FadingAway👻 @FadingAway@octodon.social

Mission accomplished! I am now legally registered with the local police as living in my dorm room at school. My son was HUGE help, forcing me to carry his 40 lbs. the entire mile trip to the police station and back. #goodworkout

@Marshall Definitely not.

Woke up this morning to find the water is off, but the dorm's hot water is still on. I'm not sure if I should use it or not. #China

My lawyer is chatting with me about my divorce litigation via WeChat messenger at 8:00 PM. China is SOOO different.

@bseymour For what it's worth, I think people shouldn't try so hard to compartmentalize every aspect of their lives. It's one of the reasons I've given up on FB and Twitter. Those "social" networks are just for my "Twitter friends" and my "FB friends/family." I don't know about you, but I'm tired of that.

@DaveHiggins Hahaha...not that I'm aware of. I had the day off.

What is it about negative emotions and thoughts that impels us to repeat them, over and over, until they color our every apprehension?

Instead of drinking that 4th cup of coffee, I should have taken a power nap.

I'm the kind of person who can skate the fine line between depression and asking the universe to heap more misery upon them.

A friend of mine (who happens to be gay) was trying to cheer me up. He said, "In a year or so, you'll be able to walk down the street with the one you love, holding hands." His point was that I should be happy because I'm straight and can openly express my affection to my significant other, but it just made me feel more depressed about HIS situation here in China. =/

Another bad thing about living in China.. I rarely get an email notification from my Fitbit telling me the battery is low because I'm registered on Fitbit using my Facebook account. Stupid #GreatFirewall

@churley79 It's not that I don't want to help her. I'll definitely try to help her more after the divorce is final, but at this point, she has done too much with intent to hurt me so that I have no desire to help her until I am free of her control and have legal custody of our son. Besides, I'm in China, and I couldn't understand much of what the therapist would say. Also, she claims she is seeing a psychologist, but I think she's really just more of a marriage counselor. It's not helping her.

@churley79 It wouldn't surprise me in the least if she were, but she's never been diagnosed. For the most part, I think she's just a spoiled brat (Chinese princess). Her parents have given her everything she's wanted all her life. She's a control freak who never learned how to deal with someone saying "no" to her.

Just found out at breakfast this morning that my wife went a little crazy yesterday and confronted my friend J (and my boss) in her office yesterday at my school. That's why J had to delete all contacts with me. Just one more reason I know I'm doing the right thing by divorcing her and seeking custody of our son. He needs stability, not a psycho-mom.

I suppose I had better go to the police station today and register my new address. I should have done it about 55 days ago. Oops.

I'm watching The Girl With All the Gifts, and I did not expect THAT!

Due to the ever-present threat of my psycho-wife accusing me of having an affair, my dear friend J had to delete all connections to me on her phone and sent me the message that she doesn't like and has never liked me. It just made me feel sick that it's come to this.

In class this afternoon, one of my students was attempting to watch a movie on a little media player. After I confiscated it, he got out a magazine. While confiscating that, I saw his iPhone up his sleeve, so I took that too. When I gave him a chance to give just one reason I shouldn't hand his contraband over to his teacher, he was silent. I guess he didn't believe I would. #teachingmoment

@jason What sucks most about it is that my wife has done everything she can to isolate me, to discourage everyone around me from helping me in the hopes I'll return to her. So, this is a "win" for my wife, and that hurts a lot.

Day 60: I saw my friend J in the cafeteria this morning, but I can't have any contact with her for fear of giving my wife evidence of my non-existent affair before my divorce litigation begins.