Sorry for the late reply guys ... just so much going on in the life right now ... again. Just when things had somewhat settled down after passing over the reigns of LTR, and I was finally starting to enjoy life, family, and my tank, there has been quite a few turn of events and I'm not sure what the future holds for us anymore.
A little background to the story:
- I paid friend 1, a massive amount of money to do some work on our house over a year ago. To this date, I have been chasing him to come and finish the work.
- I paid friend 2, quite a bit of money to install central ac in our house over a month ago, he took the money and never came back. Excuse after Excuse for over a month, and all lies.
- I met both these "friends" here on BRS.
- Yes, I know, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I was brought up to trust friends, I guess I just failed to see through real friends from bull********ters.
I gave my "friend 2" the benefit of the doubt, and wanted to give him a second chance to return all our money back without any repercussions; but he lied to me yet once again, and now we will officially be going after him legally. I have been on the phone pretty much every day with the courts and lawyers, and am completely drained -- physically, emotionally, and financially. So much so, that I do not even feel like looking at my tank anymore because every time I look at it, it just reminds me of how I got screwed over by people I at one point trusted, that I met through this hobby.
All that being said, while I have not reached a final decision yet, I am contemplating breaking down this tank, selling everything off, and taking a break / possibly moving.
It really sucks how a couple of bad apples can affect your life so much, but not having had a single good night sleep in the last 2 weeks, not having been able to play with my kid the same because of the overwhelming stress, because of the above mentioned ordeals, I just don't know what to do and how to get back into this.
So ... that's my tank update ... oh well.