but, instead, I'm staying employed because that's the only way I know to have a steady income so I can afford food.
I guess you have to be rich to live your dreams. It probably helps a hell of a lot if your family is rich, and you simply inherit a fortune from grandparents.
Anyway, I hope you're going to do something cool this weekend, and enjoy something a bit out of the ordinary
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Certainly not rich, I work full time and make sacrifices to pay the mortgage.
ReplyDeleteI got a dog, a BBQ and there's beer in the fridge.
The rest of the world can go fuck itself.
Darn right.
DeleteI'm broke, work full time, blog full time (lol, true) and don't drink beer often, so that 12 pack is just hanging out by the fridge, and there are 3 cold ones inside the fridge on ready standby. I get the urge to have a beer now and then, sometime every other month, sometimes every other week.... but a 12 pack lasts me months.
Anyway, about 20 years ago I bought a Weber Q series BBQ, that I haven't ever used much, but it's the right size, and ought to last me for the rest of my life. That makes me pleased.
I've got a cat.
It seems to me that I could be a lot happier, but hell, I could be a lot more damn miserable, so, I figure I'm ok for now, ya know?
I'm just ok enough to not be hungry, not worry about being able to afford food, as I spent years at that level of picking up pennnies off the street because I also had to spend exactly as much as I earned, to have a car, insurance, pay rent, pay for a cell phone, and internet.
Factually, I was homeless for about half of the last 15 years. But I wasn't hopeless, and I paid my bills, though I haven't paid down the credit card yet, it's still as bad as it has been for the past 18 years since I last made good money and decided that I had to get the old rusting superbee to move onto a new owner, and I had the bad idea that I had to replace it with a car at least as good as that Bee, but rust free, with a stick shift, bucket seats, etc.
So I sold the 69 Bee for 4500, and bought my 69 R/T for 24000. Still have it, still can't afford to do much, but, I've done a little, bit by bit, with the gifts of tips from you and others, and it's at least a couple steps closer to being able to be a daily driver... you know, like, won't break down, won't over heat, and won't destroy parts on the ride from point a to point b.
The tires all need to be replaced, they are all about 18 years old, or older, but they keep the rims off the ground, and the steering and some suspension needs to be replaced, while it passes the years by in the rented garage. But it finally has the ignition, and an 8 track player.
Oh, yeah, broke, homeless, with a 69 R/T in a rented garage, and a daily driver for commuting to work, because I may not be smart, or logical, and sell the stuff I have to afford rent on an apartment, BUT, I have hopes damn it, and dreams that some day, sooner or later after I pay off the credit card, that by then, I might have a job that pays better, and since I held onto my stuff, I'll eventually have a place and my stuff.
That to me, is the place I want to be, the level of living I'll be darn happy at. With my stuff, with a job that pays better, and having made it through the tough times without losing sight or hopes, of where I want to be, and without selling everything I've held onto that made me happy just to have it.
Yeah, sigh, we all could use a bit more hope, income, friends, and stuff.
Until then, we have a beer, a BBQ, and a pet who thinks we are awesome.
You got it brother,
ReplyDeleteWe all have to endure good times and bad. The hard times allow us to recognize and appreciate the better times, they call it character building...apparently.
I've gone to great lengths over the years to keep my stuff too, much to the dismay to those around me at times.
Which is why I still have the Holden I bought when I was 19.
I've messed with it on and off for a long time and moved it from one home to another for 31 years so far....
Lets face it, were not dead yet.