good price for it. I like camping don't get me wrong, but I know what it is going to be like. Work for me, vacation for him. He will be up and off to have coffee with his friends, as I sit at the campground waiting for him to come back, as we will only have one vehicle, and things such as this. I will still have dishes to wash, beds to make, food to cook, floors to sweep, as he goes about his merry way. Plus, he is planning on parking it in a friend's yard, so we can have access to showers etc. He doesn't want to use the one in the camper - DUH??? So, I will have no privacy really, no time alone, as these people have children.
I sort of voiced my disappointment, maybe in a passive/aggressive manner. I asked my husband how I was going to get a hold of him after his morning romp with his friends (he is an earlier riser), I am not (due to the schedule I am used to keeping), and he said you have a cell phone. I wasn't thinking about this. I was thinking I would not have access to a phone because we were not in a hotel. I have been up since 3 am this morning, and I am very tired. Anyway, he is all !#!!sed off at me now. He said, "Fine, we will just let the camper sit and rot and never use it."
Again, I like to camp, but this is the first time I am having a chance to get away for the year. We have very long winters here, especially because of our business, as we plow, etc. I just wanted to get away and relax, and camp another time. Now, he is mad at me, and I am feeling guilty.
What would ya'll have done? Not said anything, not had as good a time as you thought you were going to have, and be bitter about it? He always gets his way. He always says what is what, what we are going to do, etc. I would just once like to have a say in something and not feel guilty.
This is how bad it is, We have lived in our house for 10 years, and I have been in my backyard maybe 5 times. I am always stuck behind a computer, either transcribing or doing things for the business. He is out riding Harley's with friends, goes out to eat every morning with friends, has taken trips to Florida and Alaska without met, because I have to stay behind you know and hold down the fort - LOL!
Maybe this all seems worse than it is because I am tired. I don't know <sigh>. Just needed to vent, as I don't have friends to talk to about these things. My friends are his male friends, and of course they would side with him. Am I being a brat?
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