Saturday, May 13, 2017

Rollercoaster ride

It is 2017.... For the last 9 years my life has been like riding a slow rollercoaster through a mine field! The details would bore you so, I will spare you. Suffice to say no matter how hard I try to do something to be self supporting, and self sufficient, something goes wrong, and sets me back. After Jim passed, I moved into my own place, which I rented from the people I was working for at the time. During that time I changed jobs, and went to work taking care of a sweet old guy named Jack, who was stricken with Alzheimer's. I had only been with Jack for a few months when his family decided to put him into a care facility. With no money coming in, it was inevitable that an eviction was to come. It did, 3 days before Christmas 2008. So, with all my things in storage, and no place to live I spent Christmas, and the following month living in my truck, alone. I eventually was able to find a new job working part time at a print shop, and found a place to stay with a lifelong friend. I worked at the print shop for almost a year, and was still only working part time. I was not making enough to move out on my own. I would usually spend my weekend going to the foot hills with a friend. Whom, add I was to discover later, was not a real friend. But that is a different story. After a few months of going to the hills I decided to move up there, to a little town whose population is 36, give or take a few now and then. I found a job at the only grocery store in the area working in the meat department/deli. I stayed with friends, until I was able to afford a place of my own. Finally I rented a place, an Airstream trailer, from one of the locals. Things seemed like they were finally coming together.... While I was on my way to work one afternoon, I got into an accident, which left my truck undrivable. It was towed away. Then two days later was dismissed from my job. Of course, then not having an income, and no vehicle, I could not pay my rent, and was forced to move back to the valley..... πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸ’ˆπŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’πŸŽ’To be continued...🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒

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