Stresses and reliefs

Lat week's stresses

• Minibus handbrake seized up - took two call outs and three weeks to sort £168
  
• Next day, minibus side door come off rails
  
• Front of small car bent £400 excess
  
• Need to arrange estimate/repair etc
  
• My computer wireless connection constantly failing
  
• Kids main homework computer cpu overheating
  
• Had to write to school explaining why homework not done
  
• Repeated purchase of parts on internet to repair it ? all failed
  
• Purchased new computer £380
  
• Son's computer constantly failing: repeated purchase of parts on internet to repair it ? all failed
  
• sent son's mother board off for refund £55 postage
  
• in view of above, no computers usable in the house
  
• dishwasher not washing properly - purchased new machine £400
  
• tumble drier not drying - dead
  
• spare tumble drier not working - purchased new machine £400
  
• I have 7 kids
  
• One is a 2-month baby
  
• lost sleep
  
• disabled wife - I have to do a lot of extra childcare stuff on top of work
  
• Judgement from 'Dragonfly' court case makes my job harder
  
• I may have botched last year's tax calc and if so owe £4000
  
• Lost camera for two days (now found)
  
• Lost keys for one week - had to pay £10 reward for kids to find
  
• Lost memory stick with all company account, company correspondence, all my photos, all my time management etc (now found)
  
• Trying to work full time for two clients
  
• One client's work got lost in a computer crash and I still have other serious bugs to resolve
  
• Trying to negotiate my next contract
  
• This needs a laptop and expensive software (£2000/month)
  
• Bought laptop off internet but it didn't work and I had to send it back - still waiting for replacement
  
• Local church politics (Assistant minister A divorcing B after suffering years of abuse in silence, therefore the ignorant 50% think A should be defrocked, Worship Leader C is a great friend of B, C is married to the church secretary D who has great influence - ie serious conflict in core staff team, worship leaders and other Readers resigning, etc)
  
• National church politics - I still don?'t know where I stand in the gay debate but don't accept that uncertainty as a viable solution
  
• I think I am heading for a nervous breakdown
  

Reliefs

• I can trust in God
  
• I have a beautiful, sexy wife who sorts out all my physical needs - if you follow my drift? grrrr!
  
• My baby is gorgeous
  
• My kids are the best
  
• I have a huge house
  
• I have work
  
• I have resources for most of the above costs