What a strange winter it's been...

After Bootscon, things started downhill. Carly, Lisa's daughter, moved out, and we got a new roommate (friend of Lisa's) who also has a horse. That was fine, (though I had to move Loraine in, and our guest bedroom stuff into storage) no biggie, but then Carly got sick, had to spend 2 weeks in the hospital at UCSF.

After she got out, she (and her no-good boyfriend) moved back in. So everything in our office went into the garage, as the storage unit was full. The we kicked him out, and a female friend of Carly's moved in, too.

All this time, I was working as the Hose Doctor, making a base plus comission, which turned out to be non-existant, as the market for mobile hose repair isn't as big as it was portrayed to me.

Finally, the Rolex 24 rolled around, had a good time in FL, but the day I came back, my boss said, "I can't afford to pay you any more, so unless you want to buy the business from me, you're out of a job." Thanks, dude. I managed to con him into paying me for another month while I tried to work out the financials, but in reality I was out job-hunting.

Which was successful. I'm now the Chief Engineer/Director of New Product Development for Zap! Automotive, Inc. ( www.zapworld.com ). Not the money I wanted, but not terrible, either. Yet the saga continued...

The girls moved out (again, with my help, up the fucking flight of stairs). 3 weeks after I got my job, Lisa lost hers. An hour after she got fired, her Granddad had a heart attack. He's fine, but spent a week in the hospital and got a pacemaker installed. And then Carly spent another week in the hospital. Good thing Lisa was unemployed so she could spend time playing nurse!

So here I am, faking work as I always do, playing crash-test-dummy (yes, I wrecked one of the prototype ATV's) and drinking lots of Newcastle Lisa's collecting unemployment for now; we may start a horse boarding facility or some such business as she's burned out from the corporate marketing Thanks, VMom, from Lisa for the birthday card

 

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Hang in there dude.

 

Thank you. Really, things have turned the for us all - Granddad is doing well, Carly is healthier, I'm making almost as much as I was at Nissin...

No big parties scheduled at the Rancho in the immediate future, but we'll have some sort of 'con this summer

 

I'll probably put a blanket notice for my 33 1/3 B-Day which is coming up soon-ish.

 

sowwy bout the butt glad you've turned it upsidedown
Tell Lisa she's very welcome and big :huggerz:
HOpe to catch you guys sometime this summer

 

Now that the girls are out, we've set up a guest room again, so you're welcome anytime. You've got a pm with #'s

 

[QUOTE=SR71BB,Apr 23 2008, 08:43 AM] [COLOR=orangered]Now that the girls are out, we've set up a guest room again, so you're welcome anytime.

 

Whirred. I've got a few gigs over the next week, and I may be hanging out at LeMons on the weekend of the 10th. . . but I'll need some time in "the country" soon enough.

However, I may just stay at the Motel 6 to prove my toughness.

 

Coco looking for a change of place for business?