Just about my new life as a truckers wife.
Posted 04.02.2009 at 12.49 AM by kiacosiah
My husband got his Cdl in late Feb. It was always the last thing that my husband would ever want to do for a living.He was in construction for the past 7 years and it's what he loves. But due to a workman's comp injury he is no longer allowed to return to construction. So we had to quickly come up with a plan B. I am not sure either one of us new what we were getting into.
I feel like my support is gone. It's just me, my 5yr,2yr,and six month old sons. My 5 year old is having a really ruff time adjusting to all of this. He is screaming and yelling and crying all the time. My two year old is my biggest challenge. 3 weeks before my hubby left he was diagnosed with lead poisoning and from the lead posioning came pika( its a disease that makes him eat everything, paper, rocks, anything he can get in his hands he will eat) so its an endless day of chasing him out of my refrigerator and trash. Lead poisoning also causes extreme hyper activity
and behavioral problems. I swear the child never sleeps he just goes goes goes. I start putting him to bed at 8pm by 12am i have probley put him back to bed 30 times, and naps are unheard of. The other night it was 3:30 in the morning and i woke up to find him in my refridgerator eating raw eggs(shells included) and A1. It was also tracked all over the nice beige carpet my landlord put in the kitchen. Its like I cant even go to sleep. He gets over the baby gates,opens doors, last week he opened our locked sliding glass door and walked over to our neighbors house. Needless to say we got a chain lock now on the top of the door. My six month old is actually the least of my problems. Surprising to say. It's just all so hard. It's all on me now. My support system has left. I dont even know when I will be able to see him agian. Its just really wearing me down. But its atleast nice to beable to come on here and vent even if no one ever reads it.
I feel like my support is gone. It's just me, my 5yr,2yr,and six month old sons. My 5 year old is having a really ruff time adjusting to all of this. He is screaming and yelling and crying all the time. My two year old is my biggest challenge. 3 weeks before my hubby left he was diagnosed with lead poisoning and from the lead posioning came pika( its a disease that makes him eat everything, paper, rocks, anything he can get in his hands he will eat) so its an endless day of chasing him out of my refrigerator and trash. Lead poisoning also causes extreme hyper activity
and behavioral problems. I swear the child never sleeps he just goes goes goes. I start putting him to bed at 8pm by 12am i have probley put him back to bed 30 times, and naps are unheard of. The other night it was 3:30 in the morning and i woke up to find him in my refridgerator eating raw eggs(shells included) and A1. It was also tracked all over the nice beige carpet my landlord put in the kitchen. Its like I cant even go to sleep. He gets over the baby gates,opens doors, last week he opened our locked sliding glass door and walked over to our neighbors house. Needless to say we got a chain lock now on the top of the door. My six month old is actually the least of my problems. Surprising to say. It's just all so hard. It's all on me now. My support system has left. I dont even know when I will be able to see him agian. Its just really wearing me down. But its atleast nice to beable to come on here and vent even if no one ever reads it.
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 |  You might try posting in the Ladies Room. I think more of the ladies post there than in the blogs. |
Posted 04.02.2009 at 08.40 AM by DanB  |
| | Been there and still doing it 11 years later. As time goes by it gets easier, I promise! Hang in there and please visit The Ladies Room, lots of stuff going on in there!!! |
| Posted 04.02.2009 at 09.22 AM by redneck31 |
| |  It's a rough time for y'all, that's for sure. I too suggest that you post over in the Ladies room because there are some AWESOME women on this forum and they're just wonderfully supportive. You hang in there, you can do this. |
| Posted 04.02.2009 at 06.27 PM by Texas-Nana |
| |  My hearts out to you. my son also had lead poisoning, but with meds and a lead clean enviroment, he is doing better. I know its hard to adjust to this "lifestyle" and hubby may very well hate being away from you, but please give him the support he needs and it will be returned to you 10 fold. He is in a job now that is hard to begin with and needs your love and understanding what he is going thru out here. I know he wants to be with you and your children. But with times as they are and your circumstances, he may feel that he had to take a job he doesnt like to support the very family he loves dearly, and that mam, gets my respect and admiration. Times will change, econimy will get better and he can come back to you. This is a very hard industry that because of the way it is and how it works, it strains the very best of relationships. He knows your hurting and missing him and needing him as he is hurting and missing you all as well. It is a mental strain that can debilitate the strongest man and a couple has to work together to keep a healthy relationship. Best wishes to you and your family, may God bless you and I and our family pray for your health and happiness. Take Texas-Nanas advise and join the womans forum, they can help you so much with this industry and your feelings. |
| Posted 10.04.2009 at 03.19 PM by packerfan11 |
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