Great thing....me and the ex have remained good friends throughout the years...we have a beautiful 27 year old daughter...the ex and I communicate thru e-mails at least twice a month....
In fact I see you are from Seattle...my daughter graduated from Evergreen in Olympia and still lives there..
In fact I see you are from Seattle...my daughter graduated from Evergreen in Olympia and still lives there..
Yup...1998 Got kicked out of college. Credit was shot. Moved home. My parents sold their house and moved south so I moved in with my brother. It was like a frat house for college drop outs. My room was in the basement. No walls, no carpet - just concrete. No heat, 1 bulb for a light, no electric otherwise. I would wake up each morning with new spider webs above my head.
I can remember it like it was yesterday.
I can remember it like it was yesterday.
Hanging out with all her hippie friends...she should have been born in the 60's...:lol:
She is pretty much an independent sort of person...she is an artist, can weave, and just recently learned the tatoo business and gives tats to her friends...her boyfriend is a musician...she always has my 100% backing as long as she is happy and treats people with respect...she is planning to come over here to Thailand and visit me soon...
What I didn't mention was that my car was so bad that it wouldn't pass emissions and I had no money to fix it so I would drive it around unregistered. I had insurance though. Got caught a couple of times with temporary plates...But within a few months I had 2 jobs, got my credit and student loans back on good standings within 6-8 months and went back to school while working one job full time. Since then I've graduated with a Math degree, landed a solid job, got married, had 2 kids, and bought a house...all in 12 years. I have to admit, things really rolled my way for quite a while. It just goes to prove that hard work really pays off.
Sounds like you had a "happy ending" without even visiting the massage parlor. Good for you cash.
When I was in college there was a time I was down to $17 in my account. I went out and got me some Pizza Hut all you can eat Jimmy Buffett so I'd be full for the night and then I bought myself a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
I thought hey, why not get full and drunk with the last bit of cash I had in my pocket. I even got lucky with a girl that had about 10 tatoos and a tongue ring so overall it was a good night. Little did I know I'd actually feel like Jesse James after that night.
Was working for a book when a co-worker who knew I went through culinary school came up to me one day and asked out of the blue if he could pay me to cook him lunch a few times a week cause he was eating shit fast food every day. I agreed and within a month I was going home and cooking 40 lunches a day every day for the staff. When I got laid off I immediately started a catering business but had that guy not come up to me that one day, none of it would have happened.
I was homeless for about a week 10 years ago. Slept in abondonded apartments, strangers apartments, my friends hallway outside his apt door (he yelled at me for this) stayed at 24 hr dunkin donuts over night just drinking water.
Through out, I kept applying for jobs and keeping myself 'neat looking' by using friendlys bathrooms etc. walked around with a backpack with my few clothing items. I finally landed a job as a waiter and met this really nice girl we were nothing more than friends. She said I could stay at her place if I did a lot of yard work for her mom in return. (good god you would not believe how much stuff was in desperation of upkeep at this big ass place) I stayed there for two months.
That whole episode just let me get my head back together and regain focus. It was a game changer. Only 6 months prior I was taking home checks of 3 or 4 grand after tax every other week. It's amazing how fast you can fall from grace if you are not careful. I'm lucky to have bounced back.
Through out, I kept applying for jobs and keeping myself 'neat looking' by using friendlys bathrooms etc. walked around with a backpack with my few clothing items. I finally landed a job as a waiter and met this really nice girl we were nothing more than friends. She said I could stay at her place if I did a lot of yard work for her mom in return. (good god you would not believe how much stuff was in desperation of upkeep at this big ass place) I stayed there for two months.
That whole episode just let me get my head back together and regain focus. It was a game changer. Only 6 months prior I was taking home checks of 3 or 4 grand after tax every other week. It's amazing how fast you can fall from grace if you are not careful. I'm lucky to have bounced back.
My moment:
I was involved in a relationship with a girl that was going nowhere,
but I couldn't break it off - for one, because I worked with her.
So, I packed up everything I could fit in my Saab and drove across
country and took a job 2000 miles away in a city where I knew no one.
It was the smartest move I ever made...
I was involved in a relationship with a girl that was going nowhere,
but I couldn't break it off - for one, because I worked with her.
So, I packed up everything I could fit in my Saab and drove across
country and took a job 2000 miles away in a city where I knew no one.
It was the smartest move I ever made...
