The Story of Jim Bailey

I’m alone. I’ve been married for 26 years and I’m alone. How did this happen? When did it happen? When did I become complacent in my marriage? Somehow all the “things” in our lived have taken over. I’m just getting by at work. I’ve lost the ability to help anyone in my family.

My wife is involved in all these committees. We don’t even talk anymore. Suddenly she’s the one in charge of the house. She’s even begun to pay the bills for me as I’ve become more and more absent minded.

Mark is old enough now that he doesn’t need my help with homework or whatever. I don’t even understand the whole computer thing that he’s into. I can’t even program the VCR for crying out loud. If it wasn’t for him it would always blink 12:00 all the time.

David is busy with his fiancé and is spending little time at home these days. He just started college last year and met her the first month he was there. Don’t get me wrong, she’s lovely girl, but I’m just not sure he should be getting married so soon. He’s got school work.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do. I need to do something. I talked to a man today about a cabin up in the mountains near here. Charlie would never go for it. When we first got married she would have insisted upon it. Now, I’m not so sure. She’s already mad about the great deal I got on the pool. Sure they didn’t finish it… but as soon as they come back from their vacation that they have been on for two years so far, they will finish it. Mark keeps wanting to have mud wresting tournaments out there. I think we might make some money… but Charlie is opposed to it.

The brochure said it was a nice cabin by a lake. I think this will be the perfect thing for our family. We can use it as our get away. Our own little world in which we can rebuild the family that I seem to have lost somewhere along the way. The man who wants to sell it says it needs a little work as the last owner just sort of let it go a little bit. I’m pretty handy with a hammer. Can’t be anything I can’t handle. That it! I’m going to buy this little baby and we’ll have the best time ever!

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